you were sent to heal the contrite of hardboard have mercy mercy you came to called sinners christ have mercy christ have mercy you are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us lord have mercy lord have merc and may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life him and let us pray oh god who adore and the priest sent camillus with a signal of grace of charity toward the sick poor out upon us by his merits a spirit of love for you so that serving you and our neighbor we may at the hour of our death pass safely over to you through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and a reading from the book of exodus moses hearing the voice of the lord from the burning bush said to him when i go to the children of israel and say to them the god of your fathers has sent me to you if they ask me what is his name what am i to tell them god replied i am who i am then he added this is what you shall tell the children of israel i am sent me to you god spoke further to moses thus shall you say to the children of israel the lord the god of your fathers the god of abraham of jacob has sent me to you this is my name forever this my title for all generations go on a symbol the elders of israel and tell them the lord the god of your fathers the god of abraham isaac and jacob has appeared to me and said i am concerned about you and about the way you are being treated in egypt a land flowing with milk and honey but they will heed your message then you in the elders of israel shall go to the king of egypt and say to him the lord the god of the hebrews has sent us word permit us then to go a three days journey in the desert that we may offer sacrifice to the lord our god yet i know that the king of egypt will not allow you to go unless he is forced i will stretch out my hand therefore and smite egypt by doing all kinds of wondrous deeds there after that he will send you away the word of the lord generations which he entered into with abraham and by his oath to isaac the lord remembers his covenant for governor he greatly increased his people and made them who would be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew jesus said come to me all you who labor and are burdened and i will give you rest take my yo upon you and learn from me for i am meek and humble of heart and you will find rest for yourselves for my yoke is easy and my burden light the gospel of the lord of course i know it's different in various places around the country but for us here in new york city we don't have that familiarity with the yoke that midwesterners or southerners might have as an effective tool for us even with the new york state the yolk has been replaced by the tractor and it has done a great job in producing the grains and the and the fruits and vegetables that we need the hope for us might be a little ornament on the side of the house perhaps or something we put next to a fireplace but it was meant to be something that shoulder was placed on the shoulder of the animal a horse or an ox so that that animal could use its own power to pole a heavy load so it was pretty productive in the day it allowed the yoke of rather the ox or the or the horse to be able to do something that it couldn't do by itself couldn't do independently so it was a very effective and forceful tool it harnessed the power of the animal so that the animal could reach its goal and that made the farmer very happy because of the productivity of the whole thing so here we are now in an urban society living here on the east coast and we realize that it's so important for us to listen to the gospel every day we try to form the pattern of our lives isn't it important for us to be able to try to follow the purpose and will of the father i say so often that when we could discover the father's will for ourselves we found a real treasure sometimes we search  search we're not necessarily able to discover it and to find that piece but when we you what a great great gift the peace and fulfillment that comes from living the father's will so today in the scripture we think about god's you know as its place the paan us and maybe describe it as a power tool to help us to lead ourselves to the goal of being children of god my brothers and sisters let us pray now with humility and trust as we turn to god and ask him to provide for all of our needs for all the faithful that they will remember that jesus loves us as no one else can and humbly submit to his yoke let us pray to the lord for the leaders who oppress their people that they will open their hearts recognize that god cares for their people and reform their ways let us pray to the lord for all who feel burdened by financial or physical or emotional difficulties that they look to jesus for help in easing their heavy load let us pray to the lord for all of us here that we will trust in god and turn to him in our times of distress as well as our times of two way let us pray to the lord and for our sister in christ and and for all the faithful departed that they will live forever in the light of god's love in heaven let us pray to the lord heavenly father hear us we pray and grant us what we need as we strive always to be faithful to you through christ our brothers and sisters pray that my sacrifice and yours will be acceptable to god the almighty father and the lord accept the circle as their hands for his and glory of his name good of the good of all his church receive oh lord the offerings of your people and grant that we who celebrate your son's work of boundless charity made by the example of bless and camillus speak infirmed in love with you and of our neighbor t salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for in the saints who consecrated themselves to christ for the sake of the kingdom of heaven it is right  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 to give to promise in the new world to come and so of our lord jesus christ at the time he was free trade and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks for opiate gave it to his disciples saying take this you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you 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 me for this is the chalice of my blood the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you aboard the bread of life in the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and ministered to you humbly 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 fullness of charity together with in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessing virgin mary mother of god with blessitt joseph her spouse with the blessing apostles and with him and in him all god almighty father in the unit ti vo holy spirit all glory and honor is yours for 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 blessid hope and the coming of our savior jesus we pray almighty god that we who are fortified by the power of this sacrament may learn through the example of blessid camillus to seek you always above all things and to bear in this world the likeness of the new man through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen the mass is ended go forth in peace