An Episcopal Sermon: August 17, 2025

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Subject of Sermon: Jesus foresees difficult times ahead: his own ordeal and the necessity of division even within families.

Sermon By: The Rev. Karen Cuffie at The Episcopal Church in Almaden.

Today's Gospel Reading: Luke 12:49-56

“ Jesus said, "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were
already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what
stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to
bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on
five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against
three; they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you
immediately say, `It is going to rain'; and so it happens. And when you see
the south wind blowing, you say, `There will be scorching heat'; and it
happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of
earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” ”

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