on us to give us sauce and us and bring us to everlasting life i mean as an al standing champion of your son's divinity mercifully grant that rejoicing in his teaching and his protection we may never see to grow in knowledge and love  the lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever  reading from the actually apostles when the court officers had brought the apostles in and made them stand before the sent he drew the high priests questioned them we gave you  orders did we not to stop teaching in that name yet you have filled jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man's blood upon us but peter and the apostles said in reply we must obey god rather than men the god of our ancestors raised jesus though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree god exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior to grant israel repentance and forgiveness of sins we are witnesses of these things as is the holy spirit whom god has given to those who obey him when they heard this they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death lord here is the cry of the poor breast i will bless the lord at all times his prayers shall be ever in my mouth taste and see how good the lord is less said the man who takes refuge in him and from their distress he rescues them the lord hears the cry of the poor the lord is close to the broken hearted and those who are crushed in spirit he save the lord be with you are ready for the holy gospel according to john the one who comes from above is above all the one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things but the one who comes from heaven is above all he testifies to what he has seen and heard but no one accepts his testimony where does accept his testimony certifies that god is trustworthy for the one whom god sent speaks the words of god he does not ration his gift of the spirit the father loves the son and has given everything over to him whoever believes in the son has eternal life but whoever disobeyed the son will not see life but the wrath of god remains upon him the gospel of the lord in these days after easter not only the readings but a kind of invitation from god is to really to do well to ponder you know the depth of this mystery god became a man died on the cross he rose from the dead and and even a gospel like this that maybe could seem a little bit abstract you know how much depth there is here we just had a phrase from the same today as saint athanasius living early in the three hundred a champion of the divinity of price you know for us if you go to delhi masses you do you know we kind of just live with this truth but how shocking that was from the beginning that he's gone in the phrase even that we had in the gospel today the father loves the son and has given everything over to him he's placed everything in his hands as a beautiful phrase you know when we are praying to realize that includes us he has placed everything all of us our whole lives in the hands of the son is some many struck phrases at times that yes be pondered and provoking and provoke us you know this phrase that was in the first reading that's for sure something that was hit upon in that song the phrase of the apostle same you killed him by hanging him on a tree that may seem obvious to us but that's actually a phrase from deuteronomy and the jewish leadership use that at that time if he was hung on a tree and they use that phrase then to say no you hung him on a tree it's part of god's plan nailed to a cross for our sent us let us on this each day at a speed conscious of that also today you know we walk out into a world so to speak but we carry god within us it's not just a kind of pious phrase we literally carry him outside with us after receiving communion today rejoice so to you strengthen her by the example of his holy light he chaired by his words of preaching and keeper say in answer to his prayers and so with the company of angels  you are indeed holy old lord and all you have creative rightly gives you praise for through your son all boys jesus christ by the power and working of the holy spirit you give life to all things body which will be given off for you oh holy spirit may become one body one spirit in price and he make about us an eternal offering to you so that we may opt to gain an inheritance with your lack especially with the most world all that is  through him and with him and in him all god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and  let us offer each other