Newsletter – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A.

REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart

Salt is a preservative and a flavour agent for food. Salt used to be rare and difficult to mine, but it is found in almost every kitchen today.

Why does Jesus compare us to salt?

Who is an adult that is like salt to the world – someone who makes life more flavourful? How have you learned from this adult?

Because salt is a key ingredient in the many instant, canned and prepared foods they consume, most Australians eat too much salt, and many are at risk of high blood pressure.

Do you know what your blood pressure is? When did you last have it checked?

What are your favourite foods? Are you aware of how much sodium (salt) they contain?

Do you put salt on food before you even taste it?

When it comes to salt, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. If we are like salt, what might be the ‘good things’ we have too much of?

Light is essential in order for us to see. When the sun goes down, we generally rely on electricity to light up our life.

What is the longest your home has ever gone without electricity? How did you cope?

Besides electric lights, what things would you have to do without if your home lost electric power for a week?

Why does Jesus compare us to light?

Who has been light for you – who has helped bring you out of the darkness? How have you learned from this person? How did that learning take place?

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