to everlasting life amen conformed to his image remain married to share in eternal redemption 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 book of genesis abrams was very rich in livestock silver and gold lot who went with a broom also had flocks and herd and tents so that the land could not support them if they stayed together their possessions were so great that they could not do well together there were quarrels between the  or between your herdsman and mine for we are kinsmen is not the whole land at your disposal please separate from me if you prefer the left i will go to the right if you prefer the right i will go to the left lot looked about and saw how well watered the the whole jordan plain was as far as like the lord's own garden or like egypt this was before the lord had destroyed sodom and gomorrah lot therefore chose for himself the whole jordan plane and set out east inhabitants of sodom were very wicked in the sins they committed against the lord after lot had left the lord said to look about you and from where you are gaze to the north and south east and west all the land that you see i will give to you and your descendants forever i will make your descendants like the dust of the earth if anyone could count the dust of the earth your descendants two might be counted set forth and walk about in the land through its length and breath for to you i will give  god he who does justice will live in the presence of the lord he who does justice will live in the presence of the board he who walks blamelessly and does justice who thinks the truth in his shall never be disturbed justice will live in the presence of the lord the lord be with you reading from the holy gospel according to matthew he said to his disciples do not give what is fully the dogs that throw your pearls before swine as they trample them underfoot in turn in chair you to pieces do to others whatever you would have them do to you this is the law and the prophets enter through the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction and those who enter t narrow the gate constricted the road that leads to life and those who find it are few the gospel of the lord it's a it's an interesting thing that today there's a story in the papers or in the news about war talks in the middle east about what's going to happen there are peace plans and things that have been talked about for many many many years and nothing seems to work and people on the radio were saying this morning this one doesn't look like it's going to work at all either in today's st reading is in  sense the beginning of the reality of why there is such a conflict in the middle east because of the the promise of god to abrams and to his descendants this land is your land that this is from now until the end of time it is your land so the biblical promise of god in this covenant with the broom is is ultimately the source of why there is so much conflict and why people are so much at each other's throats about that in this wonderful magnificent place with jesus himself walked and because it became less and only because of abrams or abraham or even more importantly because of jesus so we pray for the middle east and as some peace negotiations me ultimately work whether or not this one is going to do to what is supposed to go we'll see what come in and go out things can be very simple or easy for ourselves in the way we live our lives where jesus is telling his people and ultimately ourselves is you have to look at things and say you because you are god's people because you are believers you are called to to go the more constricted the more difficult route but that will make you a better person that will make you or someone closer to  closer to the lord himself i think very often it's easy for us to kind of shrug our shoulders and say the world says this stuff is all right so let me just go along with it for the time being but to call it the gospel over and over again is that what the easy pass are are the past that are really what we should be taking we should be taking the path that leads to life that leads to g afghanistan and those who are in the path of danger we pray to the board lord hear our prayers for those who work for the defense of human life those who work for peace and for justice that god made bless their labors we prayed to the board lord hear our prayer and for teachers and students who now are gauging in their summer time activities said god may give them leisure and rest and help for starting up again in the fall we pra the lord nor and hear our prayer and in the silence of our own hearts let each of us had our own particular intention us and my sisters and brothers pray that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name it is truly right in just our duty in our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god through christ out of the words were raised so high on the cross he gave himself up for which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin do this in every of me was there for as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks said you were found us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you publicly pray that partaking 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 granted they were united with your son in a death like his may also be one with him in his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope