\u201cYou are the salt of the earth\u2026 You are the light of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salt and light are so ordinary\u2014present in nearly every home, every meal, every sunrise\u2014and yet, in Jesus\u2019 hands, they become extraordinary images of the Christian life.<\/p>\n
Salt preserves, enhances, and even heals. A sprinkle of salt enhances the taste of food, making even my cooking more palatable. In the same way, our faith is not meant to stay hidden or unused; it is to preserve goodness in the world and bring flavor to every encounter. When I am grumpy, tempted to gossip, or feeling too tired to pray, I ask the Lord to remind me: I am His salt, called to enhance the world with His presence.<\/p>\n
Light pierces every dark corner and dispels every clouded thought. Darkness is not chased away by shouting at it or wishing it gone. It only retreats when light appears. Christ\u2019s light shines in and through us, not so that we can boast or draw attention to ourselves, but so that others may \u201csee Your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each day, we should ask ourselves: Am I dimming my light out of fear, pride, or selfishness, or am I letting it shine to draw others closer to Christ? Staying close to Christ, through prayer, participating in the sacraments, and reading Scriptures keeps flavor in my spiritual salt and keeps my light shining for all to see.<\/p>\n
Lord, may my life radiate Your light and sprinkle Your love generously, so that others may come to know and glorify You.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Allison Gingras<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Reflection provided by diocesan.com. Reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Be Salt and Light in the World \u201cYou are the salt of the earth\u2026 You are the light of the world.\u201d Salt and light are so ordinary\u2014present in nearly every home, every meal, every sunrise\u2014and yet, in Jesus\u2019 hands, they become extraordinary images of the Christian life. Salt preserves, enhances, and even heals. A sprinkle of salt enhances the taste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3162\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stpaulmacomb.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}