His Little Light of Mine

As children we sang the livelysong This Little Light of Mine. Thewords, of course, are based on today'sGospel, in which we are called asdisciples to be salt and light for theworld. Children are uninhibited aboutsharing their faith. It's only when wegrow older that we prefer to hide ourlight under a bushel basket becauseour culture tends not to emphasizediscipleship.

The message in thisweek's readings is clear: in order togive glory to God through our discipleship, we must show the light of Christin our words and deeds. Not an easything for inhibited adults. Often we maythink of salt and light in terms of whatwe do for others, but it can be just asimportant not to do something, such asgetting angry with the stranger on theroad, or telling an offensive joke.