Grace and Space

Mt 6:7-15

[Jesus said to his disciples,] ⁷“In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

⁹“This is how you are to pray:/ Our Father in heaven,/ hallowed be your name,/ ¹⁰your kingdom come,/ your will be done,/ on earth as in heaven./ ¹¹Give us today our daily bread;/ ¹²and forgive us our debts,/ as we forgive our debtors;/ ¹³and do not subject us to the final test,/ but deliver us from the evil one./ ¹⁴If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. ¹⁵But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”

Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

[Jesus said to his disciples,] ¹“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. ²When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. 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 is doing, ⁴so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.