Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
Dear friends,
A reading from St. Mark’s Gospel (11.27-33):
They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?” Jesus said to them, “I shall ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.” They discussed this among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say, ‘ Then why did you not believe him?’ But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’?” – they feared the crowd, for they all thought John really was a prophet. So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I call you all to believe in Me with all your heart My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters spread throughout the world. Many of the Jewish leaders did not believe in Me. They did not believe in John the Baptist who was a great prophet and who baptized Me in the Jordan River. The Jewish leaders rejected Me completely and ask that I be crucified and that is what Pontus Pilate at the end agreed to. Today there are many who do not believe in Me as the Son of God and the Savior of the world. They just make fun of Me. However, you, My dear faithful are completely different. You are at peace in believing in Me and following Me every day. You are blessed indeed and continue to witness to your faith and to your love of God and all human beings. I love you with infinite love.”
Father Melvin