April 15, 2014
Peter’s Confession about Jesus
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew 16, 13 – 20:
When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.
We had a bit of snow last night and in the morning we had rain and it took the snow away. We had a beautiful Monday afternoon with sunshine and the temperature about 11 degrees Celsius. Let us continue with Jesus, Our Savior, during this Holy Week.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words, “I call you all to make your confession of faith especially you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who live in all the countries of the world. I would like you all to have great faith like St. Peter who believe in Me as the Messiah, the Son of God. Because of his great faith, I appointed him as the founder and leader of My Church and he will have great power against the evil one. He received from Me the keys of the Kingdom of heaven and he receive power to bind and to loose on earth and I promised him that all that is bound on earth will be bound in heaven and all that will be loose on earth will be loose in heaven. I had come on earth to found My Church and it was founded on Saint Peter and the other Apostles. You know that the Church became active on the day of Pentecost when the Apostles baptized about three thousand people. I want every person in the world to belong to My Church and to be active members in My Church. There is only one Church and it is this one founded by Me upon Saint Peter. Today the successor of Saint Peter is still working and he is the Pope of Rome. Listen to Pope Francis and have great faith in My Church. The Catholic Church is My Church and it has all the power to bring you all with Me in heaven one day. I love you all.”
Father Melvin