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Lectionary 5 A

Matthew 5:13–20

You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. (Matt 5:13)

There is white onion chopping to be done and crying with it

and juliennes of jicama to slice and a slip and a cut and

the vinaigrette must be whisked and emulsified and tested,

balancing of sweet and vinegar to please the palate,

the steak is seared in the black iron pan and peppered

the potatoes roasted in rosemary and garlic browned.

Then the chef does his effortless enchanted toss with salt

delights the tongue and the soul,

taking us back when salt is what we swam in and breathed and sang

so much us that we did not know or taste until we left it.

So it is with God and each other and the love we walked away from.

Now with generous offering we are salted and relished,

offered a taste of love in a bland and hungry world

needing a mere amuse-bouche of the holy we are swimming in.