Sunday, August 12, 2012
Sovereign Role of Christ
Dear Friends,
A reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians (2:9-23):
For in him (Jesus) dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross; despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it.
Let no one, then, pass judgment on you in matters of food and drink or with regard to a festival or new moon or sabbath. These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind, and not holding closely to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and bonds, achieves the growth that comes from God.
If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world? “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings. While they have a semblance of wisdom in rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, they are of no value against gratification of the flesh. .
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I hope to see many people on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. on the Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother. We will pray the rosary and at 3:00 p.m. the Divine Mercy chaplet.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Redeemer given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words:
“I call you all to separate yourselves from the world especially you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who gave your lives to Me. There are so many things in the world today that is in opposition to what the Father wants and many worldly things lead to sin. There are all these horrible movies which no Christian should watch, especially those that promote sexual pleasure, that promote abortion, that teach that homosexuality is good, that living with a partner without marriage is ok, that adultery is not evil and that the main reason for life is to make as much money as possible. So many of these things make a person self-centered and completely opposed to what I taught. All have to forget about themselves and work to help their neighbor especially the poor and those who suffer. The mentality of the world is secular and society plays God. They think they can decide everything even what goes directly against the commandments of God. Do not follow such a mentality but come and follow Me. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin