May 13, 2015
The Words of Eternal Life
A reading from the Gospel of Saint John 6, 60 – 71:
Then many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.
As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?” He was referring to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot; it was he who would betray him one of the twelve.
We had a cloudy and rainy day. It rained especially in the morning and at times in the afternoon but the sun did not appear today. It was cooler because of the clouds and it just reached 10 Celsius. We will have a bit more rain tomorrow Wednesday but then it will be sunny for the rest of the week. I will have to go to New Brunswick again tomorrow. Join me in praying every day that the money for the building of the shrine and the monasteries will soon arrive. At the moment I again need some money. So if you can help me, I would be very happy indeed. May the Lord bless you all.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I love you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who continue to follow Me every day. My desire is that you grow in faith and love every day. From the reading above, you see that many Jews refused to accept my teaching concerning the Bread of Life. Many of them went home and never followed Me again. They did not accept what I taught as true. So this shows that they had never accepted Me as the Messiah, the Savior of the world. The twelve Apostles also had difficulty to accept what I said and when I asked them if they too wanted to leave, Saint Peter told Me these words, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” These great words of Saint Peter shows his great faith in Me. So all the Apostles continued to follow Me with great faith. Just the same I told the Apostles these words, “Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?” Of course I was referring to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Me.
My dear brothers and sisters believe all that I taught you and it is written in the Bible and you will be with me one day in heaven. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin