me celebrate the sacred mysteries will open wide the gates of the heavenly kingdom to those reborn of water and the holy spirit who are your servants and increase of the grace you have the stowed that haven't been purged of all sins they may lack nothing you always oppose the holy spirit you are just like your ancestors which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute they put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one whose betrayers and murderers you have now become you received the law as transmitted by angels but you did not observe it when they heard this they were infuriated and they ground their teeth at him but stephen filled with the holy spirit looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of god and jesus standing at the right hand of god and stephen said behold i see the heavens opened and the son of man standing at the right hand of god but they cried out in the loud voice covered their ears and rushed upon him together they threw him out of the city and began to stone him the witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named saul as they were stoning stephen he called out lord jesus receive my spirit then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice lord do not hold this  against them and when he said this he fell asleep now saul was consenting to his execution the word of the lord  god in your hands oh lord i commend my spirit be my rock of refuge a stronghold to give me safety you are my rock and my fortress for your name sake you will lead and guide me into her hands oh lord  spirit let your face shine upon your servant save me in your kindness you hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plottings of men and into your hands or i commend my spirit the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to john the crowd said to jesus what sign can you do that we may see and believe in you what can you do i'm ancestors a man in the desert as it is written he gave them bread from heaven to eat so jesus said to them amen amen i say to you it was the moses o gave the bread from heaven my father gives you the tru bread from heaven for the birds of god is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world so they said to jesus so give us this bread always jesus said to them i am the bread of life whether it comes to me will how often the we tempted to say to jesus what sign can you do for me that i can believe in you that is how am i supposed to believe in you lord if you don't do what i say and make all my difficulties go away the lord responds that the father provides true bread from heaven or jesus himself who is the bread of life come down from heaven even in the midst of st stephen's persecution and death aggravated by paul of tarsus jesus has not abandoned him because as he was being stoned to death the heavens opened and stephen said lord jesus receive my spirit and religious let us pray to the lord for peace in the middle east and all problem areas of the world let us pray to the lord for those who are sick and hospitals and nursing homes members of her own families and the churches we belong to that the healing power of jesus may be upon them as prey to the lawyer for the souls of the safer departed our deceased parishioners relatives benefactors and friends o my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice of your hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good in the good of all his holy church receive oh lord we pray with you and with your spirit list up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god in its right and john it is truly right and just a duty and our salvation at all times to acclaim you  time he was betrayed invented unwillingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for  out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks and you have helped us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lloyd your church spread throughout the world and bring us to the fullness of charity together were friends to sow pope timothy our bishop and all the cl remember a child j brochure whom you have called from this world to yourself grant that he was united with your son in the death of his may also be one with him in this resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters while fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all of died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that was a blessing virgin mary mother of god bless the joseph her spouse the blessed and apostles and glorious man jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ you said to the apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you a look not on our sins but on the faith of your church graciously grant the peace and unity with you and with your spirit and may almighty god bless the song and the holy spirit amen go for the message and thank