February 6, 2015
The Mission of the Seventy-two
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 10, 1 – 12:
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals, and greet no one along the way. Into whatever home you enter first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him, but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another. Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’ Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand. I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.”
We had another snowstorm overnight and during the day Thursday but much less snow fell that was predicted. They said that we would received between 35 to 45 cm of snow. That is nearly two feet of snow. Instead only about a third of a foot fell. I could get out of my driveway without cleaning the snow. It is supposed to be sunny tomorrow but it will be cold. I thank the Lord that not too much snow fell.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I have chosen you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters to accomplish a special mission in the world. While I was on earth I selected seventy-two men to go ahead of Me in pairs to every town and place I was to visit. I told them what they had to do in these places. As they entered a town or village, they were to go to a home and if they were welcomed they were to stay in that house until they left that place. As they came into the house they were to say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If there was a peaceful person in that house, so their peace would rest on him. If not the peace would return to them. They were to stay there and eat there. Their job was to announce to the people these words, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’ I was coming to that place and I was bringing My Kingdom to those people and I was ready to heal the sick and drive all evil spirits from these people. However, if the people did not welcome these people I sent to them, then they were to go into the streets and say, ‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Then they would say these words, ‘Yet know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.’
These people did a great job going from town to village. You too My friends are called to visit the people around and to tell them about Me and if they do not go to church, tell them to come and pray in church every Sunday and they will be blessed. I am present at every Holy Mass and all those present are blessed and they receive many great gifts and graces from Me. These graces will help them to live close to Me and to avoid the evil one. On your own you cannot drive away the evil one but with My help you can do so. Come everyone and go to church every Sunday and take active part in Holy Mass. I will give you My peace, My love and My joy. I love you all.”
Father Melvin