Ser sal y luz en la vida
Palabras de Jesús: ”Vosotros sois la sal de la tierra…Vosotros sois la luz del mundo” (Mt 5, 13 ss). Con estas palabras, Jesús define quiénes son sus discípulos. No dice Jesús “deberíais ser”, sino “sois”. Sólo si somos sal de la tierra y luz del mundo, podemos saber si somos de verdad, y no solo de nombre, discípulos suyos.
Ser sal, significa en lenguaje metafórico, llenar la vida de sabor de evangelio y llenarla de contenido en línea la línea del Reino; es saber condimentar todos nuestros actos con la alegría de saberse hijo de de Dios; es desterrar la tristeza, por el hecho de ser menos y poseer menos; es conformarse con el último lugar, sabiendo que ante Dios no hay primeros ni últimos; es saber poner esperanza donde falta, paz en vez de violencia; es, sobre todo, derramar amor a corazón abierto.
Ser luz, es abrir la vida a la verdad, al entusiasmo, a la generosidad, al perdón, a la confianza en el Dios fiel; es iluminar los caminos de la vida y desterrar las tinieblas del corazón del mundo; es curar las cegueras voluntarias, romper cadenas de esclavitud; es estar anclado fuertemente en Dios.
Pero el Señor también dice que “si la sal se vuelve sosa; si la luz se pone debajo del perol, de nada sirven”. Y ese es el riesgo de los discípulos. Ese es el verdadero trauma que se produce cuando no somos lo que Jesús pone como condición para seguirle: sal y luz. Jesús, con las palabras citadas por Mateo, no nos hace una invitación, ni una oferta, ni una meta que alcanzar. Sencillamente, pone unas condiciones para ser sus discípulos. No dice debéis ser, debéis intentar, no; dice “vosotros sois”. Y si no somos (sal-luz), no somos sus discípulo; seremos aprendices de discípulos o futuros discípulos.
En la famosa “Carta a Diogneto”, se dice: “Lo que es el alma en el cuerpo, son los cristianos en el mundo”. El alma es lo que vivifica y anima el cuerpo. Los cristianos ¿vivificamos y animamos suficientemente este mundo? La respuesta más acertada sería decir: unos, sí, y otros, no. Pero no se trata de las individualidades, siempre expuestas a la debilidad y al cansancio. Se trata de los cristianos como comunidad universal (eclesial). Y en ese sentido, dejamos mucho que desear.
Somos unos 1700 millones de cristianos en el mundo, un número impresionante, con una gran fuerza potencial de influencia y testimonio. No podemos negar que la cristiandad ha influido muchísimo a lo largo de la historia, y sigue influyendo en grandes sectores; pero no podemos gloriarnos, ni estar satisfechos, de lo que no hacemos o influimos. Un reducido número de apóstoles y discípulos de Jesús, fueron capaces de cambiar gran parte del gran mundo greco-romano, en condiciones mucho más arduas que hoy.
Cuando los cristianos nos convertimos en “cristiandad”, perdimos gran parte de la fuerza testimonial; la única que arrastra y convence. Aunque el Espíritu Santo no cesa de transformar a personas y pequeños grupos, que son capaces de poner su fuerza en el Dios de Jesucristo, y ser referencia transformadora en sus ambientes. “Recibiréis la fuerza del Espíritu Santo, que vendrá sobre vosotros, y seréis mis testigos en Jerusalén, en toda Judea y Samaria, y hasta los confines de la tierra” (Hch 1, 8).
Félix González
Vosotros ‘sois’ porque él ‘es’.
Y caemos, dulcemente, en la posibilidad. Posibilidad que abre puertas a cada paso, en cada contacto, en la alegría de la bonanza y, de par en par, cuando se cierran tras nosotros las ilusiones.
Tanto la sal como la luz, tienen su entidad en la permanencia. Un tormo o un fogonazo podrán ser agudos o espectaculares, pero es mejor mantener la tensión de no abandonar.
Sin ver subir la masa, sin salar ni haber contagiado alegría, sin alcanzar luz ni para caminar algo más iluminados…pero listos, a punto, de pie y atentos: SIENDO.
Ciertamente, nunca hay que abandonar, Susana. Arrojar la toalla es la tentación más frecuente, pero es contraria a la virtud de la esperanza. Hay que mantener el tipo contra la adversidad, y sobre todo contra el cansancio y la desilusión. Un abrazo.
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