December 07, 2014
Tradition of the Institution
A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 11, 23 – 34:
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying. If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; but since we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that your meetings may not result in judgment. The other matters I shall set in order when I come.
The great Feast of Our Blessed Mother is very near. On Monday we will celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. God the Father had already chosen Her to be the Mother of Jesus and so She was conceived without original sin. We are all born with original sin but She was spared. That is why when the Archangel Gabriel came to announce to Our Dear Mother that She would be the Mother of Our Lord Jesus, he greeted Her with the words, “Hail Mary, full of grace.” She is indeed full of grace as She never committed even a small venial sin. Let us honor Her on Her great Feast Day.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“It is your great joy My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters to come and receive Me in the Holy Eucharist. Saint Paul wrote in his message above that I took bread and after I had given thanks, I broke it and said, “This is My body that is for you.” Then after supper I took the cup and said, “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood. Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of Me.” I Instituted the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper on Holy Thursday in Jerusalem. I was in the Upper Room with the Apostles and they were the first to eat and drink of the Holy Eucharist on the first day that I celebrated the Holy Eucharist at that last meal.
So Saint Paul tells the Corinthians that whoever eats the consecrated bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily with have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
So you are all called to examine yourselves and see if you do not have any major sins that forbids you to receive the Eucharist. If you are unworthy to receive and still go ahead and receive Me in the Holy Eucharist then you will be judged and disciplined. I have given you the great gift of Myself in the Eucharist, so prepare yourselves well to receive Me in this great sacrament. I love you and I bless you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. It snowed all day today but only a few centimeters fell and we should have rain tomorrow.