April 13, 2015
The Day of the Son of Man
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 17, 22 – 37:
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from on side to another, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meat together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”
Our Bishop was at our parish on Sunday, the Feast of Divine Mercy. He came to confirm a good group of teenagers during the Mass of 11:00 a.m. He spoke to the youth in a very fine way and he prayed that those who received the Holy Spirit at confirmation maybe fine Christians who believe and love Jesus, Our Savior, through the power of the Holy Spirit. There was a large group of people in church for this great sacrament of the Church.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“Take to heart that I will return one day My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who love your Savior and walk with Me every day. It is a fact that one day the end of the world will come. I gave the Apostles two examples of the destruction of towns. I had selected Noah to build and ark, which is a boat, and I told him the day he should enter the ark with his family and all the animals. When he entered the ark, it began to rain and the flood came and every person was killed. No one survive this great flood except Noah and his family. You should also remember what happened to Sodom at the time of Lot. Lot and his people were told to leave Sodom and the day they left fire and brimstone came down from the sky to destroy them all. When I come at the end of the world, all will gather in one place and I will judge all the people and those who followed Me will come with Me to heaven while the others will go to hell and then the earth will be destroyed. So, My dear friends, do not wait but come and follow Me today because no one knows when I will return to earth to judge the living and the dead. Only the Father knows when I will return to earth. All the people of the earth should believe in Me and follow Me every day. Then they will be saved and I will bring them all with Me to heaven. I love you all.”
Father Melvin