Sunday, Feb. 5, is the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the Gospel, the Lord describes metaphorically what a Christian is and what he expects of us. Note three ...
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The Powerful Way to Live as Salt and Light Every Day
Salt in the near ancient world was its gold equivalent and even an exchange medium and light after darkness a treasured, valuable commodity. When Jesus informed His disciples that they were “You are ...
Jesus uses the imagery of salt and light to suggest the pervasive and subtle nature of Christian influence on culture. Salt gives flavor to food and is a preservative. Light is the ubiquitous quality ...
“… the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice …” — Lyndon B. Johnson, Aug. 6, 1965 The metaphors of being ...
A version of this reflection was delivered Sept. 27 at the nursing White Coat Dedication ceremony, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. So, salt and light. St. Matthew records Jesus calling his ...
In Pluit, Indonesia, where the Java Sea presses its salt-laced breath against concrete seawalls, where the sun drowns each evening in a slow, spectacular hemorrhage of molten gold and bruised violet, ...
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