“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” ― Dante Alighieri: (1265 – 1321: was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages)
Gospel Text: (LK 12:49-53)
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."
"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."
Jesus didn’t come to bring a period of tranquility where everyone holds hands in a circle – he came to bring upheaval to the ways of this world. He came in “essence” to “flip tables”. He came to disrupt our faux version peace.
As a result, everyone turned on him, and they killed him for it.
To follow in his footsteps? Well, at a minimum that will really complicate even your closest relationships – and that’s what Jesus meant when he said, “I didn’t come to bring peace, but a sword.”
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