June 8, 2015
The Coming of Jesus’ Hour
A reading from the Gospel of Saint John 12, 20 – 35:
Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the feast. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.
I am troubled now. Yet what should I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.” The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come for my sake but for yours. Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” He said this indicating the kind of death he would die. So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. Then how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” Jesus said to them, “The light will be among you only for a little while. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light.”
We had another beautiful sunny day on Sunday. It was windy and somewhat cold. I went for a walk in the afternoon and I prayed my rosary but I had to dress up because it was only 13 degrees Celsius. It will get warmer tomorrow. Yesterday was the Feast of Corpus Christi, and I thanked the Lord for this great gift that He gave us. We should go for adoration at least one hour a week in order to have a very special and deep relationship with Jesus.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Redeemer given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“Keep in your hearts My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters these words that I address to you today. The Bible passage is filled with My teachings to the Apostles and the Jewish people listening to Me. I told them all that My hour had come and that I am about to be glorified. I gave them the example of a grain of wheat. If a grain of wheat does not die, it does not produce anything. However, if it dies it produces much fruit. I also told them that whoever loves his life, will lose it but whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Remember, the Father will honor whoever serves Me. I continued to speak to them by saying that now is the time of judgment on this world, now the ruler of the world will be thrown out. The ruler of this world is no one else but Satan. He was defeated when I was lifted up on the cross and I drew everyone to myself. So indeed at the time I spoke these words, My death was near. The Jews said that the Messiah is to remain forever. So how can he be lifted up. They also asked Me who the Son of Man was. You know that the Son of Man is no one else but me and although I died I am still with you. I talked to them about the light for I am the light. So I told them that the light would be among them only for a little while. Then I called them to walk in the light and to believe in the light so that they may become children of the light.
So My brothers and sisters, come and walk with Me every day. I will show you the path you should follow. You will not get lost if you are with Me. I want you all to be the Father’s children and My dear ones. I love you all.”
Father Melvin