January 02, 2014
The False Teachers
A reading from the Letter of St. Jude 1, 1 – 13:
Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James to those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: may mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.
Beloved, although I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel a need to write to encourage you to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the holy ones. For there have been some intruders, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, godless persons, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
I wish to remind you, although you know all things, that the Lord who once saved a people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe. The angels too, who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains, in gloom, for the judgment of the great day. Likewise, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual promiscuity and practiced unnatural vice, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Similarly, these dreamers nevertheless also defile the flesh, scorn lordship, and revile glorious beings. Yet the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute over the body of Moses, did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!” But these people revile what they do not understand and are destroyed by what they know by nature like irrational animals. Woe to them! They followed the way of Cain, abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. These are blemishes on your love feast, as they carouse fearlessly and look after themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by winds, fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead and uprooted. They are like wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameless deeds, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.
We had a nice day for New Year’s Day but it was cold. The sun shone almost all day. I hope you all had a nice day.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words:
“Be on the alert, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters, because the evil one is always at work trying to catch you. He wants to take you along another road which is not the road I want you to follow. One of today’s great temptation is drugs. How many young and not so young people are caught in drugs. Some are in the dumps because of this terrible habit. I want them to come out of that hole and I am ready to help them. I know the parents are praying for their children who are caught in this slavery. Because of their prayer I have helped many of their children to come out of this and to follow Me. Others are caught in alcohol and have become addicts and they too are in need of great help. Pray My friends for all those who are in these terrible addictions. I am the only one who can help them.
There are some too who wish to bring you to the occult and to groups similar to these. Watch out and never go with them. Stay in close union with Me and I will protect you and give you the help you need. I love you and I bless you.”
Father Melvin