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

Friday, 11 October 2002

BELIEVE  IN  ME

Dear Paul, Rita and Friends,
Good morning! It is still dark as I write this. I'll be happy when we
put our clocks back so that it will be bright an hour earlier. There is
no wind this morning and I hope the stars are shining.

I will go to Bloomfield Church for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist
at 9:30 AM. I should be back home by noon but I will return to St.
Anthony's tomorrow evening and Sunday morning.

During prayer this morning, I was with Jesus in His agony. He spoke to
me saying, "Melvin, my brother, come and join Peter, James and John in
the garden of Gethsemane. I am going over there to pray. My heart is
weary unto death. Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into
temptation. What sorrow fills my heart as THE DAY approaches. I will be
tortured and crucified tomorrow. Father, may I be spared from this
suffering. My whole body revolts against it. I am sweating blood for the
agony is so severe. Yet I know that it is for this that I came into the
world. I personally accepted to be the Saviour of all the men and women
in the world, but now I am filled with fear at such great suffering.
Heavenly Father, let not my will be done but yours. I accept out of love
to suffer and die on the cross for the salvation of all. In this way I
will draw all the people to myself. I will save them from their sins and
open heaven for them. They will become the beloved children of my
Father. My dear brothers and sisters, I accept to die for you all to
wipe away your many sins and to make you my friends. Come and place all
your sins at the foot of my cross and my blood will wipe them away.
Believe in me and you will be saved. I bless you."

Jesus continues to suffer the agony for us. His sacrifice on the cross
is eternal and will go on forever. This morning, I was right there with
Him in the garden of Gethsemane as fear gripped His heart and He sweated
blood. He wanted to run away and not go through with the crucifixion.
However, once the temptation passed He accepted His role as Saviour and
gave everything, to the last drop of blood, for us. He calls us to put
our sins at the foot of His cross and He will wash them away with His
blood. Let us praise and glorify Him for being Our Saviour. Let us go to
His cross today and tell Him how we appreciate Him for all He did for
us. Let us commit our lives to Him again to follow Him every day.

May the Lord increase our faith and give us the strength to endure every
trial for Him.
 
Father Melvin

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