may be found on page fifty five in the missile lights confessions will be heard immediately following mass in the confessional located behind the main altar our celebrant this morning is the rector of st patrick's cathedral on scen robert ritchie the intention of the mass is for the repose of the soul of penance she might give herself she will moan grand prix pray that through her intercession we may tread the path survive on earth and drink at the scream of your delights in heaven through christ our lo husband of naomi died and she was left with her two sons who married more by two women one named or the other ruth when they had lived there about ten years both mylan and  also and the woman was left with neither her two sons nor her husband she then made ready to go back from the plateau of more because word reached her there that the lord had visited his people and had given food or kissed her mother in law goodbye but ruth stayed with her now me sad see now your sister in law has gone back to her people and her god go back after your sister in god my god thus it was that naomi returned with them or by daughter in law ruth who accompanied her back from the plateau of more they arrived in bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest help is the god of jacob whose hope is in the lord his god who made heaven and earth the sea and all that is in them crazed the lord my soul the lord keeps faith for our secure justice for the oppressed gives food to the hungry the lord sets captives free bruce the lord my soul the lord give sight to the blind the lord raises up those who are bo down the lord loves the just the lord protect its stranger praise the lord my soul the father list and the rich he sustains but the way of the wicked he swore the that jesus had silenced the said you sees they gathered together in one of them a scholar of the law tested him by saying teacher which commandments in the law is the greatest whole law and the prophets the candle and these two commandments the gospel of the lord  time after time the gospels record people trying to trip to south to test him to get him to say something that they could use against him  make him be their enemy all sorts of reasons why they were doing in ultimately the bottom line is that they were threatened by him that he was as it said today he was able to these by saying the things that he said to them and so here we have another example of somebody a scholar of the law putting jesus on the spot and saying well tell me what's the best now the rabbis taught that there were six hundred and thirteen dollars commandments so it was kind of a complicated way of looking at at the old testament or the law of moses and for some of them some of that six hundred and thirteen was much more important than other parts of the six hundred and thirteen so he was in a sense trying to get jesus to pick out one of those numbers instead uses gave the the overall commandment that every jewish person would know here and not only here with our ears for here with a heart and put into effect that we love god with all that we have and we love our neighbor as ourselves but we always perfect most of us know sometimes you don't love god as much as we should sometimes we certainly don't move our neighbor as ourselves but we have to remind ourselves every day when we think about what this god wanted me today those two commandments should be at the top of the plan for ourselves so we do everything we can to bring happiness and holding this to our families we pray to the boys were here are those who have asked us to pray for them and god's loving and healing hand may be part of their lives we pray to the board or hear out for american military personnel especially in harm's way in afghanistan we pray to the lord lord hear our prayers and in the silence of our hearts but each of us said our own particular intention today by the mystery this word in mind maybe come to share in us the divinity of christ home itself sharing our humanity indifferent where to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god through christ our lord for the marvelous confession of your saints you make your church fruitful with strength every new in offer us covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin do this in memory of me presence and minister to you only we 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 and bring her to the was 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 of the resurrection and all who have died in father and the unity of the holy spirit hold borean honor is yours for ever and ever   graciously grant peace in our days that by the hope of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all the stress as we await the blessid home and the coming of our see here jesus