Saturday, October 19, 2013
Thanksgiving and Prayer
Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians (2 Thess 1:1-12):
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater. Accordingly, we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God regarding your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions you endure.
This is evidence of the just judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God for which you are suffering. For it is surely just on God’s part to repay with afflictions those who are afflicting you, and to grant rest along with us to you who are undergoing afflictions, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, in blazing fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not acknowledge God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal ruin, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he comes to be glorified among his holy ones and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, for our testimony to you was believed.
To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
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Let us thank Our Blessed Mother for all Her prayers for us. She never stops praying for us. She is always ready to bring us to Her Son, Jesus, so that we may receive from Him all that we need.
Below you will find the message of Our Dear Mother, She gave to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“I greet you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who adore My Son Jesus and walk with Him every day. Give thanks to Him for all that He has done for you. He came on earth to live among you and to teach you. He suffered and died on the cross to redeem you and, at the end, He rose from the dead and He is now alive and living at the right hand of God the Father. He is your Savior and your Friend. Follow Him and you will be a living member of the Kingdom of God and a chosen member of His family.
“I am praying for you all the time that you will always say ‘no’ to the evil one and always ‘yes’ to your Lord and Savior. Pray My dear sons and daughters for the conversion of all those who do not believe and do not pray. They need a lot of prayers so they can turn from their evil ways and follow My Son. If they are not converted, they will never enter the Kingdom of God and they will never be accepted in heaven. I am praying for them continuously. I love you all and I want you all with Me one day. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin