THE WORD OF THE LORD

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18

R. (14b) Lord, come to my aid!

Second Reading: Hebrews 12:1-4

Gospel Reading: Luke 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.”