5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 5: 13-16

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Matthew 5: 13-16 - 'You must shine in the sight of men.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 782 (In 'Characteristics of the people of God') - Its mission is to be salt of the earth and light of the world. This people is “a most sure seed of unity, hope, and salvation for the whole human race" (abbreviated)

- 2820-2821 (in 'Thy Kingdom Come') - By a discernment according to the Spirit, Christians have to distinguish between the growth of the Reign of God and the progress of the culture and society in which they are involved. This distinction is not a separation. Man’s vocation to eternal life does not suppress, but actually reinforces, his duty to put into action in this world the energies and means received from the Creator to serve justice and peace. This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears its fruit in new life in keeping with the Beatitudes.

- 1243 (in 'The Mystagogy of Baptism') - The candle, lit from the Easter candle, signifies that Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In him the baptized are “the light of the world" (abbreviated)

- 326 (in 'Heaven and Earth') - “heaven” refers to the saints and the “place” of the spiritual creatures, the angels, who surround God (abbreviated)

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