Message from Fr. Brito:

You are the Salt of the Earth                                                                                                    

       Did you all eat your bowl of salt today? In today’s gospel the Lord uses the idea that we are like salt. ”You are the salt of the earth” .  Like salt we don’t exist for our own sake alone.  Like salt we are to bring forth the potential of others. We don’t eat bowls of salt. But don’t give me a bowl of beans without salt. Even the best bowl of beans without salt is bland.  It needs a little salt to bring forth its flavor. So it is with us if the Lord calls his followers “the Salt of the earth”  then we are called to give a little of ourselves to others to bring about their potential.                                  You are the light of the world                                                                                           

The Lords uses the image of light in his second example; ”you are the light of the world”. Light is not there for its own sake, but rather it illuminates the way for another to see. Those who have been en-lighten by Christ are called to lead others to the source of illumination.                                   From the diary of Saint Faustina 1601 “The Lord has given me to know how much He desires the perfection of chosen souls. Chosen souls are, in My hand, lights which I cast into the darkness of the world and with which I illumine it. As stars illumine the night, so chosen souls (6) illumine the earth. And the more perfect a soul is, the stronger and the more far-reaching is the light shed by it. It can be hidden and unknown, even to those closest to it, and yet its holiness is reflected in souls even to the most distant extremities of the world.”                                                     In his first offical letter to the Church, title "Light of Faith" Pope Francis writes: "For the light of love is born when our hearts are touched and we open ourselves to the interior presence of the beloved, who enables us to recognize his mystery”                         He goes on to write: "By his taking flesh and coming among us, Jesus has touched us, and through the sacraments he continues to touch us even today”…”those who have opened their hearts to God's love, heard his voice and received his light, cannot keep this gift to themselves”                                                      We must share it with other. for we are the light of the world. So how are we to spread the gospel or how are we to allow our light to shine forth?

Thus says the LORD:                                                                                                                          Share your bread with the hungry,

shelter the oppressed and the homeless;

clothe the naked when you see them,

and do not turn your back on your own.                                                                     

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

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