Saturday, August 3, 2013
Warning against Idolatry
Dear Friends,
A reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor 10:14-22):
Therefore, my beloved, avoid idolatry. I am speaking as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
Look at Israel according to the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? So what am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything? No, I mean that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons. Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he?
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We had a nice day yesterday with sunshine in the morning. It became cloudy in the afternoon and we had rain in the evening. We will have more rain today too.
Below you will find the message of Our Dear Mother Mary given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“I love you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who accept Me as your Mother. You know that I pray for you every day. I call you to stay connected to My Son Jesus and never leave Him behind and start walking with idols. Today there are many kinds of idols the people are following. One of the big idols is money. People would do anything to get money. They will steal, tell lies, and even ask the devil to help them. No Christian should ever do that. Sport has become an idol for many young people. If there is a sport on Sunday at the time of Holy Mass, they will not go to Mass but instead go to the stadium. By doing that they show what is more important for them: Holy Mass or sports. Some people have made drugs and alcohol their idol, and this too is too bad. My Son Jesus who is Your Savior must be first in your life and never let anything else take His place. Otherwise you are committing sin against Him. Be a Christian like Saint Paul, who gave his whole life to serve his Savior. Today he is a great saint in heaven. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin