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

Thursday, 13 June 2002
       

I  WANT  TO  OCCUPY  THE  IMPORTANT  PLACE  IN  YOUR  HEART

Dear Paul, Rita and Friends,
Greetings on this summer like day! The sun is streaming into the room
this morning to let us know that it will be warm today. The sun fills me
with great joy. I was at the prayer meeting last evening and we prayed
for trust and confidence in the Lord. The meeting itself was short only
a half hour because I celebrated the Holy Eucharist with the group for
the remainder of the time.

During my prayer this morning, Jesus was there and He spoke to me
saying, "Melvin, my friend, I love you. I am always with you for I live
in your heart. I bless all my friends and I call them all close to me.
You will be united to me if you contemplate every day. It is my
favourite prayer and if you practice it regularly our mutual friendship
will grow. By means of this prayer you will commune with me in a very
personal relationship. You will be present to me and I will be present
to you. In this very easy prayer, I will empty your heart of all that
does not come from me. I will sweep your heart clean and make a place
there for me to dwell. Slowly I will change your heart and heal all your
hurts. I will bring light where there is darkness and you will have
peace where previously there was only turmoil. You only have to call me
by name knowing in faith that I am there with you. You will repent of
all your sins and receive the grace to avoid sin in the future. I call
you all, my brothers and sisters, to begin a life of heart to heart
prayer with me for contemplative prayer is of the heart. With me in your
life, the attraction of the world and material things will be much less.
I will become the joy of your heart. I gave my life for you, will you
make me part of your life? I want the important place in your heart. I
love you."

My half hour with the Lord this morning brought me back to the
experience of writing the book on contemplative prayer. I remember very
well that day in 1999 when the Lord spoke to me in prayer saying that
something special would happen. It did happen around 9:30 AM that same
day when I saw in my imagination the cover of the book and the title:
The Art of Contemplative Prayer. As the page turned over I also saw the
chapters and all their titles. I was urged to start writing. In just
over two weeks I had finished writing the book. I wrote from morning to
evening and the ideas just kept coming. I feel I received a special
grace to be able to write this book. Often Jesus comes back to
contemplative prayer for it is His preferred prayer. Besides Holy Mass
and the Eucharist, it has been the greatest gift that the Lord has given
me. It is through contemplative prayer that I came to know Jesus as my
brother and friend. The personal relationship with Him is my greatest
treasure and I thank Him every day for helping me to discover this
simple but deep prayer. I believe it is the great gift that Jesus is
giving the people of the world in this new millennium. If we practice
this prayer, Jesus will become alive and we will build a close
relationship with Him. It depends though on us to take the decision to
pray in this way every day.

May the Lord give us all a great desire to live in close union with Him.

Father Melvin


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