📖 Today's Gospel 20 June 2026 · Saturday 11th Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 6:24–34 Jesus said to His disciples: "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 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? And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." ✨ Reflection Yesterday Jesus asked us where our treasure lies. Today He goes deeper. He names the thing that usually competes for that treasure — worry. "No one can serve two masters." This is not really about money. It is about where we place our trust. Mammon is not a coin. Mammon is the entire system of self-reliance — the quiet belief that if I don't secure it myself, no one will. That belief produces a particular kind of exhaustion. The exhaustion of carrying tomorrow on top of today. Jesus doesn't tell us not to plan, not to work, not to provide. He tells us not to worry — not to let anxiety about the future become the operating system of our present moment. And then He gives us two of the gentlest images in all of Scripture. Birds. Lilies. Creatures that do nothing to secure their own existence, and yet are fed, and yet are clothed more beautifully than any king. Not because they worked for it. Because they were made by a Father who already knows what they need. "Are you not of more value than they?" This is the heart of the whole passage. If God clothes grass that exists for a single day and is then burned — how much more will He care for the children He calls by name? The anxiety many of us carry is not really about food or clothing. It is a quiet, unspoken doubt about whether we are truly cared for. Jesus is answering that doubt directly. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Notice — He does not say these things will disappear. He says they will be added. Provided. Given, not earned through anxiety, but received through trust. "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." This is not permission to be careless about tomorrow. It is permission to stop carrying tomorrow today. One day's burden is already enough for one day's grace. 💡 Truths to Remember • You cannot serve both God and anxious self-reliance • Worry adds nothing — it only steals the present • God's care is not earned, it is given, like the birds and lilies • Seeking the kingdom first reorders every other priority • Today's grace is sufficient for today's trouble — no more is needed 🙏 Prayer Father, You know what I need before I even ask. Quiet the anxious voice that tells me I must secure everything myself. Help me seek Your kingdom first, and trust that You will provide what today requires. Sufficient for this day is Your grace. Amen. 💬 What is one worry you can hand over to God today? #DailyGospel #Matthew6 #DoNotWorry #RiseWithTheWord