Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Obedience and Service in the World
Dear Friends,
A reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (2:12-24):
So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. Do everything without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you. In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you. For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel. He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me, but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
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Almost every day there are some who inscribe names in the Book of Remembrance. You can write in the names that really need prayers and those who are sick. I will offer two Masses a week for a whole year for all those written in that book. I receive phone calls and e-mails telling me the change that has taken place of their loved ones they have entered in the book. The cost is $15.00 per person and 104 Masses will be offered for them over a whole year.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Redeemer given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words:
“Be of good cheer My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who live in every part of the world. It is a joy for Me to see you with your faith in Me and the joy you have in following Me every day. Joy is a gift I give My friends who follow what I have taught them.
I call you all My friends to serve My Church and all the people who are in need. The first thing to do is to pray for the Church that She may go forward and that many people will enter the Church every year. There are also people in need in every corner of the world so, please come and help them. You know if you help the poor, you are helping Me as I have identified Myself with every poor person.
Be obedient to all that I have taught you and all My teachings are given by My Church. Accept that I am truly present in the Eucharist and come to adoration and I will bless you in a special way. Pray for the end of abortion and euthanasia in the world. These are horrible sins, which has to stop. Walk with Me and you will be blessed. I love you all.”
Father Melvin