Thursday Table Talke

PRAY

Roll the prayer cube for the prayer or use this one

Gracious God, out of your love and mercy you breathed into dust the breath of life, creating us to serve you and our neighbors. Call forth our prayers and acts of kindness, and strengthen us to face our mortality with confidence in the mercy of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

READ

Matthew 6:2-4

2 “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. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

TALK

Alms are gifts to the poor and one of the things we emphasize during Lent to express our faith. Why do you think Jesus wants us to give secretly instead of letting everyone know that we are giving to the poor?

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