in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit the grace of our lord jesus christ and the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you wall and with your spirit my sisters my brothers lettice acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries may also speak through our manner of life through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever  a reading from the st letter of saint john beloved this is the message that we have heard from jesus christ and proclaim to you god is light and him there is no darkness at all if we say we have fellowship with him while we continue to walk in darkness we lie and do not act in truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light then we have fellowship with one another and the blood to his son jesus cleanses us from all sin if we say we are without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us if we acknowledge our assistance he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrong doing if we say we have not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in us my children i am writing this she uses that you may not commit sin but if anyone does sin we have an advocate with the father jesus christ the righteous one he is expiation for our sins and not only for our our sins only but for those of the whole world the word of the lord's thanks  our soul has been rescued like a bird from the followers snack our soul has been dressed here like her from the hollers there had not the lord been with us when the men rose up against us us over us that would have swept the raging water our soul has been rescued like a bird from the calders their broken was a snare and we were free our help is in the name of the the lord be with you for reading from the holy gospel according to matthew on my son when herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi he became furious he ordered the massacre of all the boys in bethlehem and it's this senate he two years lamentation rachel weeping for her children and she would not be consoled since they were no more  with all the joy and happiness of christmas it seems a little bit odd to be remembering such a sad and bloody situation that occurred in today's gospel that we hear about the children because he was afraid that one of them might become his rival one of them might become someone that would take away from him the kingship for the importance that he had and again if you think about it it made absolutely no sense because here he was a man in all of this power in the authority that he had as the king of the area and this is a little baby that according to the magi was going to be the king but was still a little baby so why should a grown man with all of the power that hair is bad be afraid of this a little tiny b and so for us looking back and saying saying to ourselves and doesn't make very much sense and yet if you think about it so often when children die when children die in the war in their families it's such a terrible terrible tragedy and if we say to ourselves does it make any sense and most of us would say it doesn't make sense to take the life of an innocent pre born child or even a child dies from starvation or war or the terrible violence that happens even in our own cities it doesn't make any sense at all and yet somehow or other in the world in which we live these things do happen it's not uncommon for innocents innocent lives to be snuffed out because of people's fear for people's evil because herod was not only a fearful man but he was also an evil man it is today's a very good day to pray for the innocent lives that have been lost in our city in our country and in the world of so many terrible things that work against human life work against the development of children in the name of the father the son the holy spirit man that is pray for francis our holy father for carnal golden hour our pastor or our shepherd that god may give them eternal wisdom we pray to the board know it here after prayer for those who have lost children in their families on this very special feast day god may give them consolation we pray to the board for here at hand for those who have taken the lives of children they have their eyes open reality of what they've done we pray to billboard or hear track to those who work for the defense of human life those who work for peace and for justice that god made last year labors we pray to the board lord here at prayer for of each of us and our own particular intention listen are you lord god of all creation for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you heard of the earth in the work of human hands who will become for us the bread of life less if he got f ago you lord god of all creation for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you heard of the vine and work of human hands who will become our spiritual drink  and everywhere to give you thank the lord holy father almighty and eternal god for the mystery of the word made flesh a new life of your glory has shone upon the eyes of our minds so that as we were this is my body which will be given up for you once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all the view and drink from it with this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new an eternal covenant which will be poured out for you when for we pray the pro taking of the body and blood 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 fullness of charity together with fr also be one with him in his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who are fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your feet yours for ever and ever in peace thanks god please join in singing numbers three hundred and ninety god rest ye merry gentlem