lord jesus you raise the dead to life in the spirit lord have mercy lord have mercy lord jesus you bring pardon and peace to the center christ have mercy christ have mercy lord jesus you bring light to those in darkness lord have mercy lord have mercy and they almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sin and bring us to everlasting life amen 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 a reading from the acts of the apostles on the day of pentecost peter stood up with the eleven raised his voice and proclaimed you who are jews indeed all of you staying in jerusalem let this be known to you and listen to my words you who are children of israel hear these words jesus the nazareth and was a man commended to you by god with mighty deeds wonders and signs which god works through him in your midst as you yourselves know this men delivered up by the said plan and for knowledge  you killed using lawless men to crucify him but god raised him releasing him from the throes of death because it was impossible for him to be held by it for david says of him i saw the lord ever before me with him at my right hand i shall not be disturbed therefore my heart has been clad in my tongue has been exalted my flesh to will dwell in hope because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption you have made known to me the pad supply you will fill me with joy in your presence my brothers one can confidently say to you about the patriarch david that he died and was buried and it's to ms in our midst to this day but since he was a prophet and knew that god had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the christ that neither was he abandoned to the nether world nor did this flesh seek corruption god raised this jesus of this we are all witnesses exulted at the right hand of god he poured forth the promise of the holy spirit that he received from the father as you both see and hear the word of the lord lord ever before me with him at my right hand i shall not be disturbed keep me safe you are my home therefore my heart is clad in my soul rejoices my body to abide in confidence because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption keep me safe you are my hope you will show me the path to life the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew and the other mary went away quickly from the tomb fearful yet overjoyed and they ran to announce the news to his disciples and behold jesus met on their way and greeted them they approach and braced his feet and did him and then jesus said to them do not be afraid go tell my brothers to go to galilee and there they will see me while they were going some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened the chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers telling them you are to say his disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep and if that this gets to the ears of the governor we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble soldiers took the money and did what they were instructed and this is the story that has circulated among the jews to this present day the gospel of the lord was only a couple of years ago probably he probably three or four years ago during the last presidential campaign that the country and the world was introduced to the expression fake news i don't think we  use that before but it's part of the parlance that we have today and i think the structure imagination is just a little bit we take a look at this morning's gospel from st matthew there is a suggestion or an inkling of fake news that's being promoted among the people of jesus day people in power decided that they would brand the news of the resurrection of jesus as falls and they were intent of course on providing their own explanations and of course that explanation now gave the people two different versions of the same event and leaving the watchers and listeners and here's to try to conclude which is the best news which is the one that we believe i think  fast forward to the time in which we're living we realize that probably most people in the world today don't believe what we believe that jesus rose from  and we believe that because we have been given the gift of faith once in awhile i think to myself how did i manage to get the gift of faith and how my best friend or a neighbor how is it that he or she didn't get it what was it and the only thing i can conclude is that the gift of faith is a gift from god it's god's intervention in life there's a wonderful human element to that gift of faith that we enjoy and the element is that in today's gospel story there were credible witnesses there were people who believed that jesus was the lord and that belief that jesus is the lord was able to sustain them in their time and in their day my brothers and sisters trusting in the power of god's love let us offer him our prayers a petition that the church will continue to proclaim the gospel throughout the world reaching the ears of those who struggle with belief let us pray to the lord for all those in leadership positions who stand in the way of justice that they may be moved to act with compassion let us pray to the lord that caring and compassionate professionals will bring comfort to those who are suffering let us pray to the lord for each of us in appreciation of the gifts that god has given may use these gifts to lift up our brothers and sisters in need let us pray to the lord and for our sister in christ genov we are who have died and all the faithful departed that they will rejoice in heaven with the angels and saints let us pray to the lloyd father in heaven we come to you in our weakness seeking the holy spirit's protection and strain here in answer our prayers which we offer through christ our l brothers and sisters pray that my sacrifice and yours will be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice of chair hands for the praise and glory of this name for our good look at of all this  oh lord we pray the offerings of your peoples that renewed by confession of your name and by baptism they may attain unending happiness through christ our lord amen lord be with you and with your spirit up your hearts will lift them up to the law let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation at all times t claim you will ward but on this day above all to lord you yet more gloriously when christ our passover has been sacrificed for he is the true lamb who has taken away the sins of the world by dying he has destroyed our death and by rising re stored our life therefore overcome with passable joy every land every people exults in your crane and even the heavenly blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was being trained and then trade willingly into his passion and he took bread and giving thanks broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you when to eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you when from any for the forgiveness of sins you know this in memory of giving thanks that you have held 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 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  make raise and glorify use for your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him all god almighty father in the unity of 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 blessing hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ and the kingdom the power and the