Matthew 5:13-16, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel today speaks of discipleship. As baptized Christians, we are called to become the salt of the earth and light of the world. But what’s in the salt and light that Jesus decided to use these things as metaphors of discipleship? Salt has many practical uses. It…
Month: February 2017
When the Good is Mixed Up with the Bad – Mark Aloysius, SJ
Matthew 5:13-16, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time I. There is a scene in the biopic, Jackie, which I have been thinking about a lot since I last saw it. Jackie is desolate and disorientated after the assassination of JFK, and she speaks with a priest about the memories of her marriage. She speaks of the…
Light – Jett Villarin, SJ
Matthew 5:13-16, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time “You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lamp stand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your…
Flavor of Christianity – Rudolf Horst, SVD
Matthew 5:13-16, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time As a teen growing up in a Catholic family, living in one of the most Catholic areas of Germany, I never would have considered abandoning my faith. But I also never would have considered getting excited about it either. Why should I? Nobody else in my parish seemed…
One Lost Sheep 