17 June

Psalm 119:9-16 How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.  I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.  Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes. With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.  I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches.  I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Jeremiah 17:10 I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

Matthew 6:1-4 Beware of practising 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. 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.

These Scripture readings relate to the Eata readings (The Sermon on the Mount) in Celtic Daily Prayer, volume 2.