Saturday, March 9, 2013
Exhortation to Christian Virtue
Dear Friends,
A reading from the Second Letter of St. Peter (1.1-11):
I Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of equal value to ours through the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divinenature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted, forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager to make your calland election firm, for, in doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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I thank the Lord for the beautiful sunny day we had yesterday. A lot of snow melted and there is water around the house and on the roads everywhere. I thank the Lord for this nice day.
Below you will find the message of Our Dear Mother Mary given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“As I bless you I call you to imitate My Son Jesus you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who have personally given your lives to Jesus. Follow Jesus like the great Saint Peter. When he received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, he began his great work as the first Apostle of His Lord and Savior. He worked hard in many countries until he gave up his life on the cross in Rome. His letters, which you find in the Bible, are powerful teachings for you all. Read them and meditate on them for your benefit. He calls you all to be virtuous and every day to work to build up these virtues. If you are not virtuous, then you are living in sin and far from My Son Jesus. Indeed you must supplement your faith with virtues and in doing this you will grow in holiness. I want you all My sons and daughters to be holy and to live only for the Lord. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin