Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 12:49–53

When I was twenty-one, I was newly returned to the Church and on fire for the Lord. It was an amazing, beautiful, and exciting chapter of my faith. But I think in many ways, if I'm being honest, I was insufferable for my family to be around. Not because my family wasn't Catholic, but because what I often thought was zeal and piety was really just judgment, pridefulness, and scrupulosity.

One night, during a college break, my younger sister and ...