December 13, 2014
Functions of these Gifts
A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 14, 20 – 25:
Brothers and sisters, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature. It is written in the law:
“By people, speaking strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
Thus, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
So if the whole church meets in one place and everyone speaks in tongues, and then uninstructed people or unbelievers should come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds? But if everyone is prophesying, and an unbeliever or uninstructed person should come in, he will be convinced by everyone and judged by everyone, and the secrets of his heart will be disclosed, and so he will fall down and worship God, declaring, “God is really in your midst.”
We never had so much rain in December as we had so far this month. If the rain had fallen as snow, we would have six or seven feet of snow. However, we had a bit of snow when the rain started and now all the snow is gone and today it was 8 degrees Celsius. We never had this before and with all the rain some culverts are gone from the road and even some bridges were taken away. So the Government is busy repairing all this damage. Tomorrow Saturday we will finally have some sun.
Below you will find the message of Our Blessed Mother given to Father Melvin. She spoke to him these words,
“I bless you My son Melvin and all My sons and daughters who love to pray every day. Saint Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians speaks about the spiritual gifts, which he would like every Christian to have. These gifts are especially the gift of tongues and the gift of prophecy. The gift of tongues is especially for those who believe in My Son Jesus. It is a way to praise the Heavenly Father and it is given to Christians by the Holy Spirit. The gift of prophecy is also given by the Holy Spirit and it helps people to grow in their faith. It can touch the hearts of the unbelievers especially when it reveals what is in the heart of the unbeliever. These are great gifts for the Church of My Son Jesus.
I pray continuously for you all that you may have strong faith to endure any suffering and to pray regularly. If you have the spiritual gifts, they will help you to pray with great fervor and to be always very close to Jesus, My Son, and to Me. I call you all to pray the rosary every day for it is a great prayer addressed to Me. I love you all and I bless you.”
Father Melvin