Carmelite homily for Sunday, February 9, 2020 – Lectionary 73 (Matthew 5:13-16)
In today’s Gospel we have interesting images – that YOU are the salt of the earth; that YOU are the light of the world. What is Jesus getting at? I think it’s what adds zest and energy to life, and that’s love. Food without salt is bland. Beauty without light is invisible. That love adds so much. Saint Therese of Lisieux writes, “Without love even the most brilliant deeds count as nothing.” So you can have the most brilliant food; it’s bland without salt. The most brilliant art; it’s bland without light. Be light, be love, be salt, be Jesus, today.