Gospel
Matthew 6:25-34 (NRSV)
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry
about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or
about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food,
and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the
air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet
your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than
they? 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to
your span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor
spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not
clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass
of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into
the oven, will he not much more clothe you-you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What
will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 32 For it is the Gentiles
who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father
knows that you need all these things. 33 But strive first for
the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
34 "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring
worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.