my sisters my brothers for this acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries therefore i ask the lesson of mary her virgin all the angels in saints and you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the lord our god may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen a reading from the book of the prophet daniel azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud for your name sake o lord do not deliver us up forever or make void your covenant do not take away your mercy from us for the sake of abraham your beloved isaac your servant and israel your holy one to whom you promised to multiply their offspring offspring like the stars of heaven or the sand on the shore of the sea for we are reduced oh lord beyond any other nation brought low everywhere in the world this day because of our sins we have in our day no prince prophet or leader no burnt offering sacrifice o incense no place to offer first fruits to find favor with you but with contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be received a were burnt offerings of rams and bullocks or thousands of fat lambs so let our sacrifice be in your presence today as we follow you on reservedly for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame and now we follow you with our whole heart we fear you and we pray to you do not let us be put to shame but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy deliver us by your wonders and bring glory to your name oh lord the word of the lord thanks lord remember your mercy so lord your ways oh lord make no one to me teach me your paths guide me in your truth and teach me for you are god my savior remember your mercy so mord remember that your compassion o lord and your kindness are from of old in your kindness remember me because of your goodness oh lord remember your mercies so lord good an upright is the lord thus he shows sinners the way he guides the humble to justice he teaches the humble his way remember your mercies so lor the lord be with you reading from the movie gospel according to ma peter pro cheeses and i asked him lord if my brother sins against me how often must say forgive him as many as seven times jesus answered i say to you not seven times with seventy seven times that is why the kingdom of heaven may be like into a king who decided to settle accounts with the servants when he began the accounting addenda was brought before him who owed him a huge amount since he had no way of paying it back his master ordered him to be sold along with his wife his children and all his property in payment to the debt at that the servant fell down did him homage and said be patient with i will pay you back in full moved with compassion the master the servant let him go and forgave him alone when that servant had left he found out they found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount he seized him in his started to choke him demanding pay back what you owe welling to his knees his fellow servant begged him be patient with me and i will pay you back but he refused instead he had him put in prison until he paid back the debt now when his fellow servants saw what had happened they were deeply disturbed they went to their master and reported the whole affair his master summoned him and said to him you wicked servant i forgave you your entire debt because you beg me too should you not have had pity on your fellow your brother from your card the gospel of the lord very often in life we take what i'm trying to say is umbrage we take offense at what people do to us sometimes it's just people passing on the street sometimes it's people in cars sometimes it's an event that happens in our job sometimes it's a slight in a family over something that's important or unimportant it doesn't really matter all the time but it's very very common for most of us probably all of us at times in our lives to be offended by other people and there's nothing the matter with being offended by other people because it's part of the human psyche that we have a defense mechanism to protect ourselves what happens with the offense however is why jesus is talking about if we let the offen stick in our heart or sticking our throat or stick in our experience in keep thinking about that the offense and don't let it go away then we fall into what jesus is taught talking about  with the the servants in the parable that we heard today but the lord wants us to do and sometimes it's very difficult is to say to ourselves well something happens but let's go beyond this not as important as being a brother to someone else it's not as important as having a good relationship with something else is not as important as being a true son or daughter of god in brother or sister of  jesus the open heart the ability to to forgive even offenses that might be very difficult to forget about is part of what the lord is calling us to do especially during this holy time of events when we have the opportunity to look at ourselves and judge ourselves and book to the areas of our lives that that should be changed offenses giving offense  taking offense at others and forgiving the offenses is is a very great part of what would make us be if we were truly living up to atlantis all about that sometimes people say well father you know they did this or they did that and it's very difficult to to forgive those offenses to us and that's probably true it is very difficult in certain circumstances to forgive somebody what has happened but with the lord calls upon us is to try to do that we may not be successful but this is the perfect time to hold the season of lent to think about it to plan about it and hopefully to do it hospitalized those who are under doctor's care today and during this time that good things may happen to them we pray to the board nor hear our trance for american military personnel throughout the world especially in afghanistan we pray to the lord lord hear our trance for those who have experienced sexual violence or paris mentor abuse that god's loving and healing hand may touch their lives we pray to the lord we prayed to the lord lord hear our prayer or our god we ask you to listen to our prayers we bring them to you in the name of jesus our brother and savior who is with you is god for ever and ever a father almighty and eternal god for you will that our self denial she give you thanks humble our sinful pride contribute to the feeding of the poor and so help us imitate you in your kindness entered willingly into his passion each of bread in giving thanks broke it in gave it to his disciples saying take this all that he really need of it but this is my body which will be given up for which will be poor and out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins to this memory of me good a king 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 or and all the clergy remember your servant sophia when you have called from this world to yourselves granted she who is united with your son and in 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 your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray now with the blessing son jesus christ to him and with him and in his will god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours for ever and ever 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 this stress as we await the blessings hope in the coming of our seignior jesus christ for the king of the power in the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ to set your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not in our sins but on the faith  please join in singing have mercy on us lord which is number four at sixteen in the green have no member for sixteen don't holy partaking of this mystery give us life oh lord we pray and grant us both pardon and protection through christ our lord amen your heads and pay for guys blessing of god founder and ruler of your people drive away the sins of the sale of them that they may always be pleasing to you and never safe under your protection through christ overlord amen the lord be with you