The Private Apparition of Our Lady Of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.)

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor 9:1-12a):
          Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Although I may not be an apostle for others, certainly I am for you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
My defense against those who would pass judgment on me  is this. Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a Christian wife, as do the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Kephas? Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the right not to work? Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating its produce? Or who shepherds a flock without using some of the milk from the flock?
Am I saying this on human authority, or does not the law also speak of these things? It is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is God concerned about oxen, or is he not really speaking for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of receiving a share. If we have sown spiritual seed for you, is it a great thing that we reap a material harvest from you? If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?

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          Today we should have a beautiful sunny day for a change. It has been raining for over a week.

          Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
          “Be proud to be Christians, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who have been baptized in the baptism I left you. Every Christian is baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All sins are forgiven and I come and live in your heart. You become truly a Christian and you belong to Me. Saint Paul too was baptized and became a Christian and then he received a special call from Me to be an apostle. He worked very well in many countries to bring many people into My Church, and he taught them in a marvelous way all I had taught the apostles. Pray to Saint Paul that he intercedes for you so that your faith may be strong as his and that you will have the strength to face any problem like him. At the end Saint Paul died a martyr in Rome. He is a great saint of the church. Learn from him by reading his letters: they are a goldmine of information and they express his love for every person. I bless you all.”

          Father Melvin

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Advice to Virgins and Widows

Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:25-35):
          Now in regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. So this is what I think best because of the present distress: that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a separation. Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife. If you marry, however, you do not sin, nor does an unmarried woman sin if she marries; but such people will experience affliction in their earthly life, and I would like to spare you that.
I tell you, brothers, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. I am telling you this for your own benefit, not to impose a restraint upon you, but for the sake of propriety and adherence to the Lord without distraction.

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          I thank the Lord for giving me good health these days and I am praying daily to Our Blessed Mother that I may receive what She promised. Please pray that what She wants may be accomplished soon.

          Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
          “I call you all to follow the Will of Your Heavenly Father, My dear brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who have accepted Me as their Savior. Many people are called to the married life with the hope that they will have children and they will bring them up in the faith. Others are called to the single life. The celibate men are called to the priesthood or the religious life and other are called to be single for the rest of their lives. If they remain single, they should be dedicated to Me and be men of prayer who love to go to church every day. Some of the women are called to be virgins and many of them enter into religious life as contemplatives and others to work to help the young, the sick, the disabled, the poor and all those who are in need. Some women remain single all their life but live in close union with Me, their Savior, and with My Blessed Mother with whom they have a deep devotion. Follow the call of Our Heavenly Father and you will be blessed with many graces and one day you will be in heaven. I bless you all.”

          Father Melvin

Monday, July 29, 2013

Instruction to the Married

Dear Friends,
A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor7:10-16):
          To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): a wife should not separate from her husband – and if she does separate she must either remain single or become reconciled to her husband – and a husband should not divorce his wife.
To the rest I say (not the Lord): if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to go on living with him, he should not divorce her; and if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to go on living with her, she should not divorce her husband. For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, whereas in fact they are holy.
If the unbeliever separates, however, let him separate. The brother or sister is not bound in such cases; God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband; or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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          Yesterday Sunday it was cool and cloudy and we had showers at times. It seems it will be the same today.

Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
          “I call you to pray for one another, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters living in every country of the world. Many married couples are in great trouble these days. There are so many separations and divorces taking place all the time. When a couple gets married, they vow to live together all their life but how many break this promise. Another problem is that many live together as couples but they are not married in church. This too is sinful. I see that many married couples do not pray or go to church and so they live with the evil one who wants to break up every married couple. Sometimes there is only one of the two that goes to church and pray, while the other does not believe. The one who believes must pray for the unbeliever that he or she may come to believe and to follow Me your Savior. However, those who divorce often find another partner and they live together in concubinage, which is sinful. Today all have to pray for the strengthening of marriage so that both the husband and wife will be faithful to his or her partner. I bless you all.”

          Father Melvin