Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Mission of the Seventy-two
Dear Friends,
A reading from St. Luke’s Gospel (10:1-12):
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.”
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Again I wish to thank all those who have sent donations to Our Lady of Prince Edward Island. Please continue to pray that what Our Lady promised will come soon.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I continue to call you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters scattered all over the earth. I want you all to offer yourselves to Me as My disciples. You will be sent to various towns and villages and even to other countries of the world to bring My message to them. I will give you great power to heal the sick and to drive away the evil spirits who have taken hold of many people who do not know about Me. You are the ones who are to make Me known to these people and to show them the way they should follow. Wherever you go I will be with you to guide you and to lead you.
“You need to be helped by My Church and you are to belong to some organization. It is the Church who will teach you all that you should know. Do not be afraid to suffer at times or to be rejected by some of the people. However, there will always be some who will accept you and believe My teachings that you will bring to them. Do not hate anyone but pardon all those who oppose you or reject you. This is what they did to me when I was on earth. I want every person in the world to come and know Me. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin