Father Melvin Doucette Message

Today's Message

January 9, 2008

“I wait for your love in return”

Reading: Luke 5:17-26

Dear friends,

Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” He stood up immediately before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. Luke 5: 24-25

I was with Jesus, Our Lord early this morning during my half-hour of contemplative prayer. Jesus said, “Melvin, My brother, I love you. I love all My brothers and sisters living in every part of the world.

I was born among you to show you God’s love and to redeem you from your sins. To show My compassion and love for you and especially for the sick, I cured all those who came to Me asking for a healing.

I healed people from all kinds of diseases and I even brought the dead back to life. I had come to bring life so that all may have it in abundance. It was My joy to bring the people back to good health.

Through these healings I could also make the people think about the power I had and where it came from. It is a fact that only God has the power to heal people instantly or to bring the dead back to life. No human being has this power, but some are My instruments through whom I bring about great healings.

I exercised My healing power on people who believe in Me and have committed their lives to Me. Faith in Me is necessary before I will heal anybody. I could not heal many people in My hometown of Nazareth because of their lack of faith.

If you wish to be healed, have faith and come and follow Me. As the Son of God, I have all power to heal any sickness, both physical and spiritual. The most important healing, though, is spiritual healing because it will last forever.

Come and ask for a healing of your heart or for an increase of faith, hope and love. Ask to have the strength to forgive those who have hurt you in any way. These healings will bring you very close to Me, your Lord and your Brother. All that I do for you, I do it out of love. I wait for your love in return. I bless you and love you with all My heart.”

Father Melvin

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Message to Gianna Sullivan Jan. 8,2008

The Words of God the Father through Gianna Sullivan

To the World,  January 8, 2008

Children of Humanity,

Peace and blessings from Heaven!

I your Father love you, come to you and bless you. I give you everything that is good. I am your Creator, desiring you to be created for the fulfillment of the ultimate Truth---that being my Son Whom I gave to you unreservedly to be martyred, to be completely humiliated, to be beaten until nearly His last breath, and then to carry His own Cross to His execution which would be your freedom.

This explosion of Light is the Love of God! It is a "forestep" of the warmth of God to allow you to know how precious you are, how real God is, and how and why  you were created---ultimately to fulfill the Plan of this world's creation.

It is a step beyond, yet a step before an enlightenment, when all shall know and will have to choose. This Light is a Light of Love---an invitation.

And how do you prepare? Perhaps its best to look within, within your wounds, within life, and within your relationships and friendships. Look at how you want and desire to live. If it is at peace, you shall attain Peace.

If it is with power, you shall fight the forces of humanity for this power. If it is with the Power of God, most dignified and loving, then you shall embrace humility.

If it is in the Truth, you shall stand by the Truth until death. If
it is a surrendering and abandonment, then you shall be fulfilled most
abundantly and will be led at all levels to become a pillar of Light and an ambassador of Peace, a lamp that shall never be extinguished.

And all shall move forward towards you for change, counseling and strength.

I love you. I love you so much that I have given My Son for you; and if you think this is not important enough to understand and you  disregard it, then My special blessings are upon you for your strength when you realize the opportunity you have missed.

Peace.

Medjugorje Day By Day Jan 09 - THEY DO NOT REPENT

Eve of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

"The Eucharist is the center and summit of the whole of sacramental life, through which each Christian receives the saving power of the Redemption, beginning with they mystery of Baptism, in which we are buried into
the death of Christ, in order to become sharers in his Resurrection, as the Apostle teaches (cf. Rom 6:3-5).

In the light of this teaching, we see still more clearly the
reason why the entire sacramental life of the Church and of each Christian reaches its summit and fullness in the Eucharist" (Pope John Paul II).


"What excuse shall we have, or how shall we obtain pardon, if we consider it too much to go to Jesus, who descended from Heaven for our sake?

Those foreign pagan kings hastened thither from Persia to see Him who lay in the manger; and thou, O Christian, canst thou not spare a few moments to enjoy this heavenly spectacle?" (St. John Chrysostom).

 

Mother Teresa -
May the joy of Our Risen Lord be your strength in your work, your way to the Father, your light to guide you and your Bread of Life.

Meditations by Padre Pio - Once I showed the Padre a very pretty branch of hawthorn in bloom, and pointing out to him the beautiful white flowers, I exclaimed: "How beautiful!" "Yes," said the Padre, "but the fruits are more beautiful than the flowers." In this way he made me understand that good works are more beautiful than good intentions.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen - When one stirs up the waters, their reflection is distorted. So also one's soul!
"Today many leave their homes, their country in search of new experiences.

There is some connection between stationariness of the body and the acquisition of the superior truths of the spirit. It is only the quiet pool that reflects the stars."

St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
Renewal of vows. From the moment I woke up in the morning, my spirit was totally submerged in God, in that ocean of love. I felt that I had been completely immersed in Him. During Holy Mass, my love for Him reached a peak of intensity. After the renewal of vows and Holy Communion, I suddenly saw the Lord Jesus, who said to me with great
kindness, My daughter, look at My merciful Heart.

As I fixed my gaze on the Most Sacred Heart, the same rays of light, as are represented in the image as blood and water, came forth from it, and I understood how great is the Lord's mercy. And again Jesus said to me with kindness, My daughter, speak to priests about this inconceivable
mercy of Mine.

The flames of mercy are burning Me-clamoring to be spent; I want to keep pouring them out upon souls; souls just don't want to believe in My goodness. Suddenly Jesus disappeared.

But throughout that whole day my spirit remained immersed in God's tangible presence, despite the buzz and chatter that usually follow a retreat. It did not disturb me in the least...(177)

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.

Jan 9 - THEY DO NOT REPENT

In response to a question by Mirjana as to how God could send anyone to hell.

Our Lady responded:

Men who go to hell no longer want to receive any benefit from God. They do not repent nor do they cease to blaspheme. They make up their minds to live in hell and do not contemplate leaving it (Special Message Jan 1, 1983).

In the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, Jesus also alludes to the reality of hell:

The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side (Lk 16:22-23).

Reflection:

The word "hell" was translated from the word "Gehenna", which was named after the Hinnon Valley, where in times past children had been sacrificed by fire to the pagan gods.

It was a term that evoked horror.

Concerning hell, which the Madonna had shown her, Vicka relates:

In the center of this place is a great fire, like an ocean of raging flames. We could see people before they went into the fire, and then we could see them coming out of the fire.

Before they go in, they look like normal people. The more they are against God's will, the deeper they enter into the fire, and the deeper they go, the more they rage against him.

When they come out of the fire, they don't have a human shape anymore; they are more like grotesque animals, but
unlike anything on earth. It's as if they were never human beings before.

Vicka echoes the Blessed Virgin when she says, of those choosing hell, "they deny God, even when it is time to die.

And they continue to deny him, after they are dead. It is their choice. It is their will that they go to hell. They choose hell."

Application:

We can choose one of two paths in our lives: to become even more humane, compassionate, and loving, or become ever more inhumane, cruel, animal-like. In prayer today, tell the Lord again of your choice for him; ask him for the help and grace you will need to achieve perfect love, or heaven.