grace to you and peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ and with your scary welcome to st patrick's cathedral my brothers and sisters as we celebrate the sacred mysteries by calling to mind our saying this and asking the lord's you were sent to heal the contrite of heart lord have mercy lord have mercy came to call sinners christ have mercy christ have mercy you are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us lord have mercy lord have mercy professing the true faith we may acknowledge the trinity of eternal glory and adore your unity powerful in majesty 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 amen grace to you and peace we give thanks to god always for all of you remembering you in our prayers unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and in jur sin of our lord jesus christ before our god and father knowing brothers and sisters loved by god you were chosen for our gospel did not come to you in words alone but also in power and in the holy spirit and with much conviction you know what sort of people we were among you for your sake in every place your faith in god has come forth so that we have no need to say anything for they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we have among you and how you turned to god from idols to serve the living and true god and to wait his son from have been whom he raised from the dead jesus who delivers us from the coming round the word of the lord thanks be to god the lord takes delight in his his people let the faithful exultant glory let them sing for joy among upon their couches but the high praises of god be in their protests this is the glory of all his faithful my sheep hear my voice says the lord i know them then they follow me hypocrites you lock the kingdom of heaven before men you do not enter yourselves nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter woe to you much as yourselves woe to you blind you guards who say if one swears by the temple it means nothing but if one swears by the gold of the temple one is obligated blind fools which is greater the gold or the temple that made the gold sacred and you say if one swears by the altar it means nothing but if one swears by the gift on the altar one is obligated you blind ones which is greater the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred one who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it one who swears by the temple swears by it by him who dwells in it one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of god and by him who is seated upon it the gospel we have some pretty serious language from jesus today as he once again  scribes good men who lived in the time of jesus who were so focused on the strict observance of the law that sometimes they were unable really to see the spirit of the law and how it effects people all around so he c and how many times did you count in the gospel that he called them hypocrites that's a tough word for us to hear you know sometimes when when our brothers and sisters wander away from going to church on sunday you see it in your families you see it among your friends people say i don't go to church anymore you might ask why and the answer comes back because the church is filled with a progress and for some people that's i suppose a legitimate reason for moving away but we work and we strive and improving our lives to taking correction and overcoming whatever that criticism might be in your own experience how hard have you found it to confront a friend or a neighbor or a spouse or child who's doing something wrong somebody who might be stuck in a rut not able to move forward there's difficulty in criticizing and confronting those people we love and yet in imitation of jesus in the scripture today maybe we ask ourselves do we care enough for other people to challenge them to grow beyond they h my brothers and sisters our lord has told us to always turn to him with our prayers and so let us offer these petitions to our our heavenly father that we the church will never see the beauty and the elegance of our churches as more important than the beauty and elegance of being faithful witnesses to christ let us pray to the lord for all those who are in political office that though they will always look to the good of the people they serve let us pray to the lord for those who are hungry homeless or forgotten and ignored that they will be satisfied by all those who follow jesus let us pray to the lord for this faith community that we will not let material cares overshadow the care of our souls us pray to the lord and for our sister in christ agnus and for all who have died that they will rest in peace in the kingdom of heaven let us pray to the lord heavenly father knowing of your love for us we ask that you hear and answer our prayers which we offer through christ  thanks lord holy father almighty any trundle god four with your only begotten son and the holy spirit and you are one god one lord not in the unity of a single person but in a trinity of one substance for what you have revealed to us of your glory we believe equally of your son and of the holy spirit so that in confessing the true and eternal godhead you serafin who never cease to cry out each day as with one voice say a claim lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion and he took bread and giving thanks for ok and gave it to his disciples saying take this all  and eat of it with this is my body which will be given up for you the similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the child was of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullnes have died in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessing virgin mary mother of god with leslie joseph her spouse with the blessing a and all the same so have please choose throughout the ages we may marry to be co heirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through we pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessid hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ who said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the fa other the sign of pea may receiving the sacramento lord our god bring us health of body and soul as we confess your eternal trinity undivided unity through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and