in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit that we might offer this we call to mind our sins and asked for the mercy of jesus may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us a life everlasting  perseverance and confession of the one true faith we may always hold fast to the commandments of your love through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen and dragged him out of the city supposing that he was dead but when the disciples gathered around him he got up and and turned the city on the following day he left with after they had proclaimed the good news to that and made a considerable number of disciples they returned to list and to iconium and to antioch they strengthen the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to perseverance in the face saying it is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of god they appointed presbyterians for them in each church and with prayer and fasting commended them to the lord in whom they had put their faith then they traveled through because city and reached after proclaiming the word it they went down to a from there they sailed to antioch where they had been commended to the grace of god for the work they had now accomplished and when they arrived they called the church together and friends your friends make no no lord the glorious splendor of your kingdom your friends make known o lord the glorious splendor of your kingdom let all your works give you thing so lord and let your faithful ones bless you let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might your friends make known oh lord the glorious splendor of your king making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your kingdom your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages and your dominion in doors through all generations your friends make known oh lord the glorious splendor of your kingdom may my mouth speak the praise of the lord and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever your friends make no no lord the glorious splendor of your kingdom lord be with you with your spirit reading from the holy gospel according to john glory to the lord jesus said to his disciples he sighed leave with you my peace i give to you not as  me you would rejoice that i am going to the father for the father is greater than i and now i have told you this before it happens so that when it happens you may believe i will no longer speak much with you for the ruler of the world this coming he has no power over me but the world must know that i love the father and that i do just as the father has com d the gospel the lord else in the earlier decades of the last century it's strange sometimes it's it's equally tragic but it's a little less confusing when the church is persecuted in countries where it's a minority but sometimes the church is persecuted in a country where the church is the majority like in mexico true today priests and sisters and brave  the beginning of last century and we celebrate today some of the martyr saint christopher michael anus and his companions priests and devotedly people who defied the n t church and god atheistic a regime in mexico and lost busy their lives and martyrdom martyrdom i'm afraid has always been with the church we see it this morning in our reading sin the bible in the acts of the apostles it never makes it more acceptable surprise no we would never we would never accept it and we would want to always defend those who are under the gun under the sword literally as they are in so many parts of the world the persecution of the church pray my friends that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god our almighty father made the lord accept the sacrifice into our hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good in the good of all his holy church in honor of the precious death of st christopher and his companions the christy had also lord we come to offer that sacrifice from which even martyrdom draws its origin through christ our lord amen the lord be with by which in our weakness you perfect your power and on the feeble the still strength to bear you witness through christ our lord and so with the powers of heaven we worship you constantly here on earth and before your ma my body which will be given up for you put out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me 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 we pray that with the blessing virgin mary mother of god to bless it jo father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and daughter is yours forever and ever on those who eat here below the bread of life and to allow them to eat as victors from the tree of life in paradise through christ our lord the lord be with you and with your spirit through the intercession of our lady queen of the m