peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ and with your spirit my brothers and sisters welcome to our morning mass at st patrick's cathedral and let us prepare ourselves now to celebrate these sacred mysteries by calling to mind mercy may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life and let us pray almighty ever living god whose son was pleased to be welcome in st martha's house as a gas granted we pray that through her intercession serving christ faithfully in our brothers and sisters we may merit to be received by you in the halls of heaven through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and a reading from the book of exodus moses turned in came down the mountain with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands tablets that were written on both sides front and back tablets that were made by god having inscriptions on them that were in the grave by god himself now when joshua heard the noise of the people shouting he said to moses that sounds like a battle in the ca moses answered it does not sound like cries of victory nor does it sound like cries of to feet the sounds that i hear are cries of revelry as he drew near the camp he saw the calf and the dancing with that moses layered so that he threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain taking the calf they had made he fused it in the fire and then ground it down to powder which he scattered on the water and made the children of israel to drink moses ask baron what did this people ever do to you that you should lead them into so grave a sin aaron replied but now my lord be angry you know well enough how from the people are to evil they said to me make a cigar to be our leader as for the men moses brought us out of the land of egypt we do not know what has happened to him so i told them let anyone who has gold jewelry take it are they gave it to me and i threw it into the fire and this calf came out on the next day moses said to the people you have committed a grave sin i will go up to the lord then perhaps i may be able to make atonement for your sin so moses went back to the lord and  said this people has indeed committed a grave sin and making a god of gold for for themselves if you would only forgive their sin if you will not then strike me out of the book the two of brit the lord answered him only who has sinned against me while i strike out of my book now go and lead the people to the place i have told you my angel will go before you when they forgot the god who had saved them who had done great deeds in egypt wondrous deeds in the land of terrible things at the red sea give thanks to the years good good then he spoke the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to l center to village where a woman whose name was martha welcome to him she had a sister named mary who sat beside the lord at his feet listening to him speak martha burdened with much service came to him and said lord do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving tell her to help me the lord said to her in reply martha martha you are anxious and worried about many things there is need of only one thing mary has chosen the today when we obs your of this feast of st martha or even when we listen to the gospel story about more the end mary it's very easy for us depending upon what kind of a personality we are it's easy for us maybe too at rit be reminded of a complaint that we would have how come i always get stuck doing all the work it's a common thing in households in families maybe at work at the office why do i get stuck doing all the work there's a caution here i think when we read a gospel that compares to personality types that of the active martha and the contemp the danger is we could sit back and say well i am more of this kind of a person than that kind of a person i like the feedback of i like results i like productivity or on the other side i really like not to worry about the details of life but to focus upon the calmness of being in the presence of people i think when we do that we find ourselves at a great disadvantage because this feast and the gospel story that we read today isn't necessarily about a division of labor it's not about being one kind of a person or the other it really is a gospel story about jesus christ and how you and i come to know him and to love him and to serve him and to do the best job that we can with all of that so for us as we examine ourselves against the story of the gospel it really is important to think you i as a person get lost in the work of my day do i become too preoccupied or anxious about the worries of life if that so maybe the gospel story reminds me that i need more time for prayer set the activity aside for a bit and concentrate more on prayer however if my prayer doesn't lead me to recognize jesus in the person of another if my prayer as in allow me to be able to be of service to a brother or sister and i need to get away from that type of prayer a little bit and be focused and concerned about the needs of a brother or sister to be a little more active in life to look to serve others whatever it is whatever type of a person we are our lifestyle has to be able to lead us to know and love and serve jesus my brothers and sisters let us offer our prayers to god in the midst of our own anxieties and concerns knowing that we will be heard and answered for the church that she will reach out to those who struggle with their faith finding ways to evangelize those who are overcome by all the concerns of life and livelihood let us pray to the lord for world leaders who un singly work to promote the common good respect for life and dignity of the human being that they will protect the poor and the vulnerable in the for all those who live with anxiety or depression that they will find healing and compassion from family and friends let us pray to the lord for this community that we will reflect on the life of saint martha whose memorial we celebrate today with our lifelong desire for conversion and true change let us pray to the lord for our sister in christ eleanor and for all who have died that they may know the fulfillment of their desire for eternal life let us pray to the lord loving god hear our prayers and open our eyes to  the importance of life as we pray through christ  it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty any trundled god through our lord jesus christ for in the marvelous confession of you saints you make your church fruitful with strength ever new and offer us sure signs of your love and that your saving ministries may be fulfilled their great example  take this all of you when eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you you aboard the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy can be in your presence and ministered to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope timothy o remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all and we pray and make praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him oh god almighty father in the unity of evil deliver us lord we pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the bless at home and the coming of our savior jesus christ for the king of the power that you are yours now and forever nor jesus christ who said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look may the holy reception of the body and blood of your only begotten old boy turn us away from the cares of this fall in the world so this following the example of saint martha we may grow