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As you probably know, at least subconsciously,
\nthere are many images and maxims from Scripture
\nthat have become part of our daily parlance,
\nspecs of holy wisdom that have made their way
\ninto our cultural discourse.<\/p>\n

On the news and in the movies we hear about
\n\u201cthe blind leading the blind\u201d (Matt 15:14),
\nescaping by the \u201cskin of your teeth\u201d (Job 19:20),
\n\u201ccasting our pears before swine\u201d (Matt 7:6),
\nawareness that \u201ca leopard cannot change its spots\u201d (Jer 13:23),
\nand that there is \u201cnothing new under the sun\u201d (Eccl 1:9).<\/p>\n

Today we encounter another one of those cross-pollinating maxims:
\nthat we are to be \u201csalt of the earth.\u201d
\nIt is a rich concept that many have explored over the decades,
\nand not necessarily first and foremost by preachers.<\/p>\n

Salt has been such a remarkable substance,
\nwith such an enduring impact on human civilizations,
\nthat its history, economics and social import
\nhave long been explored by scholars
\n(e.g. Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History).<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of us are pretty familiar with salt\u2019s preservative powers,
\nbut we may be less familiar with its other wide-ranging uses.<\/p>\n

Salt, for example, was and is used as a purification substance.
\nIn some ancient civilizations newborns were rubbed with salt,
\neven reported in the Bible (Ezekiel 16:4),
\nboth as a strengthening and cleansing agent,
\nbut also to ward off evil.<\/p>\n

To this day sumo wrestlers follow the Shinto tradition
\nof throwing salt into an empty ring
\nto banish any lurking evil.<\/p>\n

There is even evidence that a popular ancient Irish charm<\/a>
\nused in suspected cases of being hexed by a fairy
\nincluded the use of the Lord\u2019s Prayer and salt
\nto break the spell of the evil spirit.<\/p>\n

We know salt was a prized spice,
\nsometimes even used for payment.
\nNotable the English word \u201csalary\u201d comes from the Latin for \u201csalt\u201d (sal),
\n<\/em>as it was money that allowed Roman soldiers to buy salt.<\/p>\n

Spilling salt was considered a bad omen,
\nclassically enshrined in Leonardo Da Vinci\u2019s fresco
\nof the Last Supper
\nin which Judas is depicted as spilling salt on the Jesus table.<\/p>\n

One of the more surprising revelations to me
\nwas that the natural appearance of salt in a landscape
\nsometimes contributed to the development of road systems,
\nsince animals like bison wore deep trails to natural salt licks,
\ncreating paths followed by hunters, then pioneers.<\/p>\n

Because of its natural properties,
\nas well as the myths that developed around its potential
\nto heal both body and spirit,
\nsalt also had a traditional place in our baptismal rituals.<\/p>\n

Chances are that if you were baptized as an infant before 1969,
\nyour baptism included a blessing and exorcism salt,
\nand then the placing of a pinch of salt in your mouth,
\nwith the text \u201ctake this salt in sign of wisdom. May it be for you
\na token that foreshadows everlasting life\u201d
\n(The Roman Ritual<\/em>, 1964, p. 47).<\/p>\n

This mirrors ancient usage in the baptismal process of adults.
\nThus salt was sometimes called \u201ccommunion of catechumens.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the church is still 9 weeks away from the Easter vigil,
\nwhen the elect will be initiated into the Body of Christ,
\nand we are weeks beyond the Christmas season
\nthat culminated in the feast of the Baptism of the Lord,
\nthe readings of this ordinary Sunday
\nare yet saturated with baptismal imagery
\nthat provide shocking wisdom for the already baptized
\nin this moment in our personal and societal journey.<\/p>\n

Besides the salt, of course, there is the symbol of light
\nrecalling the ritual presentation of light to each newly baptized.<\/p>\n

Light imagery is pervasive in today\u2019s texts,
\nappearing in the prophetic reading from Isaiah,
\nin the Psalm of the day,
\nin the verse before the Gospel,
\nand in the gospel itself.<\/p>\n

While we might not think of these two common elements,
\nsalt and light,
\nas important Christian resources
\nor powerful spiritual munitions,
\nyet individually and conjointly
\nthey mask the terrible beauty of Christian living
\nand the sacrifice such living entails.<\/p>\n

I have a three year old great niece
\nwho is obsessed with the Disney movie \u201cFrozen\u201d
\nand would watch it incessantly if her parents allowed.
\nWhen she can\u2019t, at the drop of a hat
\nshe does her best impression of Idina Menzel
\nand belts out the hit song from that film, \u201cLet it go.\u201d
\nI can\u2019t say her parents were terribly pleased
\nwhen the grandmother recently gave her
\na karaoke machine with only one song on it.
\nYou guessed it \u2026 the theme from Frozen.
\nDad actually said to the grandmother,
\n\u201cI thought you loved me!\u201d<\/p>\n

While I had heard the song before,
\nI did not know the story of Frozen
\nuntil three-year Sidney introduced me to it.
\nAnd it is best explained by a three year old,
\nsince they are natural storytellers & theologians.<\/p>\n

As you probably know,
\nthe plot revolves around two sisters, Elsa and Anna;
\nElsa\u2019s stunning power to create ice and snow;
\nthe freezing of a kingdom;
\nacts of greed and power mongering;
\nand ultimately the power of love to melt
\nthe physical and metaphorical ice of land and hearts.<\/p>\n

Happily these days we have not been in a meteorological deep freeze.
\nIt has been, however, a season of deep gloom.
\nChicago recently experienced its longest cloudy stretch in decades.
\nAnd places like Minnesota reported that last month
\nthey recorded the least sunshine of any such period since 1963.<\/p>\n

But then there seems to be that other polar vortex
\nthat seems to be stalled
\nover congress.
\nover society,
\nover civility.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as though Elsa has had personal interaction
\nwith presidents who refuse to shake hands,
\nleaders who turn prayer breakfasts into moments
\nof blessed belittlement,
\nHouse speakers who tear up speeches,
\nand warring factions from every corner.<\/p>\n

The epidemic that has hit this country is not the coronavirus,
\nbut frozen-heart syndrome,
\nicy-vein syndrome,
\nand frigid soul syndrome.<\/p>\n

You can almost hear Idina Menzel humming in the background<\/a>,
\n\u201cLet it go, let it go, Turn away and slam the door,
\nI don\u2019t care what they\u2019re going to say,
\nlet the storm rage on,
\nthe cold never bothered me anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the physical world,
\ntwo trusted catalysts for melting snow and ice
\nare salt and light.
\nBoth have the potential to cause the molecules in ice crystals
\nto move more quickly,
\nbreaking up the hydrogen bonds,
\neventually reducing ice to liquid.<\/p>\n

As people born of water and the spirit,
\nseasoned in Christ,
\nenlightened through the Only-Begotten,
\nChristians are spiritual catalysts for melting
\nfrozen hearts,
\nicy hospitality,
\nfrosty views of humanity that freeze out the other.<\/p>\n

We did not enter the tomb of the baptism font
\nin learn to sing \u201cTurn away and slam the door\u201d
\nor \u201clet the storm rage on,\u201d
\nbecause as citizens of this world and the next (Gadium et spes <\/em>no 43.)
\nthis social or political cold should bothered us.<\/p>\n

We were not initiated in frozen ponds,
\nbut flowing waters that blazing with God\u2019s own Holy Spirit,
\ncaldrons of grace
\nintended to set the hearts of the baptized ablaze with love,
\nto bring God\u2019s own warmth and light to this frigid world.<\/p>\n

Not surprising there is an inevitable downside to the Christian life,
\nto becoming salt and light,
\nto be spiritual melting agents and luminosity in the darkness,
\ntossed into the arena of life to ward off lurking evil.<\/p>\n

For in order to be effective,
\nsalt expends its catalytic powers.
\nAnd in order to defeat the ice,
\nit depletes itself so that paths might be safe
\nand footing is secure.<\/p>\n

Similarly light exhausts itself,
\nconsuming its own fuel towards its impending extinction,
\nin order to overcome the darkness
\nin service of expelling doom.<\/p>\n

Being salt and light is costly \u2013
\nsomething I am guessing a Lt. Col. Vindman or Mitt Romney
\nknows too well these days.<\/p>\n

The Christian life is also costly \u2013
\nsomething Jesus knew too well
\nin his inevitable journey to Golgotha,
\nwhere his sacred life was snuffed out,
\nso that evil might be thwarted,
\nthe world might be a more loving place \u2026
\nand the chill and darkness
\nthat so often numbs the human heart
\nwould forever be banished.<\/p>\n

In his letter to the Romans,
\nSt. Paul encouraged that community
\nto \u201cput on the armor of light\u201d (Rom 13:12),
\nsomething as difficult in his day as in our own.<\/p>\n

But that is why we gather here,
\nso that we might season each other for the journey,
\nand in word and sacrament become the sacred salt
\nthat makes the path safe,
\nthat we might discover again the light given us at baptism
\nto illumine a gloomy world.<\/p>\n

It is not an easy journey,
\nand so, with the poet<\/a> we recognize:<\/p>\n

longing for peace, our world is troubled,
\nlonging for hope, many despair,
\n[but God\u2019s] word alone has pow\u2019r to save us,<\/p>\n

And so we pray: Make us your living voice.<\/p>\n

Christ, be our light!
\nShine in our hearts.
\nShine through the darkness.
\nChrist, be our light!
\nShine in your church gathered today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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