December 21, 2013
Dear Friends,
Christ and His Commandments
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John 2, 1 – 11:
My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world. The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him, but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him; whoever claims to abide in him ought to live just as he lived.
Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall. Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
We had a mild day on Friday but it started to snow in the afternoon but very light snow. We already have plenty of snow on the ground and winter only starts today, December 21st. I hope we will have a nice day for Christmas.
Below you will find the message of Our Blessed Mother given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“I embrace you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who work hard to follow the commandments of God.You know that God the Father gave the ten commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai when the Jewish people were in the desert. The Jews promised to obey these commandments. When My Son Jesus came He did not abolish the ten commandments. Those who want to follow Him must follow the commandments of God. My Son Jesus also gave a special commandment and this is what it says, “Love one another as I have loved you.” In fact this is the summary of all the commandments. If you love God and you love all your brothers and sisters then you are imitating Your Savior. If you follow Him then you are walking in the light for He is light.
I love you all and I am praying for you all that you all be in the light and follow My Son Jesus, your great Redeemer. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. It is snowing a lot this year. We have more snow on the ground now than we had all through last winter and winter only starts today. May the Lord bless you all.