Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The Betrayal of Jesus
Dear Friends,
Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscar iot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The teacher says, “My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.”‘” The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover. When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.” Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” He answered, “You have said so.” (Passage from the Gospel of Matthew 26:14-25)
Today I will begin the retreat and it will last until Thursday at noon. There will be no message until Friday morning.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“As your Lord and Savior, I bless you, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters living in every part of the world. I am the Son of God who came down upon the earth to teach you all the truth and at the end to suffer and die for you so you could be saved. Is it imaginable that a man, who had been with Me as My disciple, should betray Me to the high priest and have Me arrested and tortured and killed. My disciple was Judas Iscariot. He arranged everything to have Me arrested. He should have known that as God I knew everything that he was doing. This is why at the Last Supper, before I consecrated the bread and wine into My very Body and Blood, I announced that there was one present who would betray Me. None of the other Apostles knew about this but of course Judas knew because he had already started planning all this. Judas is an example of a person who is possessed by the devil who leads him to betray his Savior and Lord. In fact he had been a betrayer from the beginning as he used to steal money from the moneybag. There aremany “Judases” in the world today; they are ready to betray Me for anything. Some can even be bishops and priests. There are many too who are lay people. I call you to come back to Me now so you can be saved.”
Father Melvin