Topic: Prophecy Meditation
Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette December 29, 2007
Come and I will take you to Jesus, my Son
Reading: Luke 2:22-38
Dear friends,
Simeon said to our Blessed Mother in the temple, and you yourself a sword will pierce.Luke 2:35
My time of contemplative prayer this morning was spent with our Blessed Mother who said, Melvin, my son and Jesus' friend, I love you. I am interceding for all my sons and daughters, especially those who accept me as their Mother and have a devotion to me. I want you all to believe in my Son Jesus and be His disciples.
Soon after Jesus' birth, Joseph and I took the Child Jesus to Jerusalem to present Him to God in the Temple according to the law of the Jews. In the Temple that day there was a very old and holy man called Simeon who was waiting for the arrival of the Messiah into the world. He recognized the small infant as the Saviour and he was filled with joy as he held Him in his arms. At the end he turned to me, Jesus' Mother, and told me, ?and you yourself a sword will pierce. I did not know the full meaning of these words but I knew I would have much to suffer.
The full realization of Simeon's words came during the Passion and death of my dear Son. I met Him as He was carrying the cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem and saw with my own eyes the suffering He had undergone. I was also present at Calvary as He hung upon the cross until death in terrible pain. It is there at the foot of the cross that Simeon?s prophecy was fully realized. I suffered martyrdom with Him as I stood there praying with Him for the salvation of all the people of the world. I knew that He had to suffer all this pain until death to pay the price for your sins.
Come and I will take you to Jesus, my Son, and your Saviour. Accept Him and believe in Him with all your heart. Repent and be His follower. I love you.
Father Melvin
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Fr. Melvin Doucette, M. Afr.
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Tignish, PE (Prince Edward Island) C0B 2B0
Canada
Medjugorje Day By Day Dec 29 - A SHEPHERDS HEART
"Let us invite the Blessed Virgin to preside maternally over the Eucharistic life of the entire Church. May she, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, implore from Him the attainment of that Life which Christ offers to all through the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, celebrated and received in the power of the Spirit of Life and Love" (Pope John Paul II).
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A livestock truck overturned in my town.
A TV reporter was doing the broadcast and stated,
"Two cows, Black and Gus, escaped into the nearby woods."
After the commercial break, the reporter corrected himself, "About that overturned truck, make those Black Angus cattle."
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Pope John Paul II -
Pope John Paul II to Vice President Radic (Croatia) and Cardinal Kuharic April 6 1995
"I want to go to Medjugorje."
Medjugorje and the Church, Sr Emmanuel & Denis Nolan p 23
Mother Teresa -
It is easy to love those who are far away. It isn't always easy to love those who are right next to us.
It is easier to offer a dish of rice to satisfy the hunger of a poor person, than to fill up the loneliness and suffering of someone lacking love in our own family.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
And yet, once our last hour has come, and our hearts have ceased to beat, everything will be finished for us and the time to merit as well as to demerit. We will present ourselves to Christ the Judge just as death finds us. Our cries of supplication, our tears, our sighs of repentance, which while still on earth would have won God's heart, could have made us with the help of the Sacraments, Saints out of sinners, today is worthless; the time of Mercy is passed, now begins the time of Justice.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Passion must have compassion
"To revive passion in hearts, one must first understand it. Passion signifies receiving or suffering something or submitting to something. From this, follow two indispensable conditions for passion: knowledge, and some organic or physical change in our sensible nature."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian. org/directory_ flash.html -
August 15, 1937. Father Andrasz's instructions. "These times of dryness and stark awareness of one's wretchedness, which God has permitted, allow the soul to know how little it can do by itself. They will teach you how much you should appreciate God's graces. Secondly, faithfulness in all exercises and duties, faithfulness in everything, just as in times of joy. Thirdly, as regards the matters in question, be absolutely obedient to the Archbishop [Jalbrzykowski] although, from time to time, the matter can be brought to his attention, but peacefully. Sometimes, a little bitter truth is necessary."
At the end of the conversation, I asked the priest to allow me to commune with Jesus as I had done formerly. He answered, "I cannot give orders to the Lord Jesus, but if He Himself draws you to Himself you may follow the attraction. However, always remember to show Him great reverence, for the Lord is great indeed. If you are truly seeking God's will in all this and desire to fulfill it, you can be at peace; the Lord will not allow any sort of error. As to the mortifications and sufferings, you will give me an account next time of how you carry them out. Place yourself in the hands of the Most Holy Mother." (1243)
During one time of prayer, I learned how pleasing to God was the soul of Father Andrasz. He is a true child of God. It is rare that divine sonship shines forth so clearly in a soul, and this because he has a special devotion to the Mother of God. (1388)
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MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
Dec 29 - A SHEPHERD'S HEART
During Christmas of 1983, Our Lady said to Jelena:
I desire that you be a flower which blossoms for Jesus at Christmas, a flower which continues to bloom after Christmas has passed. I so wish that your heart be a shepherd's heart, for Jesus (Locution Jelena & Mirjana 1983).
St. John speaks of the miracle of the Incarnation:
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth (Jn 1 :14).
Reflection:
The enduring love of Christ touches us in a special way during Christmas. At the same time it also inspires us to be shepherds after his own heart, a vocation to which the Mother of God also calls us. To have a shepherd's heart means to look around us, even search for, those in need. A story might illustrate:
Chad Varah was an Anglican priest. In 1953, he buried a girl of 18 who had killed herself. The coroner, at the inquest, suggested that she might not have done this desperate act if someone had been around who would have listened to her troubles.
Chad Varah decided to use his London church and a telephone to listen to people who were in despair. He put a small advertisement in the local paper, and during the first week he had 27 calls.
Soon he was listening and advising people twelve hours each day. There were so many people waiting in his outer office to see him that he asked some of his congregation to come and provide cups of tea for them.
Then he found that often people who had come into the outer office in great distress had become different people by the time they reached him, and some did not even wait to see him because of the helpers who had befriended the clients. That is how the Order of Samaritans was formed (Patrica Curley).
Application:
Let us answer the Madonna's call today by helping those who are needful in our own family and community - the aged, the handicapped, the bereaved. Ask Our Lady to point out to you the person(s) in need whom she wishes you to help.
Message From the Father Thru Lec - December 28, 2007
MESSAGE FROM THE FATHER December 28, 2007
6:40 AM
Son of my will hearken unto my words!
My power and glory transcends everything. There is no one in heaven and earth
and the entire universe who is like me. I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, the God of Noah and Enoch, the Father of my beloved Son Jesus.
I am the same billions of years ago, today and forevermore for I have no
beginning and no end, the Alpha and the Omega.
I do nothing without plan and purpose. Every word that issues forth from my
lips find its meaning and purpose in creation. Nothing escapes my eyes, even
things done in secret. I created man in my own image and likeness and to him
gave dominion over all the earth. But the first man and woman disobeyed me.
Paradise was lost.
I will restore Paradise. Man will again live in harmony with nature and nature
will cooperate to give man everything needed for life.
There will be no more wars. Peace on a renewed earth will reign.
People will be happy. They will live life to the fullest in an environment
where love and harmony reign supreme. I have created the future - a glorious
one.
Today is the day to prepare for it.
Message Reception Ended : 6:50 AM Duration : 10 Minutes
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Pope Benedict XVI Monthly Prayer Intentions - December 2007
Join in praying daily for the December 2007 monthly intentions of our Holy
Father:
THOSE SUFFERING FROM AIDS: That society may care for those stricken with AIDS,
especially women and children, and that the Church may help them feel the Lord's
love.
ASIA: That the incarnation of the Son of God may help the peoples of Asia
recognize Jesus as God's Envoy, the only Savior of the world.
DAILY OFFERING PRAYER - O Jesus, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union
with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all
the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin,
and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our
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Monthly Marian Prayer Service from 3PM-5PM. (Our Lady has been giving her
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Our Lady of Emmitsburg Monthly Marian Prayer Service
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Concerning message of December 16 ,,to Louise..
Referring to the message from Jesus to Louise (please reread the msg. as He states it)
"At the Hour of My Birth there will be a great calamity"
Jesus did not mean on any certain day because He does not give any timeline in these words but simply states at the Hour of His Birth.
NOTE: Church mystics and powerful St. Andrew prayer have said that the Hour of Jesus' Birth was midnight. No one knows for sure of course.
Medjugorje Day X Day Dec 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY
Please keep us in your prayers and sufferings
"We can actually come and adore Him like the shepherds; we can prostrate ourselves before Him like the Magi; we need no longer regret our not having been present at Bethlehem" (St. Peter Julian Eymard).
"This is the great reality of Christian history: Jesus, the sacred host, the Bread of life, in the midst of his Church. This is that brightest star which enables us to look forward with great confidence to the future kingdom of Christ. And as we bless and adore Jesus in the most holy Eucharist we wish to raise our hearts in trustful prayer to Mary, his sweet Mother, and our Mother too.
"So let us turn to her as our own dear Mother. It is she who bore and presented to the world Jesus, our Redeemer and Saviour . . . . We worship Jesus in the holy Eucharist: God with us! God with us!" (Pope Bl. John XXIII).
December 25, 1986 (Christmas Day)
"Dear children! Today also I give thanks to the Lord for all that He is doing for me, especially for this gift that I am able to be with you also today. Dear children, these are the days in which the Father grants special graces to all who open their hearts. I bless you and I desire that you too, dear children, become alive to the graces and place everything at God's disposal so that He may be glorified through you. My heart carefully follows your progress. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"Is not the enraptured gaze of Mary as she contemplated the face of the newborn Christ and cradled Him in her arms that unparalleled model of love which should inspire us every time we receive Eucharistic communion?" (Pope John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 54).
When was the first all night vigil?
Mother Teresa -
I think there is something that can make us live joyfully. It is that Jesus is with us and loves us. If each one of us would simply remember that God loves us and is giving us the chance to love others in that love not so much in big things but in the little things of life our countries could become full of God's love.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Live joyfully and courageously, at least in the upper part of the soul, amidst the trials in which the Lord places you. Live joyfully and courageously, I repeat, because the Angel who foretells the birth of our little Savior and Lord, announces singing, and sings announcing that he brings tidings of joy, peace and happiness to men of good-will. So that there is nobody who does not know that in order to receive this Child it is sufficient to be of good-will.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
True Faith is not popular with the ego
"How many people there are in Church on Sunday sitting in the first seat of the pew, who resent anyone asking them to `please move over.' They came to kneel before a cross, but they do not want one standing along side them. How many there are too who sing lustily the hymn.
`Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small.'
And, then, when the collection box is passed, they drop in a nickel. The fact is religion is popular only when it ceases to be truly religious. Religion by its very nature is unpopular - certainly unpopular with the ego"
St. Faustina's diary
December 23, 1936. I am spending this time with the Mother of God and preparing myself for the solemn moment of the coming of the Lord Jesus. The Mother of God is instructing me in the interior life of the soul with Jesus, especially in Holy Communion. It is only in eternity that we shall know the great mystery effected in us by Holy Communion. O most precious moments of my life! (840)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
Dec 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY
On Christmas Day in 1989, Our Lady spoke of being a light for others:
Dear children, here is my Son in my arms! I would like to ask you to be a light for all in the year to come. I would like to call you again to live my messages, the message of peace, conversion, prayer, penance, and faith. Dear children, your Mother does not seek words from you, I ask for deeds. Your Mother will help you and she will give you the strength to persevere. And tonight I would like to tell you: Rejoice! (Visionary Prayer Group Dec 25, 1989).
And from Luke's gospel, the shepherds come to adore the Christ-child:
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us".
So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.
But Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them (Lk 2:15-20).
Reflection:
Christmas is a season of light, the light of angels among shepherds, the light of a great star beckoning wise men, and in our own day, the multicolored lights of Christmas trees, outdoor decorations, and the bright glow from the windows of homes where families are gathered to celebrate.
Appropriately, today the Blessed Mother calls each of us to be, "a light for all in the year to come". Through living her messages, we have become changed people. The new peace and kindness in our lives attracts others who wish to share in these gifts of grace. In such a way, we have to become beacons of hope and joy drawing others to Christ.
Although our characters differ, and our personalities are unique, it is our many colors that form a harmony as Christmas lights on an evergreen. In the darkness, the glowing of the shinning lights is truly beautiful.
Application:
As Our Lady calls us to be a light for others by living her messages, let us pray for her special help today in doing just that.
December 27, 2007
“Our Father gives you everything”
Reading: John 1:1-18
Dear friends,
“And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
I spent a half-hour in contemplative prayer this morning and I was with Jesus, Our Lord and friend. He said, “Melvin, My brother, I love you. I bless all My friends, especially those who are suffering in any way. I am with you and I am giving you the graces you need every day. I want to live in your hearts and make My permanent home there. Open your heart to Me every day.
I give glory to My Father in heaven for the marvels of His wisdom. It was His will that I be born of My Blessed Mother Mary as a man. I came to live among you and those who were present were able to touch, to see and to hear the Son of God without any difficulty. The Father brought about this great mystery so that you would be redeemed from your sins and become the adopted children of the Father. I am the Father’s only Son and by being a member of My Mystical Body, you become also a son or daughter of the Father. When He looks at Me, the Father sees all those who are grafted in Me and they are all His adopted children whom He loves as He loves Me.
My friends, our Father gives you everything, including the gift of life. Every good thing comes from Him and He is very generous with His gifts. He is always there to protect you and He provides for all your needs. Thank Him for your friends and every member of your family. You are called to honour your Father and to worship Him with all your heart. His children are expected to live according to His commandments, which He gave to Moses on the mountain. He loves you with infinite love and He expects you to love all your friends and neighbours, even those who do not love you. Strive with the graces I give you to love the Father by living a life in conformity with His plan for you. I bless you and My Father blesses you too.”
Father Melvin
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