Episode Details

We are situated by today's gospel in the sermon on the mount of Jesus. After He taught the Beatitudes, one of the things He was saying referred to two images that He identified Christians or followers of His should be like. Those items are salt and light. Jesus emphasized that, "You are the salt of the earth," and "You are the light of the world." Salt and light! Two realities that affect what is around them. Salt in food gives it taste. Light in a room brightens up the place. Christians need to like them: salt, because our faith should influence the environment so that it grow further in being Christian; light, so that the dark areas and corners of an increasingly paganized world be shown light on to dispel obscurity. Being salt we give flavor to all we do, i.e., things become Christian. Every aspect of life and of our lives should be Christianized (e.g., sex, entertainment, politics, business). We are to be light too, to enlighten the paths of different endeavors in the middle of the world. People talk about doubts, obscure knowledge, error, falsehood, dishonesty, lies, fraud, etc. We are to shine the light of Christ on them. The Catholic Church has been doing this since its inception. Hence, pagan practices like divorce, wife-exchanging, abortion, materialism, etc., have been changed to having a more Christian culture. The struggle is still there since pagan practice is being promoted by the devil, the world and the flesh.