Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Mission of the Seventy-Two
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 house 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.(Passage from the Gospel of St. Luke 10:1-12)
Dear Friends,
Yesterday afternoon I went to the Manor in Alberton to celebrate Holy Mass with the people there and at the end I visited those who were bedridden. This evening I will go to our Parish Church in Palmer Road for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. We have adoration there every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Many people of the parish come to spend time with Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.
(Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words:)
“I bless you, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters scattered all over the face of the earth. During My time on earth I chose seventy-two men and I sent them two by two to every town and village I was to visit. They were to announce the coming of the kingdom of God and to cure the sick. They would stay in the home where they were welcomed. If the people did not receive them, they were to go in the middle of the street and shake the dust of the town from their feet as a warning.
Everyone who enters the Kingdom of God is given a mission. The mission will be made known to you so that you can use the gift the Father has given you. Some have the gift to preach, others have the gift to sing and play an instrument of music, others have the gift of taking care of money and still others have the gift to take care of the sick and elderly. You all have the mission to announce Me to the people you meet. If you do not carry out your mission then it will never be accomplished. Look around where you live and see the various organizations there is and become a member of at least one of them. I am happy with such groups as the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Women’s League and the Charismatic Movement to name a few of them. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin