him the grace of all lloyd jesus christ and the love of god in the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit let us acknowledge our sand and salt with ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries us pray almighty every living god let us feel your compassion more readily during these days when by your gifts we have known it more fully so that those you have freed from the darkness of error may cling more firmly to the teachings of your truth through all lloyd his us christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit now there was an ethiopian eunuch a court official of the canvas that is the queen of the europeans in charge of her entire treasury who had come up to jerusalem to worship and was returning home seated in he replied how can i unless someone instructs me so i invited philip to get in and sit with him this was a scripture passage he was reading like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and is a philip in reply i beg you about whom is it the prophet saying this about himself or about someone else than philip opened his mouth and beginning with this scripture passage he proclaimed that jesus to him as they travel along the road they came to some water and the unit said look there is water what is repent my being baptized then he ordered the chariot to stop and fell upon the eunuch both went down into the water and he baptized them when they came out of the water the spirit of the lord snatched philip away and the unix saw him no more but continued on his way rejoicing philip came to the us and one about here know all you who fear god while i declare what he has done for me when i appealed to him in words praise was on the tip of my tongue and i will raise him on the last day it is written in the prophets they shall all be taught by god everyone who listens to my father and learns from him comes to me not that anyone has seen the father except the one who is from god he has seen the father amen amen i say to you whoever believes has eternal life i am the bread of life your ancestors ate manna in the desert but they died this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die i am the living bread that came down from heaven whoever each this bread will live forever and the bread that i will give is my flesh for the life of the world the gospel of the lord  nowhere in the course of reading eight straight days with the exception of yesterday the feast day eight straight days from a single chapter in the gospel and that takes place after easter every year that is the chapter of chapter six of john on the eucharist and the gospel today is raising a question to us good to think of in regard to the eucharist and what does it mean to be drawn we can think about that sometimes spiritually to be drawn many of you are married you are drawn deeply in love to a person to dedicate reading by divine providence what does it mean to be drawn by gone by divine providence he happens to be reading of all the scripture he could have opened the page to each reading isa fifty three dollars the greatest prophecy of the old testament in regard to the messiah suffering his passion and he asked the question then he's drawn deeply how can i understand this unless i am instructed that deep desire to know it and to more deeply and then what does philip do he proclaims to him jesus christ crucified and this is what in a sense we should be drawn to as you come to mass every day many of you coming every day we're drawn to the flash the person of jesus christ's as he says at the end of the gospel today i am the living bread i am the living bread come down from heaven but the bread i will give is my fl for the life of the world the appearance is bread but there is no bread it's flesh it is the person of all lord that we receive if we can be drawn more deeply mystery more deeply over a life time would be coming wholly literally being filled more and more with god let us pray for that grace during this week we have two more days of reading this chapter six and john let us embrace that grace that great mystery as we receive him today in by the wonderful exchange the fact that in this sacrifice have made us partakers of the one supreme god has granted we pray that as we have come to know your truth we may make it our passover has been sacrifice but with the old order destroyed a universe cast down is renewed and integrity of life is resort to us and price therefore overcome with and you never cease to gather a people to yourself so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice maybe offer tyranny therefore we humbly implo other way when supper was and he took the child us and giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his disciples take this all  there for oh lord as we celebrate the memorial of the saving passion of your son is wonderous resurrection and ascension into have been and as we look forward to his nd coming we offer a you in thanks giving this holy and living sacrifice look we pray upon the old place sion of your church and recognizing the sacrificial victim by whose death you will to reconcile lost yourself by the body and blood of your son and filled with his holy spirit may become one body one spirit in price may he make abbas an eternal offering to you so that we may obtain an inheritance with your last especially with the most blessed of virgin mary mother of god with blasted saint joseph her spouse with your blasted apostles and glorious modelers and with all the saints on who constant intercession in your presence we rely for on failing health may this sacrifice of our reconciliation we pray oh lord at dance the peace and salvation of all the world be pleased to sin graciously to the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you in your compassion a merciful father gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world to was a part of brothers and you be so on the world all that is good through him in with him and in him oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever not on our sins but on the faith of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will to live in reign forever and ever the peace of the lord be with you always and of sprite graciously be present to your people we pray or lord and lead those who have imbued with heavenly mysteries to pass from former ways to newness of life