exact day after his brother died so please remember giovanni michael merah and archbishop giovanni in your prayers this morning along with me the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen to the voice of your beloved son remain married to become co heirs with him who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever amen a reading from the book of the prophet daniel as i watched thrones were set up and the ancient one took his throne his clothing was bright as snow and the hair on his head as white as will his throne was flames of fire with wheels of burning fire a surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat thousands upon thousands were ministering to him and mary odds upon mary odds attended him the court was convened and the books were opened as the visions during the night continued i saw one like the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven when he reached the ancient one and was presented before him the one like a son of man received dominion glory and kingship all peoples nations and languages serve him his dominion is an everlasting d that shall not be taken away his kingship shall not be destroyed the word of the lord thanks be to god the lord is king the most high over all the earth the lord came the most high over all the earth the lord is king let the earth rejoice let the many islands be glad clouds and darkness are round about him justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne the lord is having the most high over all the mountains melt like wax before the lord before the lord of all the earth the heavens proclaim his justice and all peoples see his glory the lord is king the most high over a longer because you know lord are the most high over all the earth far above all gods the lord jesus came the most high over all of you are a reading from the nd letter of st peter beloved we did not follow cleverly that devised myths when we made the power and coming of our lord jesus christ but we have been eyewitnesses of his majesty for he received honor and glory from god the father when that unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory this is my son my beloved with whom i am well pleased we ourselves heard this voice come from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain moreover we possess the prophetic message that is all together reliable you will do well to be attentive to it as shining in a dark place until day dawns and the morning star rises in your heart the lord be with you reading from the holy gospel according to matthew jesus took peter james and john and his brother john led them up a high mountain by themselves and he was transfigured before them his face shone like the sun and his clothes became w heard this they fell prostrate and were very much afraid for jesus came in church them saying rise do not be afraid when the disciples raised their eyes they saw no one but jesus himself as they were coming down from the mountain jesus charge them do not tell this vision to anyone until the son of man is been raised from the dead the gospel of the day of the transfiguration is an important one because it shows one of the most important mysteries of what we believe as christians the divinity of  christ certainly when those three closest apostles to jesus saw this vision they didn't understand what it was all about they saw something spectacular they saw something that  was a shock to their eyes into their their senses and they saw this jesus whom they knew in a completely different light he was no longer just a rabbi from who was taking them from here to there and telling them stories about the goodness of god in the above of god for his people but he was being demonstrated as the beloved one of god to whom the grace and the the importance of his message was being emphasized underlined by god the father so when the voice comes out of the cloud this is like the cherry on top of the sunday not only did they see a vision of jesus in the spectacular way and the image of two of the most important people in their historical life history  elijah the process of law and the prophets symbolized from the old testament but then they heard the voice of the father and this is what kind of threw them over the edge they were they were petrified when they heard the ever expected transfiguration was the beginning of their eyes being open to the reality of who he was and yet because of their humanity and their reason is in their  these three very close friends apostles of jesus kind of fell down except for john at the end they had a vision they were their eyes and their hearts were open to the reality of jesus  this peacefully that we celebrate is the is the way that the church wants to remember porton this door opening for the understanding jesus began you and i have no problem in understanding what it's all about we believe in jesus it's part of our faith that's the reason why we're here that's the reason why so many people throughout our country and canada are listening to this broadcast of the mess because we believe archbishop cardinal dolan is asked us for nine days does he say some very special prayers so at this mass each day for the next nine days we will pray this special prayer oh god of endless love ever caring ever strong always present always just you gave your only son to save us by the blood of his cross gentle jesus shepherd of peace joy into your own suffering the pain of all who has been hurt in mind body and spirit by those who betrayed the trust placed in them hear the cries of our brothers and sisters who have been gravely harmed and the cries of those who love them soothe parts with hope steady there shaking spirits with face granting justice for their cause in life and by your true will the spirit comforter of parts heal your peoples rooms and transform broken grant us the courage and wisdom humility and grace to act with justice wisdom into our prayers and labors granted all busy armed by abuse may find peace and justice we ask this through christ amen and so for these nine days we pray in a very special way for those who have been sexually abused or violated or harris amen word amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we left them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and just it is truly right in just our duty in our salvation always and everywhere to give you things lord holy father almighty and eternal god through christ o board where he revealed his glory in the presence of chosen witnesses and filled with the greatest splendor that bubbly form which he shares with all humanity but the scandal of the cross might be removed from the hearts of those disciples and that he might show busy how in the body of the whole church is to be fulfilled but so wonderfully shown for a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take his soul of you and drink for me with this is the childless of my bird the blood of the new an eternal death and resurrection we offer you board the bread of life in the chalice of salvation giving thanks it us help us worthy to be in your presence in ministry to you home that we pray that partaking of the body and thirty remember your servants michael when giovanni mera when you have called from this world to yourself granted they who were united with your son in a death like his may also be one with him in his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who are fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on the every bill graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all the stress as we await the blessings hope in the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are your eyes now and for our lord jesus christ who said here apostles peace and leave you my peace i give you a look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and