DO NOT PARADE YOUR GOOD DEEDS
Jesus said to his disciples: "Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice; by doing this you wiill lose all your reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win men's admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secrete, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have ha their reward.......... Mass Readings