A Poem a Sunday

Epiphany 5 A

February 5, 2017

Matt. 5:13-20 - NRSV

Salt and Light

13 “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

14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

The Law and the Prophets

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks[b] one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Footnotes:

Matthew 5:18 Gk one iota

Matthew 5:19 Or annuls

Pass the Salt, Please!

Salt-less steeples

checker the land.

Savor the Savior,

Bible in hand.

Defend the unborn.

Cut health care,

but at God’s altar

say your prayers.

Kneel to the Almighty,

Evangelicals unite

behind a bigot

their argument airtight.

Tyranny matters not

to the one-issue Christian.

Freedom of the Press

just gives liberals permission

to insist on the facts

not their alternatives.

Truth is a casualty

for salt-less Christians.

The salt-less Savior

worshipped by white privilege

revises history

and our common heritage.

Salt-less steeples

checker the land.

Savor the Savior,

Bible in hand.

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