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

Sunday, 15 September 2002

BE  ALIVE  IN  THE  SPIRIT

Dear Paul, Rita and Friends,
Good morning! It is a dark and cloudy day although it is getting bright
in the west. We had a nice day yesterday with plenty of sunshine. My
mother got her first unit of blood yesterday and she will get another
this morning. I was with her from noon till 3:00 PM. She had to be
transported to the hospital for this and somebody had to be with her all
the time. My sister will be with her this morning. She has no pain and
there is no bleeding now for over a week. Thank you for your prayers.
I am sending the message this morning as I am still home. There was a
mix-up in the dates for my stay in Bloomfield parish. I will not begin
before the last weekend in September.

My prayer this morning was spent with Jesus who spoke to me saying,
"Melvin, my friend, I love you. Today Sunday, all you, my brothers and
sisters, will remember the first Easter when I rose triumphant from the
dead. All power and authority was given to me as your leader and king. I
promised you on the day of my Ascension that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit
of truth, would come upon you. He came on Sunday, Pentecost Sunday. He
came upon my Mother and the Apostles in the upper room in Jerusalem. The
Holy Spirit filled the hearts of all those present and they praised God.
Fire was seen on their heads and they spoke in various tongues. The
Church was born that Sunday morning as St. Peter went out and preached
to the crowd gathered outside. On that day three thousand people were
baptized and became members of the Church. Sunday is important for you,
my followers, because great events happened on that day. Keep this day
holy and go to church with your fellow Christians to celebrate the
saving events of your redemption. These are my suffering and death on
the cross, my Resurrection from the dead, my Ascension into heaven and
the coming of the Holy Spirit. The celebration takes place according to
the Last Supper when I instituted the Eucharist with the Apostles. Live
my people in the power of the Spirit every day. He is the Spirit in whom
I lead you. My joy is to see you alive in the Spirit. I fill you with my
peace and joy."

Indeed Sunday is the day of the Lord. It is the day of the week that we
celebrate together in church the Holy Eucharist. We remember the
important events of Jesus' life that have brought us redemption. Today
Jesus refers especially to Pentecost as one of those events. It is the
day that the Holy Spirit was poured upon the world. We too have received
the Holy Spirit in Baptism and also in Confirmation. We are to live now
in the Holy Spirit by being under His rule. Are we obedient to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit? Let us listen to Him in our hearts and
follow Him.

Let us love the Church animated by the Holy Spirit and live according to
her teachings.
 
Father Melvin

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