the grace of spiritual joy and the rock the house of all the say falls into the way of salvation and peace the lord jesus christ your son lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever a a reading from the book of the prophet isaiah hear me out close friends listen so distant peoples the lord called me from birth from my mother's womb he gave me my name he of me a sharp edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arms he made me a polished arrow in his quiver he hid me you are my servant he said to me israel through whom i show my glory no i thought i had toiled in vain and for nothing uselessly spent my strength yet my reward is with the lord my recompenses with my god but now the lord has spoken who formed me answer servants from the womb that jacob may be brought back to him and israel gathered to him and i am made glorious and the size of the lord and my god is now my strength it is too little he says for you to be my servant to raise up the tribes of jacob and restore the survivors of israel i will make you a light to the nations that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth the word of the lower speed of god i praise you for i am wonderfully made i praise you for i am wonderfully made oh lord you have probed me you know me you know when i sit  when i stand you understand my thoughts from afar my journeys and my rest to scrutinize with all my ways you are familiar i praise you for i am wonderfully made truly you have formed my inmost being you need me in my mother's womb i give you thanks that i am fearfully wonderfully made wonderful are your works i praise you for i am wonderfully made my so also knew full well my soul also you knew full well nor was my frame unknown to you when i was made in secret when i was fashioned in the depths of the earth i praise you for i am wonderfully made a reading from the acts of the apostles in those days paul said god raised up david as king of him god testified i have found david son of jesse a man after my own heart he will carry out my every wish from this man's descendants according to his promise has brought to israel a savior jesus john heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of israel and as john was completing his course he would say what do you the lord be with you reading from the holy gospel according to luke when the time arrives will is a disaster a child she gives birth to a son her neighbors and relatives heard that the lord had shown his great mercy toward her and they rejoiced with her when they came on the age day to circumcise the child they were going to call him zechariah after his father and his mother said in reply no he will be called and he answered have there was no one among your relatives who has this name so they made signs asking his father what he wished him to be called he asked for a tablet and wrote john is his name and immediately his mouth was open his tongue free and he spoke blessing god then fear came upon all the neighbors and all these matters were discussed throughout the whole country of judea all heard these things took them to hear the gospel of the l existence in order to be the one who could point to the incarnate word and cry out behold the lamb of god it is he who takes away the sins of the world the mission of john the baptist in life was to put pen the way of the lord what god desires for all of us that even the baby lead in this mother's womb for joy god there's ice for all of us and with john the baptist the holy spirit now begins the restoration of men for and religious let us pray to the lord for peace in the middle east are no problem areas of the world let us pray to the lord we pray for those who are sick members of our own families and the par his birth was great rejoicing even in the womb we leap for joy at the coming of human salvation he alone of all the prophets pointed out the lamb of redemption and to make holy the flowing waters he baptized  many for the forgiveness of sins this in memory of me you have call from this world to yourself where she was reunited with your son in the death like his may also be one with him in this resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who are falling asleep in the hope of the resurrection and reigns forever and of him and the lord be with him and away they are there and they almighty god bless you father son and the holy spirit amen go forth the masses and thanks to the g