the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god in the communion the holy spirit be with you all happy independence day th of july sorry for the late start as we gather together we ask god's mercy the forgiveness of our sins  lord have mercy price that verse lord have mercy male mighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life on this day it indicates that we hate should praise our god for the gift of independence and say glory to god in the highest and peace to his people on the earth of good will we praise you we bless you we adore you we glorify you we give you thanks for your great glory lord god heavenly king oh god almighty father lord jesus christ only be gotten son lord god lamb of god son of the father you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us you take away the sins of the world receive our prayer you are see that the right man the father have mercy on us for you alone on the holy one you alone are the lord you alone are the most high jesus christ with the holy spirit in the glory of god the father amen let us of justice father of truth who guide creation and wisdom and goodness in fulfilment busy in christ your son open our hearts to the truth of his gospel that your peace may rule in our hearts and your just disguised our lives through our lord jesus christ your son who lives arranged with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever isaiah the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light upon those who dwell in the land of gloom a light has shown you brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing as the rejoice before you as the harvest as people make their merry when dividing and spoils for the yoke the burden the pole on their shoulder and the rod of their taskmaster you've smashed as on the day of midian for every boot that is in battle every cloak rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for our flames for our child is born to us a son given to us upon a shoulder dominion rests they name him one day or counsellor god hero father forever prince of peace his dominion is vast and forever peaceful from david's throne and over his kingdom which he the lord be with you reading from the holy gospel according to matthew when jesus saw the crowds he went up the mountain and after he had sat down the his disciples came to him he began to teach them saying blessed by the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven busto they who warn where they will be comforted blessed are the meek for they will they will inherit the land last are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be satisfied blessed are the merciful for they will be shown are the clean of heart for they will see god blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of god blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven are you when they insult you and persecute you another under every kind of evil against you falsely because of may rejoice and be glad for your reward will be great and have been the gospel of the lord perhaps we might just pause for a moment on this th of july independence day thank god for the gift of the united states of america thank god for the many blessings in our country and for country also though we know today there's many celebrations we pray that god's hand will be on all our people that they might travel safely that they might  day with to end god's peace and for each and every one of you as well that god will bless you this day if you they the graces in the blessings of that freedom brings and ask an almighty god to bring you many blessings and graces into your lives this day and in the days to come perhaps for our intercessions this morning we might just recall busy in our own hearts those prayers that we would like to make ask god to be gracious to us and answer them all of which we make in the name of jesus christ our risen lord and  our brothers and sisters the my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father god these gifts we bring to the soul and having taught us through the wisdom of the gospel lead us to true justice and lasting peace through christ our lord lord be with you lift up your heart let us give thanks to the lord our god message took form in the vision of our founding fathers as they fashioned a nation where we might live as one this message lives on in our midst as our task for today and a promise for tomorrow and so with hearts full of joy we join the angels today and every day of our lives to sing your glory as we claim who will leave th time he was betrayed into willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it and gave it to his to cycle saying take this all of you i need all of it for this is my body which will be given up for you quote timothy our bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen busy asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died four in your mercy at this mass we remember jose emmanuel confidant welcome him and welcome all into the light of your fitness have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessing version mary mother of god blesses joseph her spouse with the blessing of apostles with st patrick and all the saints of please you throughout the ages we may merits of eco wares to return to life and may praising glorify you through your song jesus christ through him and with him and in him oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours for ever and grant peace in our days by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all the stress as we await the blessed and hope in the coming of our savior jesus christ by showing us in the hubris oh lord a glimpse of the unity and joy of your people and have a deep in our unity and intensify our joy that's all over leaving you may work together to build the city of lasting peace through christ our lord lord be with you almighty god bless you father son and holy spirit we go now in the peace of christ and speeches not happy th of july can have a safe and pleasant day