in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit welcome arning mass here at st patrick's we include in that embrace our listeners and viewers that we might offer this great prayer the holy sacrifice of the mass the more worthy we call to mind our sins we put them into the furnace the burning love of the most sacred heart of  innocence of life grant through his merits and intercession that though we fail to follow him in innocence we may imitate him in penitence through our large he says christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen reading from the nd letter of st paul to the corinthians brothers and sisters since many post according to the flesh i too will post to my shame i say that we were too weak but what anyone dares to boast of i am speaking in foolishness i also dare are they hebrews so in my are they children of israel so in my are they descendants of abraham so am i all they ministers of christ i am talking like an insane person i am still more with far greater labors far more imprisonments far worse beatings and numerous brushes with  five times at the hands of the jews i received forty lashes minus thirteen dollars times i was beaten with rods once i was stoned three times i was shipwrecked i passed a night and a day on the deep and frequent journeys in dangers from rivers dangers from robbers dangers from my own race dangers from gentiles dangers in the city dangers in the wilderness dangers at se dangers among false brothers in toil and hardship through many sleepless nights through hunger and thirst through frequent fasting is through cold and exposure and apart from these things there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches who is weak and i am not weak who is led to sin and i am not indignant if i must post i will boast of the things that show my weakness the word of the lord thanks be to god from all that distress god rescues that just from all their distress god rescues the just i will bless the lord at all times his praise shall be ever in my mouth let my soul glory in the lord the lowly will hear me and be glad for all your distress god rescues to glorify the lord with me let us together extolled his name i sought the lord and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears for all their distress god rescues look to him that you may be radiant with joy and your faces may not blush with shame when the poor one called out the lord heard it from all his distress he saved him from all their distress god rescues  the lord be with you and with your spirit reading from the holy gospel according to matthew lord you lord she said to his disciples do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth there also will your heart beat the lamp is the body of the eye if you if your eyes sounds your whole body will be filled with light but if your eyes bad your whole body will be  sense of self pity when we begin to feel sorry for ourselves when we begin to think that our adversity that the difficulties tensions that the heartache we face are so much worse than anybody else's and we begin to wallow in self pity we become citizens a singles pity city st paul st paul was tired of that apparently a lot of people were whining to him complaining to him feeling sorry for themselves to him and he finally had it in you here in this morning he says listen stop your bellyaching you think you've got it bad let me tell you what's going on in my life i've been nearly stoned to death three times i've nearly frozen to death i've been shipwrecked three times i've been run out of cities i've been beaten up within it within an inch inch of my life and he goes on and on and on and on and on about all the setbacks so he says quit whining quit bellyaching i'll go one on one to you any day about tensions and then he has the great ode of triumph at the end he said you know what who cares i welcome setbacks i welcome weakness i welcome adversity i welcome trials i welcome trouble i welcome weakness because in i'm strong in the sight of god and the more things are against me the more i depend on god the more i know i can't count on myself nor can i even count on other people because they're whining and feeling sorry for themselves no more i trust in god which is the most powerful thing we can pray my friends that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god almighty father made a lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good and good of all this church grant us so lord that by the example of st aloysius gonzaga we may take our place of the heavenly banquet clothed always at our wedding garments so that by participation in this mystery we may possess the riches of your grace through christ our lord the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and just it is surely right in just our duty in our celebrate the wonders of your providence by which you call human nature back to its original holiness and bring it to experience on this earth the gifts you promise in the new world to come saul with the angels a we praise you is without end we have cla covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me celebrate this memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life in the chalice of salvation giving thanks it you've held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray  partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our who said your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look 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 amen the peace of the calcutta were honored to have a a st class relic of mother teresa which we will in shrine over by her statue at the altar of the little flower the the other to her as so i'll do that right after mass