to have an added glow to it as we continue the joy of passable tide the easter season where in the month of our glass of mother it's a feast to two of the apostles always a special day in the life of the church saints philip and james it's also the  th anniversary of my of the death of my illustrious predecessor cardinal john o'connor all these make us intent in prayer this morning as we call to mind our sins and ask for the mercy of jesus male may god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to life everlasting we praise you we bless shoes we adore you we glorify you we give you thanks for your great glory large god heavenly king oh god almighty father lord jesus christ only be got  gladness each year with this feast day of the apostles philip and james grant us through their prayers to share in the passion and resurrection of your only begotten son so that we might merit to the whole jew for all eternity through our large isas christ your son who lives in reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever a reading from the st letter of st paul to the corinthians i am reminding you brothers and sisters of the gospel i preach to you which you indeed receives and in which you also stand through it you are also being saved if you hold fast to the word i preach to you unless you believed in vain for i hand it on to you as of st importance what i also received that christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that he was buried that he was raised on the rd day in accordance with the scripture that he appeared to see if s then  after that he appeared to more than five hundred dollars brothers and sisters at once most of whom are still living some have fallen asleep after that he appeared to james then to all the apostles last of all as to the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to john glory to lord thomas i am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me if you know me then you will also know my father from now on you do know him and have seen him heal it said to him master show us the father and that will be enough for us jesus said to him have i been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me philip whoever has seen me has seen the father how can you say show us the father do you not believe that i am in the father in the father is in me the words that i speak to you i do not speak on my own the father who dwells in me is doing his works believe me that i am in the father in the father is in me or else believe because of the works themselves amen amen i say to you with a believes in me will do the works that i do and will do greater ones than these because i am going to the father whatever you ask in my name i will do so that the father may be glorified in the son if you ask anything of me in my name i will do it the gospel of the lord praise to you lar jesus christ historians of the saints speculate that philip and james two of the twelve apostles are coupled on may rd is their feast day because they were buried together at the church in rome that is now called the twelve apostles which by the way is right next to my favorite restaurant the of rootsy the twelve apostles best kind of only in rome so we got philip and james today always a great occasion in the life of the church when we celebrate apostles s has to be the patron saint of dummy's the spiritual dummy's which includes all of us when it comes to the ways of the lord because here at the very end he says to jesus oh would you please show us the father and he could almost see jesus shake in a sense in philip i've been with you so long and you still don't get it whoever sees me sees the father whoever sees me sees the father the father and i are one that's the great boost that we have of the twelve apostles because none of them were worthy none of them were that intelligent they were all kind of clumsy awkward sinners who were completely transformed by the person of jesus christ to become the greatest missionaries evangelizes and teachers the world has ever known that gives us a lot of hope time he was betrayed and entered willingly into this passion he took bread and giving thanks for the good and gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be put out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me and therefore as we celebrate this memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray deliver us lord we pray from every evil graciously 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 bless of hope in the coming of our savior jesus purify our minds we pray a lord that by these holy yes we have received contemplating you in your son together with the apostles philip and james we may be worthy to possess eternal life through christ  lord and that the lord be with you and with your spirit machinery ritchie and father james and i leave with the order of malta today for our annual pilgrimage to luers with so many of the sick so we bring your intentions he watches and the holy