In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. Amen. Peace be with you. And with your spirit. Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins. And so prepare ourselves to celebrate this sacred mysteries. I confess to almighty god, to you and my brothers and sisters, that i have sinned. In my thoughts and in my words. In what i have done and what i failed to do, through my faults. I ask the blessed mary ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sister, to pray to the lord our god. May almighty god have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. Kyrie eleison Kyrie Eleison christos eleison christos eleison Kyrie EleisonKyrie Eleison gloria in excelsis deo let us pray. Lore lord god, showing mercy. Draw those closer to treasures of heaven. Through your Lord Jesus Christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever. Amen. [ speakingn spanish ] a reading from the book of numbers. The lord came down in the cloud and spoke to moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on moses, the lord bestowed it op the 70 elders. And as the spirit came to rest on them, they prof es eyed. Now, two men, one named eldad and the other medad were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp. They, too, had been on the list but had not gone out to the tent. Yet the spirit came to rest on them also and they prophesied in the camp. So when a young man quickly told moses, eldad and medad are prophesying in the camp, then joshua, son of nun, who from his youth had been moses aide said, moses, my lord, stop them. But moses answered him, are you jealous for my sake . Would that all the people of the lord were prophets. Would that the lord might bestow his spirit on them all. The precepts of the lord give joy to the heart the precepts of the lord give joy to the heart the law of the lord is perfect refreshing the soul the decree of the lord is trustworthy giving wisdom to the simple the precepts of the lord give joy to the heart [ singing in spanish ] the precepts of the lord give joy to the heart [ singing in Foreign Language ] the precepts of the lord give joy to the heart from wanton sin especially restrain your servant let it not rule over me then shall i be blameless and innocent of serious sin the precepts of the lord give joy to the heart [ speak iing vietnamese ] your clothes have become motheaten, your gold and silver have corroded and that corrosion will be a testimony against you. It will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days. Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers you have harvested your fields are crying out and the cries of the harvesting have reached the ears of the lord of hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter. You have condemned. You have murdered the righteous one. He offers you no resistance. [ singing in italian alleluia, alleluia alleluia alleluia, alleluia alleluia alleluia, alleluia alleluia alleluia, alleluia alleluia your word o lord is truth make us holy in the truth the truth alleluia, alleluia alleluia alleluia, alleluia alleluia alleluia, alleluia alleluia [ speaking in Foreign Language ] at that time john said to jesus teacher we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us. Jesus replied, do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to christ, amen, i say to you, will surely not lose his reward. Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of god with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into gehenna where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. [ chanting in latin ] translator today the word of god surprises us with a powerful and thought provoking image. Image which challenge us but stir us with enthusiasm. In the first reading, joshua tells moses that two members of the people are prophesying, speaking gods word without a mandate. In the gospel, john tells jesus that the disciples had stopped someone from casting out evil spirits in the name of jesus. And here is a surprise. Moses and jesus both rebuke those closest to them for being so narrow in their thinking. Would that all could be prophets of gods word. Would that everyone could work miracles in the lords name. Jesus instead encountered hostility from people who did not accept what he said and did. For them jesus openness to the honest and sincere faith of many men and women who were not part of gods chosen people seemed intolerable. The disciples, for their part, acted in good faith, but the temptation to be scandalized by the freedom of god who sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous alike, bypassing bureaucracy, officialdom and inner circles, threatens the authenticity of faith. Hence, it must be vigorous ly rejected. Once we realize this, we can understand why jesus words about causing scandal are so harsh. For jesus, the truly intolerable scandal consists in everything that breaks down and destroys our trust in the working of the spirit. Our father will not be outdone in generosity and continues to scatter seeds. He scatters the seeds of his presence in our world. For love consists in this not that we have loved god but that he loved us first. That love give us a profound certainty. We are sought by god. We are god waits for us. It is this confidence which makes disciples encouraged, support and nurture the good things happening all around them. God desires for all his children to take part in the feast of the gospel. To not hold back anything that is good. Instead, help it grow, jesus says. To raise doubts about the working of the spirit or to give the impression that it cannot take place in those who are not part of our group or who are not like us is a dangerous temptation. Not only does it block conversion to the faith, but it is a perversion of faith. Faith opens a window to the presence and working of the spirit. And it shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures. Whoever gives you a cup of water in my name, jesus says, a small gesture will not go unrewarded. These are little gestures that we learn at home. Gestures that we learn in the family and that get lost amid all the other things that we do daily, but they make each day different. These are the little gestures done by mothers, by grandmothers, fathers and grandfathers, by children and siblings. Theyre little signs of tenderness, of affection and compassion. These are the little gestures of a warm supper we look forward to at night, of an early lunch or breakfast awaiting someone who gets up early to go to work. Theyre the gestures of home. Like a blessing before we go to bed or the hug after we return from a hard days work. Love is shown by little things, by attention to those small daily signs which make our life always feel like were at home. Faith grows when it is practiced and it is shaped by love. That is why our families, our homes, are true domestic churches. These are the right places for faith to become life and for life to grow for faith to grow in life. Jesus invites us to not hold back these little miracles. Instead, he wants us to encourage them, to make them grow. He asks us to go through life as our life presents itself. Encouraging all these little signs of love as signs of his own living and active presence in our world. This action that we are invited to participate in leads us to ask ourselves how are we trying to live this way in our homes, in our societies. What are we doing to live this way in our homes, in our societies . What kind of world do we want to live to our children . This is a question that we cannot answer alone. It is the spirit who challenges us to respond as part of the great human family. Our common house can no longer tolerate sterile divisions. The urgent challenge of protecting our home includes the concern of bringing all of the human family together in the pursuit of sustainable and integral development. For we know that things can change. May our children find in us models of communion not of division. May our children find in us men and women capable of joining others in bringing to full flower all the good seeds which the father has sown. Pointedly, yet affectionately, jesus says, if you then who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask h him. How much wisdom there is in these few words. It is true that as far as goodness and purity of heart are concerned, we human beings dont have much to show. But jesus knows that where children are concerned were capable of boundless generosity. And thats why he reassures us. If only we have faith, the father will give us his spirit. We, we christians, the lords disciples, ask the families of the world to help us. Many of us are here participating at this celebration. And this is, in itself, something prophetic. A kind of miracle in todays world. This world tired of inventing new divisions, new forms of broken ne brokenness, our disasters. Would that we could all be prophets. Would that all of us could be open to miracles of love for the sake of your own family and of all the families of the world. And im talking here about the miracle of love. And in this way, overcome the scandal of a narrow, petty love, mistrustful, closed in on itself and impatient of others. And i leave you with a question. A question for each of you to answer because i said impatient. In my own home, do we shout or do we speak to each other in love and tenderness . Thats a good way of measuring our love. How beautiful it would be if everywhere and even beyond our own borders we could appreciate and encourage this prophecy and this miracle. Let us renew our faith in the word of the lord which invites our families to this openness. It invites all those who want to share the prophecy of this covenant of man and woman which generates life and reveals god, that he help us to participate in the prophecy of peace, of tenderness and of family kindness. That he help us to participate in the prophetic gesture of caring tenderly, patiently and lovingly to care for our children and our grandparents. Anyone who wants to bring into this world a family which teaches children to be excited by every gesture which is aimed at overcoming evil, a family which shows that the spirit is alive and at work will encounter and find our gratitude and appreciation regardless of what people, religion or region to which they belong. May god grant all of us to be prophets of the joy of the gosp gospel. Of the gospel of family and of the love of family. To be prophets as the lords disciples. 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Censored, not censored. Censored, not censored. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy s6 edge and the note5. Welcome back to the celebration of mass. Pope franciss last celebration of mass in the united states. The singing of the creed. [ singing in a Foreign Language ] my brothers and sisters, the world will always thirst and reminds us in other ways. Let us turn to our father in heaven and ask him to help us prayers. For all the members of the church assembled here in philadelphia and throughout the world that they may come to know more fully that the law of the lord refreshes the soul we pray to the lord lord, hear our prayers [ singing in spanish ] we pray to the lord lord of mercy, hear our prayer [ singing in Foreign Language ] we pray to the lord lord of mercy, hear our prayer father, we come to you as your children your only begotten son. We ask you your mercy and compassion to give joy to our hearts through christ our lord. Amen. My brothers and sisters, accept the sacrifice. May the lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy church. Grant us, merciful god, that this, our offering may find us with you and through you, a wellspring of blessing may be laid open before us. Through christ our lord. Amen. [ speaking latin ]