Saturday, October 12, 2013
Sovereign Role of Christ
Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Colossians (2:9-23):
For in [Jesus] dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross; despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it. Let no one, then, pass judgment on you in matters of food and drink or with regard to a festival or new moon or sabbath. These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ.
Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind, and not holding closely to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and bonds, achieves the growth that comes from God. If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world? “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings. While they have a semblance of wisdom in rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, they are of no value against gratification of the flesh.
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Pray today and tomorrow because Pope Francis will consecrate the whole world to Our Blessed Mother. In this way we will all belong to Her for She is our Mother.
Below you will find the message of Our Blessed Mother given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“Be committed with all your heart to My Son Jesus, you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who believe in Me. You have been buried with Him in Baptism and you will rise from the dead with faith in Him. Remember He is the Son of God and He has the fullness of the deity, and He is head of every person and everything that exists in the world. He is always ready to forgive you if you are sorry for your sins.
“The future belongs to My Son and if you follow Him the future will be yours. For He will guide you every day of your life and lead you to the top of the mountain and bring you to heaven. So if you died with Jesus, My Son, no power on earth should have any power over you, if you do not believe in them. All the things of the world are destined to perish, but all those united to My Son Jesus will last forever. Stay with Him and you will last forever.
“Tomorrow the Pope will consecrate the whole world to Me so be joyful for great graces will be distributed all over the world. So open your hearts to accept all that I will give you. I love you all.”
Father Melvin