Sunday, June 23, 2013
Grace and Life through Christ
Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (5:15-21):
The gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person’s transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many. And the gift is not like the result of the one person’s sinning. For after one sin there was the judgment that brought condemnation; but the gift, after many transgressions, brought acquittal. For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ. In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all. For just as through the disobedience of one person the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of one the many will be made righteous. The law entered in so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Yesterday I celebrated my 45 anniversary of ordination. I thanked the Lord for all these years I worked for Him as a priest. In the evening I had a lovely meal with plenty of lobster. I thank the Lord for all of you who prayed for me.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“Be full of thanks for the grace you have received, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who inhabit the world today and believe in Me. It is through sin committed by Adam and Eve that death entered the world. Before the first sin, there was no death. So you see how horrible sin is that it would bring into the world the death of every person. Because of sin, heaven was closed to every person. That was why Our Heavenly Father sent Me to earth to teach you all about God, to found My Church, and to offer the Father the supreme sacrifice of My life on the cross. Through My supreme suffering and death, I was able to open heaven for you, to atone for all your sins and to win for you the graces you need to follow Me and come to heaven. Without the grace I won for you, you can never enter heaven. You are bent to evil and only the power of My grace can turn you around. So My dear friends remain close to Me, pray regularly and ask for My help and you will receive the powerful grace you need to avoid evil and to do good. Come, My love ones, and walk with Me and I will help you. I love you all.”
Father Melvin