Today the Church celebrates the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Hebrews 12:1-4; and Luke 12:49-53. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 40 (Psalm 40:2-4, 18).
For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:
YouTube: Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 40 “Ardent Longing for God”
The Gospel reading is as follows:
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.”
Reflections on this day and on these readings:
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio: Not Peace but the Sword
Word on Fire: Sermon 658: I Have Come to Cast a Fire Upon the Earth: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Sacred Page: “Family Values”: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 AUG 13)
Dr. Scott Hahn: Faith of Our Fathers (August 18th 2013 - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Catholic World Report Blog: The Purifying Fire of Dividing, Divine Love (17 AUG 13)
Spirituality of the Readings: A Furious Love (20th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)
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