lives always suggest for mercy and forgiveness a reading from the acts of the apostles stephen filled with grace and power was working great wonders and signs among the peoples certain members of the so called synagogue alexandrians and people from silicio and asia came forward and debated with stephen but they could not withstand the wisdom in this and the spirit with which he spoke then they instigated some men to say we have heard him speaking blasphemous words against moses and they stirred up the people the elders and the scribes accosted him seized him and brought him before sanhedrin they presented false witnesses who testified this man never stop saying things against this holy place and the law but we have heard him claim that this jesus  destroy this place and change the customs that moses handed down to us all those who sat in the sand heater and looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel the statutes make me understand the way if your precepts and i will meditate on your wondrous will last and are they who follow the law of the lower remove from me the way of false in favor me with your and that jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat but only his disciples had left all the posts came from two players are various near the place where they had eaten the bread when the lord gave thanks when the crowd saw that neither jesus or his disciples were there they themselves got into boats and came to farnham looking for jesus when they found him across the sea and he said to him rabbi  for the food that insures for eternal life which ascent of man will give you on him the father god has set his seal so they said to him what can we do to accomplish the works of god sometimes we read the scriptures we see that the crowds and the people do not understand fully they missed the mark when jesus had this beautiful miracle of feeding so many he was giving them up for taste of the  taste of his very loving presence and care for his people it was not necessarily the physical food that was important but rather the fact that this great miracle hopefully would help them find didn't know and feel god's pres the apostles you today we find him not doing that work are doing the work of the apostles proclaiming the presence of jesus christ proclaiming that christ risen from the dead that will destroy this temple preaching is the early his own self and his body and blood that the the consecration of the bread and wine becomes for us the real presence of the lord helping us always to see and feel the presence of the lord within us helping us each day too help through jesus  deeds in life unfolding of god's plan and god's will for each of us that each day hopefully we can reflect to others is good news of jesus christ good people of true easter joy to it rejoicing in the fact that jesus risen kingdom of our father let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer heavenly father listen to our prayers and grant them in the name of your son jesus christ risen from the dead and always alive in our midst forever and ever amen right him just so judy at our salvation always and everywhere to claim you but in this time above all would you get more gloriously when christ our passover has been a sacrifice he never ceases to offer himself for us says christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it he gave it to his disciples say take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our day that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all to stress as we await the birth of hope and coming up our your jesus christ or the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ who said to your apostles peace of leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins all