in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit we ask the intercession of our lady of ransom our lady of mercy on her feast day her intercession with jesus for the forgiveness of our male maybe god have mercy on us forgive us our sins sin bring us to life everlasting amen your only be gotten son into the world as redeemer of the human race granted we who honor his mother as our lady of ransom may faithfully protect and seek to spread to all peoples the true liberty of your children which christ lord merited by his sacrifice on the cross we ask this through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever a that house of god they are to rebuild it on its former site i also issued this decree concerning your dealing with these elders of the jews in the rebuilding of that house of god from the royal revenue the taxes of west of euphrates let these men be repaid for their expenses in full and without delay i have issued this decree let it be carefully executed the elders of the jews continue to make progress in the building supported by the message of the prophets had guy and zechariah son of  they finished the building according to the command of the god of israel and the decrees of sirius and darius and of our tax or sees king of persia they completed this house on the rd day of the month in the th year of the region of king darius the children of israel priests levites and the other returned exiles celebrated the dedication of this house of god with joy for the dedication of this house of god they offered one hundred bulls two hundred rams and four hundred lambs together with twelve he goes as a sin offering for all is in keeping with the number of the tribes of israel finally they set up the priests in their classes and the levites in their divisions for the service of god in jerusalem as is prescribed in the book of moses the exiles kept the passover on the up to the house of the lord and now we have set foot within our gates jerusalem let a story joisting to the house of the lord jerusalem built as a city with compact unity two with the tribes go up the tribes of the lord according to the decree for israel to give thanks to the name of the lord in it are set up judgment seats seats for the house of david  the lord be with you and with your spirit reading from the holy gospel according to  the mother jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd he was told your mother and your brothers standing outside and they wish to see you he said to them in reply my mother and my south in the human trafficking which even was way back then as the slaves were coming to the ports they wanted they would want to buy them back and free them and liberate them they wanted to care for them and love them they dedicated their work to the ransom thus the name our lady of ransom to the ransom to jesus paid on the cross his precious blood to save us from slavery to si n and see in death mother mccauley in dublin in the th century would be very fond of our lady of ransom our lady of mercy and she dedicated her new ardor the mercy sisters to that title of our blessed and mother our lady of ransom and our lady of mercy that's where i got my devotion this september th because i was blessed to have mercy sisters from dr ireland to teach me in grade school we got this day off the feast of our lady of mercy for our good in the good of all his holy church lord accept the gifts we offer and worship grant that we who celebrate this memorial of our lady of mercy the small morial of the boundless love of your son may be strengthened by the example of your wise and provident plan you join the bless of virgins so closely to your son in the work of redemption that she was with him as a loving mother in his infancy stood by his crosses the faithful companion in his passion and assumed into heaven became our advocate and the hand made of our redemption she cares unceasingly with a mother's love for all for all your children in their need breaking the chains of every form of captivity that they might enjoy full liberty of body and spirit now with the angels and all the saints we praise the revealing love of your son and through him we proclaim your greatness as we cry out with one voice forever large jesus christ who said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live in reign forever and ever us pray lord our god we have just received the blessed sacrament of redemption in life and now pray that through the intercession of our lady of mercy whom  as our loving mother and patroness in heaven we may serve ever more strenuously the mystery of salvation here on earth and be at last admitted into your heavenly hate them we ask this through christ our lord amen the lord be with you through the intercession of our lady of mercy and the almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen go in peace thank