Father Melvin Doucette
1704 Palmer Road North, R.R. 2
Tignish, Prince Edward Island
C0B 2B0   Canada

Friday, 06 December 2002

I  SUFFER  MY  PASSION  FOR  YOU
   
Dear Paul, Rita and Friends,
Greetings on this cloudy and snowy day! There is no wind this morning
and the snow is falling gently in large flakes. I was at the Small
Christian Community meeting last evening at one of the neighbours. We
had a great evening sharing about the readings of next Sunday. Today is
the first Friday of the month and I am supposed to go and bring Holy
Communion to all those who cannot come to Church.

In my contemplative prayer, I was with Jesus in His suffering. He spoke
to me saying, "Melvin, are you looking for me? Come here where the
soldiers have just scourged me at the pillar. My body is one big sore as
I am cut all over and blood is flowing from my many painful wounds. Now
they are fashioning a crown for me out of thorns. They mock me, their
Saviour and their Lord. Here they come now with the crown of thorns.
With pressure they drive it into my head and blood flows all over my
face. Look at me and see what they have done to me. My friends, it is
your sins that have caused me so much suffering and pain. It is your
pride that turned you against me and inflicted such torture on me. You
offended our heavenly Father with all your sins and I am paying the
price as your Saviour. In my Passion, I am calling you back from
following the devil and to enter my Kingdom founded for you. Come today
and spend time with me in my pain and death as I redeem you from sin. I
suffer my Passion for you because I love you. Give me your heart so I
can wash it clean in my blood. Repent of all your sins and come follow
me. Will you be my friend and suffer with me? I'm dying for you today
because I love you."

Jesus is the Son of God, equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit. He is
truly human but at the same time He is divine. Yet He was born like us
and lived a fully human life without sin. He came for each one of us to
bring us out of the clutches of Satan and into the marvelous light of
His Kingdom. In order to accomplish this, He had to pay a very high
price. He had to suffer the Passion and die on the cross. He calls us
this morning to suffer with Him. We all suffer in various ways either
physically, mentally, psychologically or spiritually. Let us unite all
these sufferings of ours with the sufferings of Jesus and it will help
in a small way all those who are in need of God's grace. Jesus wants our
cooperation as His friends for the salvation of the world. He is the
only Saviour of the world but in a secondary way we too can contribute
something as St. Paul says. In Colossians 1, 24 we read: "Now I rejoice
in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is
lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the
church." Our sufferings and prayers then can be of benefit for our
brothers and sisters.

May the Lord wash us clean of sin and come and live in our hearts.
 
Father Melvin

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