In Leviticus, God commands that all offerings be seasoned with salt.
“You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.”
The whole idea of sacrifice feels a little foreign to us. That kind of language is baked into the Catholic Church—we use it all the time—but none of us have actually slaughtered a calf and burned it on an altar as an offering to God.
So there’s a bit of a disconnect.
But this detail about the salt caught my attention. It’s such a small thing to call out specifically. Why salt?
Because salt was precious. Expensive. Valuable.
Adding salt to the offering made it better. It seasoned it. It showed that you were giving God something good, not just the leftovers or the things you didn’t need anyway.
The offerings were always the best. The firstfruits. The unblemished animal. The finest grain. And yes—seasoned with salt.
That’s what worship is supposed to be.
Not the scraps. Not the leftover time. Not the halfhearted effort.
The best we can offer.
Let us pray.
Lord, help us give You our best. Not the leftovers of our time, our energy, our attention—but the firstfruits. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
