themselves and molten calf and worshipping it sacrificing to it and crying out this is your god oh israel who brought you out of the land of egypt the lord said to moses i see how stiff necked this people i whom you brought out of the land of egypt with such great power and would so strong a hand why should the egyptians say with evil intent he brought them out that he might kill them in the mountains and exterminate them in the face of  let your blazing wrath died out relent in punishing your people remember your servants abraham isaac and israel and how you swore to them by your own self saying i'll make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and all this land that i promise i'll give your descendants as their perpetual heritage so the lord relented in their punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people the word of the lord response or else on the responses remember us award as you favor your people wonderous deeds in the land of him terrible things at the red sea remember us the lord as you favor your people then he spoke of exterminating them but moses has chosen which stood him in the breach to turn back  the lord be with you yes her a reading from the holy gospel according to john or jesus said to the jews if i testify on my own behalf my testimony is not true but there is another testifies on my behalf and i know the testimony he gives on my behalf is true you sent emissaries to john and he testified to the truth i do not accept human testimony but i say this so that you may be saved he was a burning and shining lamp and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light but i have testimony greater than john's the works of the father gave me to accomplish these works that i perform testify on my behalf that the father has sent me moreover the father who sent me has testified on my behalf but you have never heard his voice nor seen his form and you do not have his word remaining in you because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent you search the scriptures because you think you have eternal life through them even they testify on my behalf but you do not want to come to me to have life i do not accept human praise moreover i know that you do not have the love of god in you i came in the name of my father but you do not accept it yet if another comes in his own name you will accept him how can you believe when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only god do not think that i will accuse you before the father the one who will accuse you is moses in whom you have placed your hope for if you had believed moses you would have believed me because he wrote about me but if you do not believe his writings how would you believe my words the gospel of the war  into striking question near the end of the gospel today two weeks before holy thursday he stood the eucharist you do not think when the question how can you believe when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise the comes only from god it's a great question because we're human we all look for appreciation the satisfaction is that can come from the world the praise at times of colleagues of the ego how can you believe when you accept praise from one another and that is a good question for us the deeper our belief and gone the less the kind of need that turning toward the satisfactions of ego of the things of this world then to try to see our whole life the praise of god we heard a phrase here of the praise of god actually maybe as striking as any phrase of g s us speaking of john the baptist's he was a burning and shining lamb we could come to the end of all life and all the lord would say that to us as we walk through their head with threshold into eternity i'm happy with you you were a burning and shining lamp even in the quiet manner of your life you were faithful you gave testimony to me with your life and let us be conscious of that you know part of lent is not not just to in a way have some practices of mortification to have conversion in some manner in our lives it's actually a deep in our face in the gospels that we are reading now beginning yesterday really speaking so openly of the divinity of christ he's exposing transparently that he is gone himself the son of the father even use themselves more fully to him in deeper faith blessed and are you lord god of all creation what three zero goodness we have received the wine we offer you through the vine and work of human hands will become our spiritual caring less of a god forever lord accept a phrase in your heads for the praise and glory of his name for our good and the good of all his holy church grant we pray almighty god that what we offer in sacrifice may cleanse us in our frailty from every evil and always grant us your protection through christ all the was imminent the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your heart we lift them up to the lord let us g will that are self denial should give you sighing humble our sinful pride contribute to the feeding of the poor and so help us imitate you and your kindness and so we glorify you with countless st joe's as you are indeed holy old void and all you have created rightly gives you prayed for through your son all boys she subscribes by the power and working of the holy spirit he gives life to all things and they come holy and you never cease to gather a people to yourselves so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name therefore ward we humbly employed by the same spirit make all the these we have brought you for consecration that they may become the body and blood of your son all war jesus christ and whose command we celebrate these mysteries for on the night he was betrayed he himself took birds and giving it signs he said the blessing broke the bread and gave it to his disciples he says all the time and he did it for this is my body which will be given art for you you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of m us on its wondrous resurrection and ascension into heaven and as we look forward to his second coming we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice look we pray upon the filled with his holy spirit may become one body one spirit in cards may he make of us an eternal offering to you so that we may be on pain and inheritance with your alack especially with the most plus the virgin mary mother of god was blessed that saint joseph her spouse with your blasted apostles and glorious modeler's with saint is the door and with all the saints on whose constant intercession in your the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you in your compassion a merciful father gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world to our departed brothers and sisters and to all who  world or that is good through him in with him and in him all god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever  peace i give you a look not on our sands but on the faith of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will to live in reign forever and ever and ever the peace the whole the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world less than all those called to the supper of the lamb lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word a of shall be healed be use thanks be to god and have a good day everyone please join in singing him number seven twenty eight i heard the voice of jesus say number seven to eight