in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit that we might offer this holy sacrifice of the mass the more worldly we call to mind our sins and ask for the mercy of our days the people dedicated to your service may grow in both merit and number 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 a reading from the book of numbers from mount or the children of israel set out on the red sea road to bypass the land of but with their patients warning worn out by the journey the people complained against god and most is why have you brought us up from egypt to die in this desert where there is no food or water we are disgusted with this wretched food in punishment the lord sent among the people saraf serpents which bit the people so that many of them died then the people came to moses and said we have sinned in complaining against the lord and you pray the lord to take the serpents away from us so moses prayed for the people and the lord said to the most make a sarah and mounted on a pole and whoever looks at it after being bitten will live moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent serpent looked at the bronze serpent he lived the word of the lord thanks be to god oh lord hear my prayer and let my cry come to you whole lord hear my prayer and let my cry come to you oh lord hear my prayer and let my cry come to you hide not your face for me in the day of kings of the earth your glory when the lord has rebuilt zion and appeared in his glory when he is regarded the prayer of the destitute and not despised their prayer lor cry come to you let this be written for the generation to come and let his future creatures praise the lord the lord looked down from his holy height and from heaven he be earth to hear the groaning of the prisoners to release those doomed to die oh lord hear my prayer and let my cry come to lord be with you and with your spirit every day from the holy gospel according to john glory to the lord jesus said to the pharisees i am going away and you will look for me you will die and he said to them you belong to what is below i belong to what is above you belong to this world but i do not belong to this world that is why i told you that you will die in your sins for if you do not believe that i am you will die in your sins so they said to him who are you jesus said to them when i told you from the beginning i have much to say about you in condemnation but the one who sent me is true and when i heard from him i tell the world they did not realize that he was speaking to them of the father so jesus said to them when you lift up the son of man then you will realize that i am and that i do nothing on my own but i say only what the father taught me the one who sent me is with me is not left me alone because i always do what is pleasing to him because he spoke this way many came to believe in him the gospel of the lord prays to large and says christ keep your eyes fixed upon the cross of christ that's a lie that's a timeless bit of console from saints theologians keep your eyes fixed on the cross of christ we sang at the beginning of mass today lift the cross of christ jesus says in the gospel today to the fair seas when i am lifted up that means of course he's lifted up on the cross as the savior of the world we we keep our eyes on the cross of christ lester you lord god of all creation for three or goodness we have received the spread we offer you prove to the earth and work of human hands it will become for us the bread of life lesson be god forever lester you large out of all creation praise and glory of his name for our good in the good of all his holy church we offer you a lord the sacrifice of conciliation the being moved to compassion you may both pardon our offenses and direct  wavering hearts through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord heavenly father almighty turn to god for through the saving passion of yours the whole world has received the heart to confess the infinite power of  in a similar way when supper was and he took the chalice 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 an eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me 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 to live in reign forever and ever amen piece of the lord be with you always grant we pray almighty god that ever seeking what is divine we may always be worthy to approach these heavenly gifts through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lesser be the name of the lord