to give us our sins and bring us to everlasting li very almighty ever living god let us feel your compassion more readily during these days when by your gift we have known it more of the holy spirit one god forever and ever a reading from the acts of the apostles the angel of the lord spoke to philip get up and head south on the road that goes down from jerusalem to gaza the desert rou philip ran up and heard him reading i say of the prophet and said do you understand what you are reading he replied how can i unless someone instructs me so he invited philip to get in and sit with him this was the scripture passage he was reading like a sheet he was led to the slaughter and as a lamb before it sure is silent so we opened not his mouth in his humiliation justice was denied him who will tell of his  for his life is taken from the earth then the unic said to philip in reply i beg you about whom is the prophet saying this about himself or about someone else then philip opened his mouth and beginning with the scripture passage he proclaimed jesus to him as they travel belong the road down into the water and he baptized him when they came out of the water the spirit of the lord snatched philip away and the unic saw him no more but he continued on his way rejoicing philip came to as a as a test and went around proclaiming the good news to all the towns until he reached says area the word of the lord let the earth cry out to god with joy bless our god you people's loudly sound is praise he has given life to our souls and has not let our feet let all the earth cry out with joy here now all you who fear god while i declare what he has done for me when i appeal to him in words praise was on the tip of my tongue but all the earth cry out to god with joy less would be god who refused me not my prayer or his there's a relief from the holy gospel according to john jesus said to the crowds no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draw him and i will raise him on the last day it  written in the prophets they shall all be taught by god every one who listens to my father and learns from him comes to me not that anyone has seen the father except the one who is from god he has seen the father a man and i say to you whoever believes has eternal life i am the bread of life your ancestors ate the manna in the desert but they died this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die i am the living bread that came down from heaven whoever eats this bread will live forever and the bread that i would give is my flesh for the life of the world and we continue to have striking readings in both the st reading and the gospel and these week in this week and it is a striking example of god living out what he says in the scripture that no one who comes to me no one i will refuse that he will draw all those that he wants and this story of the and he baptizes him on that day bringing him to the truth of jesus christ's it's like the gospel has just told us jesus saying in regard to the eucharist about which we're reading all this week for eight straight each year we take from this chapter six and john and jesus you know great words no one can come to me except drawn by the father but this realize coming to mass even every day you're drawn by the spirit of god to come to the u s and you are taught us very personally in receiving his flush each day he teaches us in very personal mysterious manner each day is to receive him in the eucharist and let us in this week especially the church is inviting us by reading this chapter each the wonderful exchange the fact that in this sacrifice have made us hard takers of the one supreme god grant we pray that as we have come to know your true we may make it ours worthy way of life through price or i meant the lord be with you with your spirit lift up your hearts to look them up the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god that is right and the body and blog of all boys jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks and broke it and humbly we pray that partaking of the body on the laws of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember the lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the