June 16, 2021 - Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (Fr. Patrick Carr)

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 • Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

We give alms without fanfare because we are being "enriched in every way for all generosity" by the mercy of God. We pray in a hidden way, confident that the seed hidden in the soil produces an abundant harvest. We do not look gloomy when we fast, but rather we cheerfully give God our hunger. In all these things, the grace of Christ is moving us. He is the first and true sower, and "whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."