Matthew 5:13-19
“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.
For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Homily:
Stop hiding.
With all that God has poured in you, stop mistaking timidity for humility.
You were given the gifts you have, as a pointer to the source (God). When those gifts are hidden, like we have learnt in the tale of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the gifts lose value and will have to be taken from you and given to those that work it.
Stop hiding. “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few”.
Go and show the world, a joy that is possible.