Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/9and6 2 COR 9and6-11 Brothers and sisters, consider thisandwhoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion,for God loves a cheerful giver.Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you,so that in all things, always having all you need,you may have an abundance for every good work.As it is writtenandHe scatters abroad, he gives to the poorhis righteousness endures forever.The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for foodwill supply and multiply your seedand increase the harvest of your righteousness.You are being enriched in every way for all generosity,which through us produces thanksgiving to God. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/112:1 PS 112:1BC-2, 3-4, 9 R. (1b)Blessed the man who fears the Lord.orandR.Alleluia.Blessed the man who fears the LORD,who greatly delights in his commands.His posterity shall be mighty upon the earththe upright generation shall be blessed.R.Blessed the man who fears the Lord.orandR.Alleluia.Wealth and riches shall be in his househis generosity shall endure forever.Light shines through the darkness for the uprighthe is gracious and merciful and just.R.Blessed the man who fears the Lord.orandR.Alleluia.Lavishly he gives to the poorhis generosity shall endure foreverhis horn shall be exalted in glory.R.Blessed the man who fears the Lord.orandR.Alleluia. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/john/14:23 JN 14:23 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Whoever loves me will keep my word,and my Father will love himand we will come to him.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6and1 MT 6and1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to his disciplesand Take care not to perform righteous deedsin order that people may see themotherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streetsto win the praise of others.Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you give alms,do not let your left hand know what your right is doing,so that your almsgiving may be secret.And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street cornersso that others may see them.Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door,and pray to your Father in secret.And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.They neglect their appearance,so that they may appear to others to be fasting.Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that you may not appear to others to be fasting,except to your Father who is hidden.And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.”