Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
(I Kings
17:7-16; Matthew 5:13-16)
A Dominican
priest in Pakistan had a large Muslim following. The people considered him a holy man of God. They would wait for him after mass outside
church. There he would bless them. The blessing evidently brought cures and
other graces. The widow of Zarephath
looks at Elijah in this way.
The widow
is not a daughter of Israel. She tells
Elijah, “’As the Lord, your God, lives...” She must recognize the power of God, or she
would not invoke an oath in His name. She
also acknowledges the authority of God’s prophet when she obeys his commands.
The woman
is saved by her faith in God even though it is still undeveloped. We do well to imitate it along with her
generosity. We want to do all that God has
commanded through Moses and, especially, Jesus.
In today’s gospel Jesus tells his disciples to be salt and light, That is, we are to lift people’s spirits with
deeds motivated by love.
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