December 21, 2014
Announcement of the Birth of Jesus
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Luke 1, 26 – 38:
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible with God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
There is a woman here in Canada whose name is Elaine and she has been sick for the last eighteen years. The Lord has told me that many people have to pray for her so that He can heal her. She has a lot of headaches and her heart is not functioning well. She has also much pain in her stomach and other parts of her body especially her neck and shoulders.
Please pray for this fine woman whom I know very well that the Lord will heal her completely. She is only in her late 50’s. Thank you very much.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“Rejoice My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters for the Day of My Birthday is very near. From the reading today you see how My Heavenly Father arrange for Me to be born on earth as a human being. He selected even before her birth My Mother and prepared her from her conception to be a holy and precious woman. When the time came My Father sent the Angel Gabriel to announce to Her that She would be My Mother. He started by greeting Her with these words, “Hail, full of grace.” These words show that She never sinned and was not born with original sin. She was preserved from all this. When the Angel announced to Her the great news that She would be My Mother, She could not believe it. For She said, “How can this be since I have no relations with a man?” The Angel explained to Her that the Holy Spirit would come upon Her and the power of the Most High will overshadow Her.” The Angel said that the child to be born would be the Son of God. He also told Her that I would be called “Jesus.” At the end My Mother accepted all that the Angel told Her. He even told Her that Her cousin Elizabeth was also pregnant and this was her sixth month of pregnancy. Elizabeth was barren all her life but she conceived in her old age by the grace of God. Her son would be called John the Baptist.
My friends you will soon be celebrating My great Feast of Christmas. Come and believe in My birth in Bethlehem and show Me your love every day. I will give each of you a special gift on the great day. I bless you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. It was cloudy all day but we did not have any snow or rain. The sun should come out tomorrow.