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You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering.
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That was God’s instruction in Leviticus (2:13). Salt was poured on the offering to prevent decay and corruption. It prevented the ancient Hebrews from giving the Lord a second-rate and therefore unacceptable sacrifice.
For several centuries, up until 1970, blessed salt was placed in an infant’s mouth by the priest at baptism. It was the infant’s first taste of blessed food, a precursor to the Holy Eucharist, and prepared the salted infant to be a living sacrifice to God.
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In a world that turns from Christ, we march as color guard for His cross; the salt the earth, offering sacrifice, and sharing the gift of God with others.