For the Love of Us All

GREATNESS

In the XXIII chapter

Of Saint Matthew’s Gospel

Jesus tells how to be great

He tells us

The greatest among you

Will be the servant

To everyone else

He tells us

He who humbles himself

Will in fact be great

Are you serious Lord

Couldn’t we just aspire

To be rich and famous

Like everyone else

Jesus goes on

To tell us

That the greatest single quality
That a human being can have

Is sincerity

Think about it

Can you build a relationship

On insincere love

Or build a life

By going out every day

With insincere faith, and hope

Sincerity it the foundation of ALL human relationships

If there is no trust

You have NO relationship

The challenge in this world

Is to be REAL

The challenge

Is to be sincere

In our faith, in our love, and in our hope

Both with God and all others

So dear Lord,

We pray to you

For honesty, humility, and sincerity

And that we take no offense

When others are thought better

And held in higher esteem than us

And finally dear Lord

We pray that you

Meek and humble of heart

That you make our heart

Like yours

Robert P. Wallman

2-21-11

Ps             inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford---MAY HE REST IN PEACE---               

                 other than Christ himself and my parents---the single biggest influence on my

                 spiritual life---1922---2012