Tim Smith has a passion to help parishes and organizations respond to the Church's Apostolic call to evangelization. Tim's ministry has taken him across the United States, conducting parish missions, concerts, music ministry workshops, men's retreats, youth rallies that engage, educate and inspire.
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 11:03 AM EST
Year Of Faith: Salt can Become Tasteless
From Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic letter for the Year Of Faith (Porta Fidei):
We cannot accept that salt should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden (cf. Mt 5:13-16). The people of today can still experience the need to go to the well, like the Samaritan woman, in order to hear Jesus, who invites us to believe in him and to draw upon the source of living water welling up within him.
Ever try to use your cell phone the day after you forget to charge it? It's on borrowed time. I have important calls to make and this phone just doesn't have the juice. Good phone, but it's running on a old charge. Am I kidding myself when I think that I can keep going without plugging back into the Source of all life? The source of living water welling up within him?
I'm always busy, I gotta go, I should be there when I'm here, and I'm never where I'm at. When the woman at the well encountered Jesus, he wasn't on the run talking care of important things. His cell phone was not on. He was resting by the well - recharging. When he saw the need, the opportunity to reach out to the Samaritan woman, he was recharged. He invested the time to pray, rest, prepare.
Do I hear Jesus' call to draw upon him?
We cannot accept that salt should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden (cf. Mt 5:13-16). The people of today can still experience the need to go to the well, like the Samaritan woman, in order to hear Jesus, who invites us to believe in him and to draw upon the source of living water welling up within him.
Ever try to use your cell phone the day after you forget to charge it? It's on borrowed time. I have important calls to make and this phone just doesn't have the juice. Good phone, but it's running on a old charge. Am I kidding myself when I think that I can keep going without plugging back into the Source of all life? The source of living water welling up within him?
I'm always busy, I gotta go, I should be there when I'm here, and I'm never where I'm at. When the woman at the well encountered Jesus, he wasn't on the run talking care of important things. His cell phone was not on. He was resting by the well - recharging. When he saw the need, the opportunity to reach out to the Samaritan woman, he was recharged. He invested the time to pray, rest, prepare.
Do I hear Jesus' call to draw upon him?
