17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

As disciples, we are called to be salt of the earth people.  Not too salty (we’ve all had bad experiences of that), but also not non-salty…because that’s just not being true to who we are as Christians.  We’re called to be healthily salty, normally salty.  Disciples of Jesus Christ ought to be ordinary, fun, prayerful, genuine, striving, faithful, real people – normal human people.  That is what I envision when I imagine a disciple of Jesus Christ: someone that others are slightly intrigued by, for whatever the reasons, someone that others want to spend a little time with!

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our response during this Apostolic Time starts with something we already know very well: relationships.  We have been rescued by Jesus and sent to bring others to relationship with Him so that He can rescue them, too!  The whole reason the Catholic Church exists is to bring people to Jesus.  “Bringing people to Jesus” doesn’t mean shouting on the street corner or annoyingly and oppressively forcing the topic of faith into every conversation you have.  “Bringing people to Jesus” means that there are 3-5 people in your life right now, people that you already know and have some sort of relationship with, whom Jesus is sending you to to simply start a conversation with.  Witnessing to Jesus isn’t rocket science or deep theology, it’s simply relationship and natural conversation (and if you think it’s more complicated than that, then you’ve got the wrong idea).