When I Cough, My Phlegm Tastes Like Blood

fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily (February 6, 2011)

few words of a priest, poet and composer of songs, hymns ........

"Michel Scouarnec.

For light as unsuitable for salt nor too much nor too little. This too destroys the taste of salt in food and transforms their specific tastes salty bitterness to the point where everyone can get confused.

The too much light dazzles, crushes the terrain and the color of the eyes choses.Il saturates and leads to protect the eyes against the assault.

Too true, the accumulation of images in the evening news, images most often poor nouvelles.Ces images shed light on the life of this world, and thus on our commitments, our responsibilities These images lead us to say, "Who can we?

The proliferation of messages does not lead to truth, it confuses the eye and weakening listening.

Possession of the most sophisticated the most sophisticated phones does not promote communication between people.

Salt of the earth, light of the world, so these images encourage first Gospel to be silent and listen to the call for cleaner recorded speeches of life: the call to do his job man on earth by letting himself be guided by the single word that gives meaning to our lives, love, love our brothers and sisters. Love, against all odds, love as Jesus asked us to do

and St. Paul in the second reading, opens the way he shows us the road. "It is in weakness," he said to the Corinthians, and apprehensive trembling as I got home .....

Humility of Paul, who knows his weaknesses, but relies on the power of God's future.

Humility but Paul Master inner confidence that he put his faith.

For many of us, the light of the Word of God is not necessary, it is available throughout the day. Salt of the Gospel are woven in the dough of our lives, he changes, transforms, we are the world differently, it makes us step witnesses. The witnesses of the Gospel invite you to follow today, but their first seed was hidden from the eyes of the world, confined in their hearts, their inner listening to God in their early meetings, their first talks.

These showy and spectacular demonstrations of the presence of the Church require many paths, many preparative worn by players faithful to the word, which has marked internally and has embarked on the adventure of faith.

Yes millers of God upon our land are prepared and populated by many silences which perceives truth

An introduction into this complex world and some scary days to listen interior teacher who tells us in many ways: trust is the future that you draw in me will have the last word.

When I listen to this master of procedure, it is true that the words of the Gospel today, you are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world become like enzymes that change the pulp and illuminate our lives throughout the day our eyes on our land.

You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world, these words tell us what we can when we live our lives connected to God in the ways of the Alliance.

Father Marcel Massard