♪ ♪ >> now the colic and translation grant we pray almighty god by st. joseph intercession your church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation whose beginnings you entrusted to his faithful care through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever.

(speaking foreign language) >> a reading from the second book of samuel. the word of the lord, go and tell my servant david when your days are ended and you are laid to rest with your ancestors, i will observe the offering of your body after and --

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♪ (speaking foreign language) >> the second reading from romans 4:13 and the translation brothers and sisters it would not be the law promises made to abraham as he descended that he would inherit the world but righteousness that come from faith for this season it depends on faith so it may be a gift and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendents not to those

who only add here to the law but to those who follow the faith of abraham who is the father of all of us as it is written. i have made you father of many nations. he is our father in the sight of god in whom he believes who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist. he believes hope against hope that he would become the father and nation according to what he did, thus shall your descendants be. that is why it was credited to him as righteousness. ♪

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♪ >> the gospel in greek today to symbolize he is the pope of both the east and the west from matthew 1:16 in the translation jacob was the father of joseph and husband of mary of her was born jesus who was called christ. now this is how the birth of jesus christ came about when his mother mary was the trough of

joseph but before they lived together she was found with child through the holy spirit. joseph her husband since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. such was the intention when behold the angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and said, joseph, son of david, do not be afraid to take mary your wife into your home, for it is through the holy spirit that this child has been conceived in her. she will bear a son and you are to name him jesus. because he will save his people from their sins. when joseph awoke he did as the angel of the lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.

(speaking foreign language) >> the homily will be coming next. we have word from the vatican that two of pope francis' siblings could not be there today. but his selisium sister is there. it is an order by saint bosco the homily coming shortly. (speaking foreign language)

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>> dear brothers and sisters i thank the lord that i can celebrate this holy mass on s serenity of st. joseph of the virgin mary and universal church. it is a significant coincidence and it is also the name day of my vinner venerable pred saysoe.

we are close to him with prayers with affection and gratitude. i offer a warm greet to go my cardinals the bishops, priests religious men and women and all of the many faithful. i thank the representatives of the other churches and communities of their presence as well as the representatives of the jewish communities and other religious communities. my cordial greetings to the heads of state of governors to the official delegation many countries throughout the world. we heard in the gospel that

joseph said as the angel of the lord commanded him and took mary as his wife, these words already point to the mission which god entrusts to joseph. he has to be the protector. the protector of mary and jesus. this protection is extended to the church as blessed john paul ii pointed out. just as st. joseph will take care of mary and dedicated himself to jesus christ's suffering. likewise he watches over his

body of the church of which the virgin mary is an example and a model. how does joseph exercise his role as a protector? discreetly, humbly, in silence. with his healing presence and complete fidelity even when he finds it hard to understand. mary until 12-year-old jesus in the temple of jerusalem found he is there with loving care next to mary his wife in good times and bad times through the journey through the senses and in the exodus and joyful hours

is a frantic search for the child in the temple. later in the light in their home in nazareth in the workshop where he taught his trade to jesus. how does joseph respond as protector of mary protector of the church by being constantly attentive to god, open to the signs and receptive to god's plans not just to his own. this is what god asks of david as we heard in the first reading god does not want built by land but he wants faithfulness to his world, to his plan.

it is god himself who heals the house from living stone sealed by this. joseph is a protector because he is able to hear god's voice. and is guided by god's will and for this reason he's all the more sensitive to the people entrusted by faith he can look at things realistically and he's in touch with his surroundings. him, dear friends, we learn how to respond to god's call ready and willingly. we also see the core of christian vocation which is

christ. let us protect christ in our lives so we can protect others, so that we can protect creation. for the patient of being a protector however is not just something involving christians alone. it has a dimension which comes before. it is simply human. it involves everyone. it means protecting all creation, the beauty of the creator world as the book of genesis tells us in st. francis showed us, it means respecting each and every one of god's creatures, and the environment in which we live, it means protecting people, taking care of everyone with love,

especially the children, the elderly. those who are fragile and who are always left in the periphery of our hearts. it means taking care of one another within our families as wives take care of each other and then as parents they take care of their children, and then over time the children themselves will take care of their parents. it means living friendship with sincerity since they are a way of protecting each other in trust, respect and goodness. in the end everything has been entrusted to our protection as men. it is a responsibility that

involves all of us. the protectors of god's gift. whenever human beings fail to live up to this responsibility, whenever we fail to take care of creation and our brothers and sisters then the ways open to destruction, destruction of hearts that are hardened and every period of history unfortunately there are parents who fought death and countenance of men and women. i would like to ask all of those who hold positions of responsibility in the economic political and social world to all of the men and women of goodwill, let us be protectors

of creation, protectors of god's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another in the environment. let us not allow destruction and death to accompany the advance of this world of ours but to be protectors we also need to keep watch over ourselves. let us remember that hatred, envy and pride de file our lives. the protector are also watching over our emotion, our hearts because they are the very seed of good and evil intentions.

intentions that build up and tear down. we must not be afraid of goodness and not even of tenderness and here i would like to add another comment. taking care, protecting requires goodness. it calls for tenderness in the book st. joseph appears a strong and brave man and working man. yes in his heart we also see great tenderness which is not the virtue of the weak, rather the opposite. it is a sign of trend of spirit and ability for concern and the passion for true openness to others. ability to love. we must not be afraid of

goodness, of tenderness. today, together with st. joseph we are celebrating the beginning of the ministry of the new bishop of rome the successor of peter which also involves a certain power. certainly jesus christ conferred power upon peter. but what sort of power was it? jesus had three questions to peter about love are followed by three commands. feed my little sheep, let us never forget that authentic power is service.

the pope as well would exercise power must enter evermore follow into that service through radiant combination on the cross. must be inspired the lowly and faithful service which mark st. joseph and like him, he wwe mus open his arms to protect all of god's people and embrace with tender affection the hole of humanity especially the poorest, the peakesweakest, the smallest as matthew describes as the final judgment on love, the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the maeek and the sic and those in prison only those who serve with love are able to protect. in the second reading st. paul

speaks of abraham who hoping against hope believed. strong today, too abid such darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be the one to bring hope to others, to protect creation, every man and every woman with a tender look, a look of love. this is to open the pope it is to let light break through the heavy crowds. it is to bring the word of hope. for believers for as christians like abraham, like st. joseph, the hope that we bring is set

against the horizon of god which has opened up before us in christ. it is built on the rock which is god to protect jesus with mary, to protect the whole of creation, to protect each person, especially the poorest, to protect ourselves. this is a service that the bishop of rome is called upon to carry out. yet one to which all of us are called upon to carry out so that the hope will shine brightly let us protect with love all that god has given us. i implore the procession of virgin mary st. joseph, saint peter paul, st. francis so the holy spirit may accompany my ministry. and i ask all of you to pray for

me. amen. (applause) >> reminding us all to be tender and caring, reminding us to be protectors of others to serve the poor, the weak, the hungry and thirsty. in the end pope francis at his inaugural mass asking us all to pray for him. ♪

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>> let us pray for frantis our pope may mighty god by his grace watch over him in his ministry as the successor of the apostle peter and pastor of the universal church. let us pray to the lord. lord, hear our prayer. ♪ >> let us pray for our government leaders. may almighty god by his wisdom enlighten their minds and help him build the salvation of love. let us pray to the lord.

lord hear our prayers. >> may almighty god by his providence grant them refreshment comfort and hope not least through the love of their brothers and sisters. let us pray to the lord. ♪ lord hear our prayer.

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>> we pray oh lord that just as st. joseph served with loving care your only begotten son born of the virgin mary so we may be worthy to minister to the pure heart of your altar. (speaking foreign language)

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(speaking foreign language) >> the eucharist prayer will be going on for some time now. th for those tuning in to "fox & friends" this is the inauguration of pope francis. i am shepherd smith with men of the faith from roam and new york and beyond. if you are just waking up on

this tuesday morning. good morning to all of us on fox news on what has been a glorious celebration of love and life and faith and hope and charity and a reminder to all of us no matter what faith that ours is to give and to serve, to protect and love, and to follow in the way and teachings of christ. said that we are here to protect and love each other. no matter what your faith, a terrific way to begin an absolutely gorgeous morning in the eternal city. this uk uk ryes /* eucharistic prayer will go on for some time. the prayers of peace and sign of peace in the union. today the pope if you are just waking up, reminded us to be tender and caring and rendering to be protect others of others

we must serve the poor, the weak, the hungry, the thirsty. this pope said to be a man of the people who in the days since he was elected pope has among other things paid for his own breakfast, checked out of his own hotel. this morning before the inauguration he was in an unfamiliar to us pope mobile an open jeep out of which he walked and knelt and kissed the sick and the injured. laid hands upon a man in a wheelchair and kissed young children reminding us all that the church is of the people and for the people. and the people for it. and the church and the pope asking us at the end of his homily this morning, please pray for him, father gerald murray is with us and preaches to the holy family church in new york who was there for the electing of the pope and joins us now.

the homily was exactly to the script of how this man has been described to us, and in the way he has demonstrated over many years. >> yes, i was so struck by the line let us never forget authentic power is service. he has taken upon himself this ministry of saint peter and he is serving precisely as he preaches bringing god's love to the poor, the sick, the humble. the concentration father where he will take the elements of

bread and wine and he will say the words this is my body this is the cup of my blood, the catholic church teaches they become the actual body and blood of christ in sacramental form. this is where all of the worship of the mass centers. >> for those of you of the faith and who attended church really of any kind to be able to see the faith of the priests normally our backs turn toward them and it is just so much more human and maybe in touch with the congregate.

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(speaking foreign language) >> the eucharistic prayer now that will go on for quite sometime. father jonathan moore a fox news contributor with us from rome. i can't image a more perfect day for a beautiful celebration. >> shep, it is a beautiful day

here and there are so many faithful in the streets that famous very long street that leads from the tiger river all of the way up to saint peters square. i know my family is there and they are excited to be there. as we see in the uk ristick cye eucharistic celebration some having their heads bowed some of them kneeling recognizing although we are celebrating the inauguration of the pope it's not really about the pope it's about our god of love and tenderness as pope francis said to us repeatedly in his homily. he says it's not about me it's about god.

i don't believe there's been a time when you can switch from television channel to television channel around the world since probably 2005 that people who do not go church or are not of faith that you can tune into this. whether you are of faith or not it is a spectacular presentation and gorgeous ceremony and maybe an opportunity for the catholic church to bring people into the faith or even more so to remind those who may not be faithful of what is possible and the mentsse that is there if you choose to hear it. >> i think the beauty of what we are seeing is a reminder to people life is about beauty. what is beautiful and true is what we strife for. the revelation of jesus christ in the catholic faith incarnates

that ritual in music and song. but at the center of it as father moore says is jesus christ on the cross. during the len ton season we rejoice in the sacrifices we have made and what we have received because of those sacrifices. ♪

♪ >> our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. my thing come come by earth be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bred and for give us our trespasses and for give those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

(speaking foreign language) >> our jesus christ who said to the 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