Christ Jesus, teach me how to be salt and light in the world ....

​Gospel Mystery of the Day         Tuesday, June `2, 2018
 
Good Morning!      
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
 
Matthew 5:`3-`6
Christ Jesus, teach me how to be salt and light in the world ....
 
When I bring a relationship or a situation to God in prayer, over time there is a resolution to the conflict experienced that is always life-giving and usually a surprising restoration of the unique gifts of all concerned. This is how I experience healing as an individual through the salt (suffering in truth, truth through suffering) and the light (truth in love and love in truth) of God. But the salt and light of God is not only for my own satisfaction, but for the satiation and redemption of the whole world.  How am I to salt and light the world? In and of myself, no matter how many talents I have, it is impossible. Only as I align myself with the humility (suffering), the truth, and the love, of Christ will I be able to make life more palatable to those who are oppressed and become a beacon of faith, hope and love to anyone around me. Christ Jesus, teach me how to be salt and light in the world.
  
You gave me room when I was in distress.  Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.   (Psalm 4:1)
 
When Christ is growing inside of us, we will be led to people, places, and situations that we never dreamed of. We will bear words of consolation and hope that are not our own. In the very act of consoling others, we will be consoled. 
Fr. Thomas Rosica , Reflection on Feast of the Visitation, May 30, 2018
 
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Soli ad gloriam Dei