city opening the city to god and we as city people ourselves we pray through his intercession that god will inspire us this day give us th have mercy on us and forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen let us  lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever amen lord then on the th day you shall again hold a sacred assembly and do no sort of work the lord said to moses speak to the children of israel and tell acceptable for you on the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this beginning with the day after the sabbath the day on which you bring that we the waves offering she you sh seven full weeks and then on the day after the th week the th day you shall present the new cereal offering to the lord the th of this seven month is the day of atonement shall again hold the sacred assembly and offer an appellation to the lord on that solemn closing you should do know sort of what these that four of the festivals of the lord the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue they were astonished and said where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds is he not the car produce son is not his mother named mary and his brothers james joseph simon and judas are not his sisters all with us where did this man get all this and they took offense at him but jesus said to them a profit is not without honor except in his own native place and in his own house and he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith the gospel of the lord as we listen to the st reading we listen to the details that the book of leviticus offers there are festivals which you shall celebrate at their pot proper time with the sacred assembly the passover falls on the th day of the st month at the evening twilight the th day is the lord's feast of unleavened bread then it says later on when you come into the land which i am giving you and reap your harvest you shall bring a sheaf of the st fruits of your harvest to the priest who shall wave the sheaf before the lord that it may be acceptable for you the st reading that st reading year from advent through the christmas season into the pastoral mystery easter time highlighting the rituals and practices so much a part of our catholic identity and at the same time pointing to a larger and more inclusive truth about the quality of our relationship with god and how our care and concern for one another flows from this relationship and in a real sense returns to our god it doesn't always work out well even jesus had his detractors as we heard today and so he picked up and moved on as must we yet we can always return to the one who sends us for perhaps our prayer this day might be lord let me see you in the every day unexpected places where we place our trust sin we pray for all those who are in need of prayer this day i'm approached by many people busy here who asked for prayers and we know that many people busy are in need of prayer ourselves included we ask god to be gracious to us this day we pray to the lord knows him and for whatever particular prayers and senses are in your own hearts today for the to be in your presence and minister to you possibly we pray that 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 death like his may also be one with him in his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who have fall asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honors yours for ever and ever  of what renewed by the sacred mysteries we humbly pray or lord the following example of bless you c v s we may strive to profess what he believed and to practice what he taught through christ our lord amen the lord be with him and we can spend almighty god bless you father son and holy spirit and go now in the peace and mercy of friends thank