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

Sunday, 15 December 2002
 
I  BRING  YOU  THE  FATHER'S  LOVE

Dear Paul, Rita and Friends,
Good evening! I arrived home around 4:00 PM after a wet drive from
Charlottetown to Summerside and snow for the last 25 km. It was slow
going in the wet snow on the road but I reached home going only 50 km.
an hour during the last stretch.

In my prayer early this morning, Jesus spoke to me saying, "Melvin, my
friend, I love you. You are in Charlottetown this morning for the Third
Sunday of Advent. It is the day that all are called to rejoice as the
Feast of my birth is near. However, in the hearts and minds of many, I
have been replaced by materialism and for the children especially by
Santa Claus. He is the one the children wait for not me. Santa Claus is
a pure fiction made up by the commercial world to make money. Many
parents teach their children strange make-believe stories about North
Pole, reindeers, bells, chimneys, and many others, but they hardly say
anything about the facts and the truths about Christmas. By teaching
fairy tale stories, the people empty Christmas of all meaning. At the
end it is like celebrating someone's birthday but forgetting the person
whose birthday it is. My dear brothers and sisters, return to the true
meaning of Christmas. Know that I was born at Bethlehem as your Saviour.
I bring you great news of great joy. I come to liberate you and bring
you into the Kingdom of God. I want to make you the beloved children of
the Father and my brothers and sisters. I come to save you and bring you
the Father's love. I bless you all."

Jesus asks us to examine our attitude with regards to Christmas, the
Feast of His Birth. So many Christians believe that it is only a feast
for the children. They think it is all about Santa Claus and receiving
as many gifts as possible. Instead of being centered on Jesus it is
centered on us. For the adults it is equated with plenty of food and
drink. There have been plenty of parties this month with over eating and
over drinking. Jesus is calling us back to the true meaning of
Christmas. He has to be at the centre of the Feast. If we take Him out
of Christmas then the feast has no meaning at all. Let us see that
Christmas means that the Son of God has become a human being like us.
God so loved us that He sent His Only Son to be born like one of us. He
comes to show us God's love and to remove the obstacles that separates
us from Our Father. He comes to make us free to live as children of the
Father.

Let us be grateful for what Jesus did and let us repent of our sins and
invite Him to live in our hearts always.
 
Father Melvin

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