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  Mo Nguyen

  Feb 8 at 3:04 AM

   

   

                       FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME / A

                                       09 FEBRUARY 2020

                            REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPEL

                                            (Mt 5:13 – 16)

  

   

                                                   BE SALT AND LIGHT

  To appreciate what Jesus has in mind in the images of ‘salt’ and ‘light’ we need to recall the setting of the sermon that continues in the Gospel for today. Jesus is addressing his disciples in the presence of a great crowd of burdened and afflicted people gathered on the plain below ( Mt 4: 23 – 25).

  In the opening words of the sermon Jesus called ‘blessed’ people prepared to live in the vulnerable, non-grasping ways listed in the nine beatitudes. Now it becomes clear that they thereby become a blessing not just for themselves but for the burdened mass of humanity as well. As those who really lift other people’s burdens, they become and remain the ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘light of the world’.

  Salt can hardly ‘lose its taste’. Nevertheless, if it is contaminated and so (in the days before refrigeration) rendered useless for  preservation, it is only good for salting the path outside the house, where it will be trampled underfoot. Disciples who fall away from their vocation may face a similar fate.

  Jesus’ comments in relation to ‘light’ fall into two parts. First, in biblical tradition Jerusalem was the archetypal ‘city built on a hilltop’. When the Temple was illuminated at night, Jerusalem could well be described as ‘the light of the world’.

  Secondly – and  none mundanely – one does not go to the trouble of lighting a lamp and the hiding it.

  So we are to be like lamps kindled by God. Schooled by Jesus, our good works are to give light and hope in a darkened world.

  Brendan Byrne, SJ

  Salt and Light (Lyrics):

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMvwMs2wC-c

   

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    Mo Nguyen <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

    To:Nguyen Dinh

     

    Feb 8 at 3:04 AM

     

     

                         FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME / A

                                         09 FEBRUARY 2020

                              REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPEL

                                              (Mt 5:13 – 16)

    

     

                                                     BE SALT AND LIGHT

    To appreciate what Jesus has in mind in the images of ‘salt’ and ‘light’ we need to recall the setting of the sermon that continues in the Gospel for today. Jesus is addressing his disciples in the presence of a great crowd of burdened and afflicted people gathered on the plain below ( Mt 4: 23 – 25).

    In the opening words of the sermon Jesus called ‘blessed’ people prepared to live in the vulnerable, non-grasping ways listed in the nine beatitudes. Now it becomes clear that they thereby become a blessing not just for themselves but for the burdened mass of humanity as well. As those who really lift other people’s burdens, they become and remain the ‘salt of the earth’ and ‘light of the world’.

    Salt can hardly ‘lose its taste’. Nevertheless, if it is contaminated and so (in the days before refrigeration) rendered useless for  preservation, it is only good for salting the path outside the house, where it will be trampled underfoot. Disciples who fall away from their vocation may face a similar fate.

    Jesus’ comments in relation to ‘light’ fall into two parts. First, in biblical tradition Jerusalem was the archetypal ‘city built on a hilltop’. When the Temple was illuminated at night, Jerusalem could well be described as ‘the light of the world’.

    Secondly – and  none mundanely – one does not go to the trouble of lighting a lamp and the hiding it.

    So we are to be like lamps kindled by God. Schooled by Jesus, our good works are to give light and hope in a darkened world.

    Brendan Byrne, SJ

    Salt and Light (Lyrics):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMvwMs2wC-c

     

    

     

    MUỐI VÀ ÁNH SÁNG:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-Vp83OD4w

     

     

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  MUỐI VÀ ÁNH SÁNG:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-Vp83OD4w

   

   

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