GOSPEL TODAY AUG 18, 2013 Jesus knows that He has a mission that will involve suffering, indicated here with His mention of the baptism He must undergo. Baptism is a sacrament of decision, a moment of conversion and commitment to a new way of life. Likewise, the proclamation of the Gospel forces people to make a choice between following God or not. It is when family members differ in this choice that families will be divided three against two. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. Luke 12:49-53 49 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 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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