Ash Wednesday
Worship
Restore Me
Litanies, Prayers And Dialogues For Lent and Easter
Reader 1: 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, 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.
Reader 2: 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.
Reader 1: And 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.
Reader 2: But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the
door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father
who sees in secret will reward you.
Reader 1: And 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.
Reader 2: 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.
Reader 1: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth 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.
Reader 2: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be
also.
to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father
in heaven. So whenever you give alms, 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.
Reader 2: 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.
Reader 1: And 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.
Reader 2: But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the
door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father
who sees in secret will reward you.
Reader 1: And 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.
Reader 2: 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.
Reader 1: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth 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.
Reader 2: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be
also.
