In
my lectio divina this week on the Gospel for Sunday from Luke 12:49-56, I
continue to ponder how to interpret the present time in light of Jesus’ strong
language about bringing division. I know the Church has known many times of
serious division, but we seem to be in a time when virulent division in the
society is infecting and fragmenting the Church. Can this be the kind of
division Jesus spoke about? Jesus seemed to suggest we should know how to
interpret the present time. Yet, I have not discerned any clarity. Then, in my
prayers this morning, which I start with an Epistle prayer before moving to the Psalms, I was
jolted by this line from the prayer in Romans 15:5. “May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to
live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus.” Can
I consider that praying such a prayer against the Church’s divisions expresses interpreting the present time?
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