Jesus said to His disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountaintop cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."
The Gospel of the Lord.
In today's Gospel, Jesus uses three simple but powerful metaphors on what He expects of His followers.
Today we have refined salt. In ancient times salt was mined from mines and from sea beds; in both it was mixed with other materials and impurities. One would put the impure salt in a bag and put the entire bag in the cooking pot so that the salt could leach out into the food. When the salt was exhausted, the bag would lose its taste for only the impurities remained. Salt: purifier, preserver (in Nigeria, flies stay off salted meat), enhancer.
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