THE SALT OF THE EARTH

PRAYER MOMENT

Tuesday 9 June 2015, St Ephrem

THE SALT OF THE EARTH

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt becomes tasteless, what can make it salty again?” (Matthew 5:13-16)

Reflection. A teacher once noticed a student  piling his plate high with food and, trying to gently embarrass him, remarked, ‘You’ve left no room for salt!’ Salt is amazing how it can make such a difference to a meal and we can think of one quality it has; its hiddenness. Once it is sprinked on the food it disappears. Growing up I often heard my father speak of people as, ‘the salt of earth.’ It struck me a a beautiful compliment because it implied this hiddenness. They were people who ‘got on with it’ in a quiet hidden way without fuss or looking for notice. But they were people who could transform a whole environment in a hospital, a school, a place of work, a religious community.

Prayer. Lord, help us to be your witnesses by being the hidden salt of the earth. Amen.

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