June 2, 2015
The Raising of Lazarus (2)
A reading from the Gospel of Saint John 11, 17 – 27:
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus bad already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”
It was cloudy here almost the whole day and it was cold. The temperature will go up toward the end of the week. I will soon have to go and give the money I received to the court in New Brunswick and there is still another amount to pay and then it will be finished. I still need to pay just over $1,000 and then I should get the date to receive the money for building. Please continue to pray that I will soon receive all that money and if you can help, I would thank you with all my heart.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I bless you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who believe that I am the Messiah, the Savior of the world. When I arrived in Bethany, I found out that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. The first one of his sisters that I met outside was Martha who was sad when she told me that if I had been here her brother would not have died. This means that she believed that I had the power to heal and in that case I would have healed him. I told her that I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. I asked her if she believed in what I said. She said yes and she continued by saying that she believed that I was the Messiah,the Son of God, the one who was coming into the world. She spoke as a person with great faith indeed.
I call you all, My brothers and sisters, to have faith like Martha, know that I am the one sent by the Father to redeem the world by My suffering and death on the cross and after three days I would rise again. I also came to open heaven for all of you who believe in Me. Martha is now with Me in heaven and you too if you follow the same path as she did will be in heaven on day. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin