Monday, February 11, 2013
Instructions for the Time of Crisis
Dear Friends,
A reading from St. Luke’s Gospel (22:35-46):
[Jesus] said to [the Apostles], “When I sent you forth without a money bag or a sack or sandals, were you in need of anything?” “No, nothing,” they replied. He said to them, “But now one who has a money bag should take it, and likewise a sack, and one who does not have a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, namely, ‘He was counted among the wicked'; and indeed what is written about me is coming to fulfillment.” Then they said, “Lord, look, there are two swords here.” But he replied, “It is enough!”
Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he arrived at the place he said to them, “Pray that you may not undergo the test.” After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.” (And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.) When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test.”
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Yesterday afternoon the sun came out and the snowstorm was over. It was still windy but it was going down. Today we will have a sunny day.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I call you all to pray daily My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who believe in Me and love Me as your brother. I want you all to have great faith in Me like the Apostles had. As you know I had My time of suffering especially during My agony in the Garden of Olives. I underwent in a very special way all I would suffer the next day during the Passion and My Death on the cross. The Apostles could not believe that this would happen. When I left them in the Garden to go and pray they all fell asleep although I had told them to pray. I call you too to pray every day. Pray your rosary every day and contemplate Me in My Passion all the way to My death on the cross. See what I have suffered for each one of you. I gave My life so that the Father would pardon you and you would be My great family. I love you all and I am working for each one of you.”
Father Melvin