Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

            Christteaches about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. “Take care not to performrighteous deeds that people may see them; otherwise, you will have norecompense from your heavenly Father.”

            Fr.O’Mullane preaches about the grave importance of our motivations whenever weperform acts of prayer, fasting, or almsgiving. Jesus gives these practices tous, and assumes that we will continue them. We must, however, perform the actsonly for God. Those who perform these acts for the purpose of winning theadmiration of men, then they have no reward with God. Offer these acts for Godalone, “And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.”