June 19, 2014
The Ascension of Jesus
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 1, 6 – 10:
When the Apostles had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom of Israel?” It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. They said, Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Oliver, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away.
When I was in England some years ago, a couple came to me and asked me to pray with them. They had been married for about five years and they did not have any children. They wanted a child with all their heart. So I prayed over them both asking the Lord to bless them with a child. After six month I received an e-mail from the woman who wrote that she was now pregnant. When the child was born she wrote me again telling me that she gave birth to a boy. Both her and her husband were very happy with the arrival of a child. I prayed and thanked the Lord for giving them this great gift of a child.
Below you will fine the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words, “Believe with all your heart My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters that after forty days on earth after My resurrection, I ascended into heaven. I had brought the Apostles to the top of the Mount of Olive and I told them that they had to be My witnesses in Jerusalem and Israel and throughout the world. After telling them this, I started to rise from the ground. Then a cloud came and I disappeared from their eyes. I was gone to heaven and I was given the thrown on My Father’s right hand and from there I would guard all the peoples of the earth. Then two angels appeared to the Apostles and told them that I was gone but that I would return one day at the end of the world and this will be for the judgment of the living and the dead. So that day I disappeared from their eyes but spiritually I was always very close to them. I lived in their hearts.
Yes, My dear friends, I will return in the future and nobody knows the day or the hour. I will return to judge the living and the dead. The people will be divided into two groups, one on My right and the other on My left. Those on My right will come with Me to heaven but those on My left will go down into hell. So come follow Me so that when I return you will find yourselves on My right and not on My left. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. We had a dark and wet day on Wednesday. It rained heavily most of the day. However, nice sunny days will be here soon. May the Lord fill you all with all the graces you need to follow Him.