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

Tuesday, 22 October 2002

I  EMBRACE  YOU
 
Dear Rita, Paul and Friends,
Greetings on this cool and cloudy morning. The sun is coming out now and
then when there is a hole in the clouds. It is still windy but not as
much as yesterday.

I was at the Manor yesterday for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
My mother was very tired as she had not slept very well the night before
but she attended the Mass anyway. From the Manor I went to St. Anthony's
Church in Bloomfield to talk to the confirmation class about the
missions. I spoke to them especially about my experiences in Zambia
where I worked for 29 years. Today I will return to St. Anthony's for a
burial of a woman who died in St. John, N.B. The funeral was in St.
John.

I was with Jesus this morning in my contemplative prayer. He spoke to me
saying, "Melvin, I love you. Our friendship, our closeness grows every
day. Your delight is to spend a half hour with me every morning in
intimate conversation. I wait for you every morning. There is no better
way to grow in mutual love than through this heart to heart talk with
me. Melvin, I hear the prayers of every person especially if it is a
prayer from the heart. Pray, my brothers and sisters, with great fervour
and strong faith. I hear all your petitions and you know that, if you
follow me, I live in your heart. I give you grace so, cooperate with
this gift of mine. What great progress you would make, my friends, if
you took time to contemplate! I would not feel so abandoned in your
heart. You would offer me your love often during the day. You would
receive strength to live united to me. We would form a wonderful
partnership based on love. 'I thirst' for you, for your salvation,
for your devotion and for your prayer from the heart. If all of you
would spend a half hour with me each day, you would change the world.
Hearts have to change first before peace, justice and love can overtake
the world. Begin to build a strong relationship with me in the depth of
your heart. I will heal you and fill you with my joy even in suffering.
I embrace you."

I was filled with great joy during my prayer with Jesus this morning.
What a great desire He has for us! He calls us to spend a half hour with
Him every morning. This half hour with Him by all of us can change the
world is what He tells us today. Let Him be the centre of our lives and
let us live for Him. Let us acquire His eyes to see in the manner He
sees; let us acquire His ears to hear the way He hears. Let us be
transformed by His grace and His love. He will heal us of all our
hang-ups, our wounds and hurts. He even says that He will give us joy
even when we are suffering. He will always be with us in all our trials.
With great love He embraces us all.

May the Lord help us to open our hearts to His words and to follow His
will.
 
Father Melvin

TEL: (902) 882-2004
E-MAIL: melvin.doucette@pei.sympatico.ca
_______________________________________________________________
PILGRIMAGES:  http://www.giftstor.org/FrDoucettePilgrimage.html
http://ourlady_queenofpeace.tripod.com/ritas_pilgrimage.htm
http://ca.oocities.com/dwasercaca/Pilgrimages1.html

PREVIOUS MESSAGES:
(English) http://www.giftstor.org/FrDoucetteThird2.html
(English) http://www.oocities.org/ourladyofpei/index.html
(SPANISH) http://www.oocities.org/espanol/dwasercaesp/index_es.html
(POLISH)  http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ks_melvinbr/
________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: FOR FOLLOWING SEND AN EMAIL TO 'RITA' AT:  pdoucet@nb.sympatico.ca

TO RECEIVE:  Fr. Doucette's 2001 Press Release, New Bio, Michael Brown's
Interview, Previous Messages, or cost of Books and/or Photo of Our Lady.

UNSUBSCRIBE: Send email with "UNSUBSCRIBE - FR. DOUCETTE" in the Subject
TO SUBSCRIBE: Send email with "SUBSCRIBE-FR DOUCETTE-ENG" in the Subject
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MESSAGES IN SPANISH:
Send an email with "SUBSCRIBE-FR DOUCETTE-SPANISH" in the Subject box.