“You are the salt of the earth. ... You are the
light of the world.” (Matthew 5.13,15)
Opening Prayer
Creator
God, You gave the world salt and light long before Jesus came to be one with
us. Even then it was good. But with Jesus, we experience salt and light in our
lives in unexpected ways as we serve one another. Thank you for all that we
savor and all that we see because of Your Son. May we daily be salt and light
for others in His name. Amen.
Reflection
Salt by itself is useless. It is virtually
unobtrusive, unnoticed until it is missing. Jesus says of His followers not that
we are to be salt, but rather the salt of the earth to be mixed with the earth,
mixed with the world, into all human affairs to make Christ’s message savory.
Salt also tenderizes. We are called to bring out God’s tenderness in all we do.