The attempted assassination of Pope Saint John Paul II reminds us that holiness—and a close conformity to Christ—inevitably evokes both attraction and repulsion. For while many are naturally drawn to saintly people, others experience only revulsion and a desire to silence or destroy them. In this, holy men and women share in the mystery of Christ Himself, who declared in today’s Gospel: I have not come to bring peace, but division. Christ did not intend to sow discord; rather, division arises as the spontaneous reaction of hearts unable to bear the radiance of holiness and truth. Authentically holy people can have this same effect. Their very presence exposes our sinfulness, failings, and incompleteness—realities we would prefer to ignore. Yet we must be careful: when we cause division or conflict, we should not flatter ourselves by attributing it to our likeness to Christ. Saintly people draw the good toward Christ and repel only those who oppose Him. Unholy people, by contrast, attract neither the virtuous nor the wicked; they simply fracture, unsettle, and divide. Let us, then, examine our inner spiritual condition by this sober criterion: Do our lives draw others toward Christ, or do they merely generate disunity? May the answer reveal where conversion is needed and where grace is already at work.