Sunday, August 14, 2022

Key Passage

Jesus said, "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!" (Luke 12:51)

Questions

Adults: When has your taking a strong stand on a moral issue created division rather than healing in the short term?

Children: Is it important to do the right thing even if others are angry as a result? Why or why not?

First Reading • Jeremiah in the Miry Cistern

Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Psalm

Psalms 40:2, 3, 4, 18 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Second Reading • God's Treatment of His Sons and Daughters

Hebrews 12:1-4 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Gospel • Jesus' Mission of Division

Luke 12:49-53 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)