Exhortation to Spiritual Renewal

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Exhortation to Spiritual Renewal

Dear Friends,
A reading from the Book of Hebrews (5:11-14 and 6:1-8):
          About this we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, for you have become sluggish in hearing. Although you should be teachers by this time, you need to have someone teach you again the basic elements of the utterances of God. You need milk, and not solid food. Everyone who lives on milk lacks experience of the word of righteousness, for he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties are trained by practice to discern good and evil.
Therefore, let us leave behind the basic teaching about Christ and advance to maturity, without laying the foundation all over again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And we shall do this, if only God permits.
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift and shared in the holy Spirit and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding him up to contempt.
Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is rejected; it will soon be cursed and finally burned.

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          Let us continue our prayers for the people of the Philippines who have suffered terribly because of the horrible storm that struck their country. I pray that they will be able to get food to eat and good water to drink.

          Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
          “You all need spiritual renewal, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who have been following Me for some time. Some people can follow Me with enthusiasm, but after a time they slow down and live mostly by routine. This is not good. You need to be renewed and this comes about by taking part in a retreat, by joining a prayer group and attending it every week and by praying your rosary every day. You know that if you have faith, I am there in your heart and I want you to be filled with joy and strength as you walk with Me every day. You need to come back to full life and you will be blessed. Perhaps you have sinned and that is why you act so sluggishly. Go and repent of all your sins and you will feel lighter and full of energy. Ask Me for My help and I will give it to you. I love you all.”

          Father Melvin