SAINT LUCY

 

 

 

SAINT LUCY---VISION

 

 

Lucy was a virgin

A martyr

And today she is considered to be

The patroness of the blind

 

She died in the year of 304

During the persecution of Diocletian

 

She was

A wealthy Sicilian

Who refused marriage offers

Gave her goods 

To the poor

And was accused

By one of her suitors

To the authorities

 

The judge ordered her

To be sent to a brothel

And become violated

 

But she became miraculously immovable

 

He tried to have her burnt

Also unsuccessful

 

Finally---she was killed

By a sword

 

Legend has it

That her eyes too---were torn out

Only to be miraculously restored

 

Dear Lord---I pray---we pray

That in a world

That has become blinded

By your vision for it

 

Blinded by greed

Blinded by sexual lust

And just blinded

By our own pure selfishness

 

We pray

That we have the faith

Of Saint Lucy

And we pray for your vision

 

Your vision for our world

And your vision---for each of us individually

And all of us collectively

To be returned to us---TO YOU

 

IN JESUS’ NAME WE PRAY

 

Robert P. Wallman

12-13-11

 

Ps               today---12-13---is the feast day of Saint Lucy

 

 

12-13-18

A LEAP OF FAITH

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 13^th, 2012

 

 

Life

Is a leap of faith

 

Love is a leap of faith

Trust

Is a leap of faith

How many leaps                                                                   

Are you willing to take

 

How far

Are you willing to reach

How many bridges

Are you willing

To try and build

 

How many risks

Are you willing

To take

 

Are you willing

To take

A leap of faith

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-13-06

 

Ps        FAITH is defined as trust in and reliance on GOD

 

“Abraham believed the Lord, and he credited to him as righteousness”         Genesis 15:6

 

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness-and all these things

Will be given to you as well-therefore do NOT worry about tomorrow

For tomorrow will worry about itself-

EACH DAY has enough trouble of its own”                                             Matthew 6:33-34

 

“In the same way-FAITH by itself

If it is not accompanied by action-is dead”                                                James 2:17

 

PERSEVERE IN THE 21st CENTURY=WITH JESUS=and the GOD OF LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERSEVERE IN THE 21^ST CENTURY=

(With Jesus=and THE GOD OF LOVE)

 

Today Jesus  PROMISES US TOTAL SECURITY=But he warns us=That the road ahead=

May be difficult and PAINFUL=at times=”You will be HATED by all=Because of my name=

BUT NOT a HAIR=On your head=will be destroyed=BY YOUR PERSEVERANCE=You

Will secure your lives”                                                                                                                                    Luke 21:17-18

 

IS it any wonder=That those hearing Jesus’ words=all WALKED AWAY=Even Peter denies

Jesus 3 times=But then GOT IT RIGHT=And NOW us Christians=have PERSEVERED into

The 21^st century=We have persevered with Jesus=and the GOD OF LOVE=His Father=

Well into the 21^st century=as their apostles

“Watch your life=and doctrine closely=PERSEVERE IN THEM=Because if you do=You will

Save both yourself=and your hearers”                                                                                         1 Timothy 4:16

“You NEED TO PERSEVERE=So that=When you have done=The will of God=You will

Receive=what he has promised”                                                                                                  Hebrews 10:36

 

MY JOURNEY=with Jesus and his Father=The FATHER GOD OF LOVE=has NOT been=

An easy one=NONE oy our journeys are=But I have ENDURED=WE have endured through=

And IN=This 21^st century together=On this JOURNEY OF FAITH=With the Father and HIS

SON=PERSEVERING IN THIS=THE 21^st CENTURY!

 

We are=I have been CHALLENGED=In health situations=In financial situations=and in

RELATIONSHIPS=and YET WE PERSEVERE=We ENDURE=as apostles OF FAITH=in today’s

Times=Because we have=WITNESSED GREAT MIRACLES OF LOVE=Through the Father and=

His Son=PERSEVERING  as MODERN DAY CHRISTIANS=in this the 21^st century

 

“By FAITH=he left Egypt=Not fearing the king’s anger=HE PERSEVERED because=He saw him=

Who is invisible”                                                                                                                                             Hebrews 11:27

“As you know=We count as BLESSED=Those who have PERSEVERED=You have heard  of

JOB’S PERSEVERANCE=and have seen=What the LORD=Finally brought about=The Lord is

Full of compassion and mercy”                                                                                                              James 5:11

“YOU have PERSEVERED=and have ENDURED hardships=for my name=and have=NOT

Grown weary”                                                                                                                                                Revelation 2:3

 

TO CONTINUE=to Follow Jesus=and his Father=THE GOD OF LOVE=REQUIRES multiple

Choices=Each and every day=Of our life=I am GRATEFUL=to be=A 21^st century apostle=Of the

Holy Father God=and his Son Jesus Christ=Because they LOVE US UNCONDITIONALLY=That is

WHY=I PERSEVERE in faith and ENDURE=as a MODERN day 21^st century Christian apostle

“May his name=ENDURE FOREVER=May it continue as long=As the sun=Then all nations=

Will be blessed=Through him=and they will call him blessed”                                                Psalm 72:17

“IF WE ENDURE=We will also reign with him=If we disown him=He will also

Disown us”                                                                                                                                              2  Timothy 2:12

 

OUR GOD OF LOVE=The Father=and his SON=LOVES each one of us=Through our

FEARS and our failures=NO MATTER how many times=We did fail=TO FOLLOW HIM=

We can still get it right=and PERSEVERE to be=21^st CENTURY APOSTLES==It is our

CHOICE=and I am GRATEFUL to be=ONE OF THEM=In this the 21^st century!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR EVER LOVING=ever living=ever PERSEVERING=

21^st CENTURY HOLY FATHER GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-25-2025=AT MARY’S HOUSE

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article=In LIVING FAITH MAGAINE by= Deborah A. Meister

CHASING RAINBOWS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 12^th, 2012

 

 

CHASING RAINBOWS

 

 

Chasing rainbows

In the sky

Looking for loving

Looking for God

Sometimes that is

All I want to do

Is chase rainbows

In the sky

 

The colors are luminous

The decision is unanimous

Sometimes all I want to do

Is chase rainbows

In the sky

 

Chasing rainbows

Chasing love

Chasing God

And all his ways

 

I know

I can never capture them

But I get

A feeling of pleasure

From chasing rainbows

In the sky

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-07-06

 

 

Ps        The RAINBOW is the sign of God’s covenant

 

 

“And God said, “This is the sign of my covenant I am making

Between me and you and every living creature with you

A covenant for all generations to come

 

I have set my RAINBOW in the clouds and it will be

The sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”                                Genesis 9:12-13

 

 

7-26-2019                  

GOD IS STILL WITH YOU

 

GOD IS STILL WITH YOU

Have you ever

Faced a period in your life

WHERE you felt

You could no longer

Go on

Perhaps because of health problems

Or financial problems

Or even relationship problems

MAYBE all three

At the same time

You can STILL make it

Our Lord is with you

God is still with you

Cod will carry you onward

“Master-it is good that we are here”                                                  Luke 9:33

God will 

Carry us forward

“He tends his flock

Like a shepherd

He gathers the lambs 

In his arms

And CARRIES them

CLOSE to his heart”                                                                Isaiah 40:11

“Even to your old age

And gray hairs

I am He

I am he

Who will sustain you

I have made you

And I will CARRY YOU

I will sustain you

And I will RESCUE you”                                                                Isaiah 46:4

GOD IS STILL WITH YOU

He will carry you

He will carry me-HOME

He will sustain us

Through every suffering

He will sustain us

Through every anxiety

Through every storm

Jesus was about to enter Jerusalem

To suffer-to die

Almost too much to bear

For the apostles

But Jesus was PREPARING them

And SHARED his transfiguration 

With Peter-James-and John

They were ecstatic

They saw the “glory”

That was to come

Through Jesus Christ

They would NEED this GRACE

To bolster them

In the days ahead

The same way

We need the LORD'S GRACE

In our times of suffering

“For the law

Was given through Moses

GRACE and truth

CAME through Jesus Christ”                                                      John 1:17

“With GREAT POWER

The apostles 

Continued to testify

To the RESURRECTION

Of the Lord Jesus

And GOD'S GRACE

Was so powerfully in work in them all

That there was NO needy persons

Among them”                                                                           Acts 4:33

And God's grace

Is in us

To BOLSTER US

In times of need

GRACE-little rays of GOD'S LIGHT

Is there

In even our darkest moments

God has NOT abandoned us 

He is still with you

He is still with me

And that is forever-

For ALL of eternity-

GOD IS STILL WITH US

Robert P. Wallman

2-20-16

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen  J. Rossetti

2-27-2019 and 12-11-2025

WALKING TO THE SKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 11^th

 

 

“Walking to the Sky”

 

 

Walking to the sky

I want to

Change this world

 

On my way home

To Heaven I hope

I want to

Change this world

 

Walking to the sky

As slow as I can go

I want to squeeze out

Every ounce of goodness

That I have in me

 

Walking to the sky

I want to

Change this world

 

 

9/20/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

NEW HOPE=FOR JESUS TO COME

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW HOPE=FOR JESUS TO COME

 

As we DRAW to=The end of another calendar year=and the END of the Church year=THE BEGINNING OF ADVENT=Also brings us=THE feeling of NEW HOPE=FOR JESUS

TO COME!=and bringing the PERFECT LOVE=that he carries with him=”Everything=

GROWING from the earth=BLESS the Lord”                                                         Daniel 3:76

 

NOT just the NEW HOPE=for the Christmas  season=but  NEW HOPE=in this the

JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE=and New Hope=For Jesus RETURNING again=at the=

END OF TIME

WE KNOW=that all things EXIST=in relationship to God=and to TIME=even in this=

The modern day world=NEW HOPE CREATED=for when Jesus comes again=at the

END OF TIME=”in the beginning=GOD CREATED=the heavens and the earth=Now the earth=

Was formless=and empty=Darkness was over the surface=of the deep=and the Spirit=

Of God=Was hovering over the waters”                                                                                                 Genesis 1:1

“Let them=Praise the name=Of the Lord=For at his command=They were CREATED”   Psalm 148:5

“For in him=all things WERE CREATED=Things in heaven and on earth=Visible and

Invisible=Whether thrones or powers=Or rulers or authorities=All things have been

CREATED=Through him and for him”                                                                                                  Colossians 1:16

 

From the BEAUTIFUL HAND=Of God=Comes design=Comes order=and a CREATED WORLD=

Creation RESPONDS for us=WITH NEW HOPE=for the SECOND COMING=of our Jesus Christ=

EVEN in the fiery furnace=IN the book of Daniel=the THREE respond=with ONE VOICE=about

A cosmic choir=Of mountains and hills=Springs=seas an rivers=all working for the Lord

And all LIVING CREATURES=for NEW HOPE=coming from the EVER LIVING Father God=and

His SON=

SINGING THE PRAISES OF GOD!=SINGING THE PRAISES OF NEW HOPE!

 

“YES my soul=Find rest in God=MY HOPE comes from him”                                     Psalm 62:5

“May those who fear you=Rejoice when they see me=For I have put MY HOPE=in

Your WORD”                                                                                                                                                   Psalm 119:74

“For in this HOPE=We were saved=But HOPE that is seen=Is no hope at all=WHO HOPES FOR=

What they already have?’                                                                                                                   Romans 8:24

 

How do I=DO WE=Join in this DIVINE WORSHIP=for our God of LOVE?=and his Son?=How

Do I=do we=PRAISE the Lord=with our ENTIRE BEING?=We do so =BY LOVING=Our God of LOVE=

With our whole heart=and our whole soul=OUR WHOLE MIND=and all of OUR STRENGTH=We

Do so=By loving ALL=Living creatures as ourselves=We do so =BY PRAISING the God of

CREATION=With everything we got=We do so=BY the testimony of our lives=and

REJOICING IN THE EARTH=For NEW HOPE=in the RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST=and his

Father!

“Come let us=RETURN to the Lord=He has torn us to pieces=but he will heal us=He has injured

Us=But he will bind up our wounds”                                                                                              Hosea 6:1

 

EVERYTHING cries out=In all of creation=for the RETURN of=and the NEW HOPE IN=

For our Jesus  and His Holy Father God=THE GOD OF PERFECT LOVE!

In Jesus’ name=and in the NEW HOPE EXISTING=In our PERFECT Holy Father

God of LOVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-24-2025=at MARY’S

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Jem Sullivan, Ph. D,