Note: What reward do we seek from God? Financial security? Respect of others? Success in achieving our goals? What Jesus offers is eternal life in God's kingdom, starting now.

Greeting
Leader: Shhhhh. Don't attract attention from others. Come quietly before your Father in heaven, who sees in secret and will reward you.
Congregation: We are here, Father, not to be praised by people but to praise you with our whole-hearted devotion.

Prayer
Holy God, we come not to be informed, but to be formed. We come, not seeking human admiration, but to become fitting subjects of your eternal kingdom. Amen.

Litany on Piety
Leader 1: Isaiah told us that putting on sackcloth and ashes is not a fast acceptable to God.
Leader 2: The fast God chooses is to loose the chains of injustice, to set the oppressed…