'For henceforth in one house there will be five divided . . ..' Sunday Reflections, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
The Marriage at Cana , Marten de Vos, painted 1596-97 [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel Luke 12:49-53 (Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition) Jesus said to his disciples: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided, father agai...