Monday of Meat-Fare. Our Piety is Between Us and God
Jesus said ”Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven… And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew 6:1, 6 (Gospel on the Second Saturday of the Souls) The word “piety” is defined as “the quality of being religious or reverent.” Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to the concept of piety,