Wednesday, June 16, 2027

Douay-Rheims: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

⁶Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings. ⁷Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound in you; that ye always, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work, ⁹As it is written: He hath dispersed abroad, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever. ¹⁰And he that ministereth seed to the sower, will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of your justice: ¹¹That being enriched in all things, you may abound unto all simplicity, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 111:1-4, 9 (Psalm 112 at Mass)

¹Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. ²His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. ³Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever. ⁴To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

⁹He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

¹Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven. ²Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. ³But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. ⁴That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. ⁵And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. ⁶But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

¹⁶And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.