Supremely Unifying, Supremely Divisive | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. reflects on Luke 12, where Jesus asks: Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. Our Lord’s words are so surprising, so shocking, perhaps even scandalous, yet reveal that unity is not true unity unless it’s unity in something. Jesus has come to make Himself the only center of all saving reality, uniting all who are in Him with bonds stronger than even that of husband, wife, father, or son. In Christ alone, He Himself is our peace, our goodness, our unity.