Summary: Jesus speaks of the conflict His mission will cause, creating division even within families. His purpose is not to bring worldly peace but to stir hearts and challenge their loyalty.
Gospel Acclamation: I consider all things so much rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him. (Philippians 3:8-9)
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
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