In today’s Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Our Lord calls us to be the salt and light of the world. As Tony Crescio explains, when we attend to these images carefully, it becomes clear that today Jesus calls us to participate in His work of transforming the world into the Kingdom of God by drawing it closer to the life of God.
Mass Readings:
First Reading: Isaiah 58:7-10
Psalm: Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.