April 21, 2014
The Appearance to the Disciples in Jerusalem
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 24, 36 – 49:
While the disciples were still speaking about this, Jesus stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them.
He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
I was filled with joy on this Easter Day as I was celebrating Holy Mass for the Great Feast. I thank the Lord that I was able to see again the Day of His Resurrection. It is on this day that He truly made known to us that He was the Son of God. I prayed that all the people on the face of the earth will come to believe in Him and follow Him every day.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words, “I fill you all with joy My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who have a great love for Me. You see from the Bible how My Apostles could not believe that it was I who had appeared to them. They thought it was a ghost. I had to show them My hands and My feet so that they would see the marks of the nails that pierced Me as they nailed Me to the cross. I had to ask them to give me some food to eat and they gave me some fish and I ate it before them. Slowly they began to believe that I was the one who had appeared before them. Once they believed in Me and during the forty days I stayed with them, then their faith grew strong and they accepted Me as the Messiah, the Son of God, who came into the world to atone for the sins of all the people and to open heaven for them all.
Come My dear friends and believe that I am the resurrected One who died and was buried for three days but on the third day I came back to life. I am the first person to ever rise from the dead with a spiritual body that can never die. You too My brothers and sisters will rise like Me if you follow Me on earth until the end of your days. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin