Mass Readings for Wednesday, June 21, 2028

Gospel Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

• 1“Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.

• 2Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

• 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

• 4so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

• 5And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

• 6But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

• Some verses are not read.

• 16And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.

• 17But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

• 18so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

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Read in the CPDV: The whole of Matthew 6