January 10, 2015
The Healing of a Paralytic
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 5, 17 – 26:
One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee an Judea and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was with him for healing. And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence. But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle in front of Jesus. When he saw their faith, he said, “As for you, your sins are forgiven.” Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, “What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”–he said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, rise, pick up you stretcher, and go home.” He stood up immediately before them, picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God, and, struck with awe they said, “We have seen incredible things today.”
Some people are causing trouble to stop me from receiving the money for the cause of Our Blessed Mother and of Our Lord Jesus. They are trying to stop me from receiving that money. They are asking for more money. Please pray that the Lord will finally stop them from causing problems so that the money can come in as soon as possible so we can start working on the projects. I know He has all power and He can defeat the evil one who is the one really causing problems. I thank you all.
Below you will find the message of Our Blessed Mother given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“I bless you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who believe in My Son Jesus and pray every day. My Son Jesus performed many miracles when He was on earth. Today we have another one and this miracle teaches everyone a great lesson. While My Son was teaching the Pharisees and scribes, men arrived with a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They wanted to bring him to Jesus that he would heal him. There were so many people in the house that they could not come in so they opened the roof and lowered him in from of My Son Jesus. When He saw this He was so struck by the faith of these people that He said, “As for you, your sins are forgiven.” Of course the Pharisees and others knew that only God can forgive sins and they thought that Jesus had blasphemed. They did not believe that He was the Son of God. However, to show them that He had the power to forgive sins, he healed the sick man by saying, “I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” This man was immediately cured and got up and went home. By this great act, My Son Jesus showed all the people there that He has the power to forgive sins for indeed He is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
You are all called to believe that Jesus is divine although He has a human body. He has all power because He is the Son of God. He did many things while He was on earth to show that He was God: He walked on the water, He healed many people in His own name, He stopped the wind on the lake, He fed 5,000 people with a few loaves of bread and a few fish, He was transfigured on the mountain before three of His Apostles, He brought back to life the dead Lazarus and others too, and He chased evil spirits from people and He performed many other miracles. All this shows that He has all power and He did all this to show His love for each one of you and that you would believe that He is the Son of God. I love you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. We had a snowstorm today but it will end during the night.