apostle paul we may pursue the surpassing knowledge of jesus christ for having learned it seen entities that caria constantly preached your saving word to the church grow the word uses christ your son who lives in dreams with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever amen reading from the book of genesis the span of cyrus life was one hundred and twenty seven years since she died in curia that is here on in the land of canaan and abraham performed the mourning rights for her then he left the side of his dead to one then addressed the hittite although i am a resident alien among new cellmates from your holdings a piece of property for a burial ground that i reached a ripe old age and the lord had blessed him in every way abraham said to the senior servant of his household who had charge of all his possessions put your hand under my thigh and i will make you wife for my son isaac the servant asked him what if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land should i then take your son back to the land from which you migrate said i never take my son back there for any reason abraham told him the lord the god of heaven who took me from my father's house and the land of my kin and you confirmed by oath the promise he then made to me i will give this land to your descendants he will send his messenger before you and you will obtain a wife for my son there if the woman is unwilling to follow you you will be released from th but never take my son back there a long time later isaac went to live in the region of the negev one day toward evening he went out in the fields and that as he looked around he noticed that camels were approaching their back out to was looking about and when she saw him she alighted from her camel and asked the servant who is the man out there walking through the fields proclaim all his praises give thanks to the lord for he is good that are they who observe what is right who do always what is just remember us a lord as you favor your people do things to the lord for he is good visit me with your saving how that i may see the prosperity of your chosen ones rejoice in the joy of your people and glory with your inherita says passed by and he saw a man named matthew sitting at the custom post he said to him follow me and he got up and followed him while he was a table in his house many tax collectors and sinners came not need a physician but the sick to go and learn the meaning of these words i desire mercy not sacrifice i did not come to call the righteous but sinners the gospel of the story of matthew's are again an interesting one that if we were jesus ourselves we would probably say i'm not going to pick these type of people because they had such a bad reputation and matthew or levi which is the original name that he had was a tax collector and that means he was an agent of the roman government he was someone that would be making sure that people were squeezed as much as possible to get their taxes to get their money put in his pocket and to give to the roman masters that he had so it was he was someone that was not looked upon with great love and affection by the people that surrounded him but that's the person that jesus chose he said come follow me and he became one of what we call the apostles one of the disciples of jesus that were closest to him that understood the most about him and truly for anybody who would be able to make a judgment he would have been considered definitely a center at another holy man someone that was on his the straight path to heaven not somebody that knew and observes the law of moses and the way god wanted people to live their lives at least that would have been the way an outsider would have looked on him but jesus was something much more important something in his heart something that made him eventually be a person who gave his life for the preaching of the gospel in the writing of the words of jesus himself when he saw with the eyes of other people couldn't see  saw into the depths of this man and found him the right person to be one of the twelve we ourselves had to say to ourselves we're not perfect we're centers at times in our lives sometimes for long times in our lives but the lord sees in us many things that perhaps we don't see ourselves and he sees the goodness he sees the face that we have in our lives he sees the imperfections because that's part of human life and certainly that's part of our shared experiences the imperfections and even the sins of our lives so today is a great day to ask the lord to help us be considered as matthew was considered beyond the outward signs of his weaknesses and sinfulness god so the goodness we as we ask the board also to see that same goodness in ourselves the name of the are we pray for ourselves so we do everything we can to bring happiness and holding his to our families as we pray to the voice nor hear our prayer we pray for those who work for the defense of human life those who work for peace and receive all or the offerings of your people and grant there we who celebrate your son's work and down this charity may by the example of blessid anthony be confirmed in love with you and of our neighbor who christ salvation always and everywhere to give you things board holy father almighty and eternal god for the same to consecrated themselves to christ for the sake of the kingdom of heaven it is right to celebrate the wonders of your providence which you call human nature back to its original fold in this and bring it to experience on this earth to give to promise in the new world to come and so with all the angels is my body which will be given up for you which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me holy spirit remember the lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with friends of her pope and timothy our bishop and all the surgery remember they some members of the challenge family home you have called this world to yourself granted they who are united with your son in it just like his may also be one with him in his resurrection for your son jesus christ who him and with him it in him will god almighty father and the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours for ever and ever