January 18, 2015
The Healing of a Centurion’s Slave
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 7, 1 – 10:
When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.” And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning said to the crowd following him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
I heard good news today that I will be told on the January 26th when I should receive the money to be used for what Our Blessed Mother asked me to build and what Jesus asked me. However, the judge asked me to pay $3,000 for all the work he has done. I need to give him this money on January 23rd so that I will receive the date for receiving the money. I have no money at this time, if some of you can help me, I would be so happy and I am sure Jesus and Our Blessed Mother will be happy too. I thank all those who will help me next week.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“Come and believe in Me like this centurion My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who know Me. The Centurion’s slave was very sick and was dying so he sent some Jewish people to go and ask Me to heal the slave. I listened to these Jewish people who spoke very highly about this Roman man who was called a centurion. He had helped the Jewish people and helped them built their synagogue. He loved the Jewish nation. I immediately went with them and when we were only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends to tell me these words, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.” These are the words you, My followers, used at Holy Mass just before you come to receive Me in Holy Communion. These are words of humility and great faith and I was amazed to hear them from this Roman. I told the people who were following Me these words, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” The centurion’s friends returned home and found the slave was in good health.
My friends, Oh how happy I would be if you all had the strong faith that this centurion had. He knew he was a sinner and that I was the Son of God with all power. So he acted in a very humble way. Yes, My brothers and sisters, be humble before your heavenly Father and when you are in church, you are to genuflect before Me in the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. In this way I will work with great joy to help you. I love a person with a humble heart. He will receive many gifts from Me. I love you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. What a beautiful sunny day we had! However, it was cold about minus 20 degrees Celsius.