A house divided

Today’s Gospel (Luke 11:15-26) presents us with one of our Lord’s variations of a phrase famously borrowed and injected into American politics by Abraham Lincoln:

Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste...

Ironically, in the central contest of American politics today, even though the two major Presidential nominees both present themselves as unifiers and paragons of bipartisanship, there is a divisiveness that seems to be rising in viciousness.

Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste...

By the grace of God and in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, may we all find unity and true peace in our world, in our families, and in our hearts.