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!