Jesus speaking said, “Those who love Me will keep My Word and My Father will love them and We will come to them and make Our home with them.” John 14:23
Image: Missionaries of Charity and Jeanette Co
Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
So whenever you give alms (charity) do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward but when you give alms do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the Synagogues and at the street corners so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward but whenever you pray, go into your room, shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Whenever you fast, do not look dismal like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward but when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moths and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
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