Summary: Jesus speaks of bringing fire and division, not peace, to the earth. He expresses the deep anguish he must face. Households will be divided as people choose sides.
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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