Monday, November 21, 2011
The Agony in the Garden
Dear Friends,
Then going out Jesus went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he arrived at the place he said to them, “Pray that you may not undergo the test.” After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.” And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test.”(Passage from the Gospel of St. Luke 22:39-46)
Yesterday morning I was at the Immaculate Conception Parish Church to concelebrate Holy Mass with the Parish Priest. He greeted those who are preparing for First Communion and the other group that are preparing for Confirmation. After the Mass, I went to the hall for lunch prepared by the Catholic Women’s League. Today I will go to the new Manor in Alberton to celebrate Holy Mass with the elderly and the sick who are living there. It will be the first Mass in the new facility but as far as I know there is no chapel there for Mass. I suppose the Mass with be celebrated in the setting room. I will have the opportunity to visit the new place, which I hear is very nice.
(Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words:)
“Come and join Me, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters living in every part of the world, as I undergo My Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. I used to go to this place at night to sleep with the Apostles and so on Holy Thursday we all went to this place. I did not sleep but I went forward to where there was a stone and I fell on My knees and prayed. I was filled with great fear and anxiety, as I knew that the next day I would be killed. I asked the Father to take this suffering away from Me but I said that I did not want to follow My own will but His will. My suffering was so great that I was sweating blood and an angel was sent by My Father to help Me.
My dear friends, I asked you today to take time to be with Me for I have suffered horribly to save you. Yes, I was whipped, beaten, forced to carry My cross and I fell many times on the way to the place where I was nailed to the cross and died. I accepted all this for you so that you could be saved and be with Me forever in heaven. Come, My friends, and follow Me every day and do not be afraid to carry your cross for every person has a cross to carry. Pass some time before My crucifix and see what your Lord and Savior underwent to pay the price for your sins. Now repent of your sins and I will take them away. I love you all.”
Father Melvin