In today’s Gospel we meet the not so gentle Jesus. Resolutely on the road to Jerusalem and to his Passion and death, Jesus is no longer meek and mild as he is often portrayed, but he asserts he has come to bring purifying fire and divisions which will force us to make hard decisions. His words are- I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it was blazing already. And - Do you suppose I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, he says, but rather division.
Jesus does not seek this division, but he sees it as the inevitable consequence of his teaching. The fire of the Holy Spirit will force us to make difficult decisions.
The second Reading from Hebrews urges us to model our lives on the many witnesses, the great saints of the past and to keep our eyes on Jesus. Then we will not give up for want of courage, even if the fight against sin is to death!.
Jesus does not seek this division, but he sees it as the inevitable consequence of his teaching. The fire of the Holy Spirit will force us to make difficult decisions.
The second Reading from Hebrews urges us to model our lives on the many witnesses, the great saints of the past and to keep our eyes on Jesus. Then we will not give up for want of courage, even if the fight against sin is to death!.
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