MARCH 29^th, 2012

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Keep the dream

Alive

Keep the hope

Alive

Keep on believing

Keep on relying

Keep on living

God

When the whole world

Lets you down

Keep on believing

In God

Keep the dream

Alive

When the whole world

Knocks you down

When you are

Having trouble

Getting off the ground

Keep on believing

In God

Keep the dream

Alive

Keep the hope

Alive

Keep on believing

Keep on relying

Keep on living

God

Keep he dream alive

Robert P. Wallman

6-27-06

NOW I SEE

We all know

What it means

To be physically blind

Or at least

We can imagine

To not be able

To see

The beautiful faces and smiles

Of our children

To not be able

To see

The dazzling golden sun

To

As we walk along

A coast of water

To not be able

To see those waves

Come crashing in

But what does it mean

To be spiritually blind

To not recognize

The love of God

Or to see God

In one another

In the Gospel of Matthew

The 23^rd chapter to be precise

Jesus castigates

The religious leaders

Of his day

Jesus says to them,

“If anyone

Swears by the Temple

It means nothing

But if anyone

Swears by the gold of the Temple

He is bound

By his oath

You blind fools

Which is greater

The gold

Or the Temple

That makes gold sacred”

God above money

Love above hate

It’s what is in

A person’s heart

That counts and is important

Man judges by outward appearance

But God judges

By what is in

A person’s heart

Now I see

I see

What you are saying Lord

Now I can see

Jesus goes on

To tell the religious leaders

Of his day,

“You are the ones

Who justify yourselves

In the eyes of men

But God knows your hearts

What is highly valued

Among men

Is detestable in God’s sight’

Peace, love, kindness, forgiveness

Now I see Lord

Now I see

What is really important

It isn’t any different today Lord

Is it

NOW I SEE

Robert P. Wallman

4-4-11

MARCH 28^th, 2012

CARRY ME THE EXTRA MILE

I’m running out of time

And I’m running out of money

I’m already out of health

And I don’t

Even have a honey

Lord

Carry me the extra mile

Because if you don’t

How am I going to get through

Please help me Lord

The time is now

Lord I have so much work to do

How am I going to do it

Without you

It can’t be done

Without you

The battle

Can’t be won

Lord

Please carry me the extra mile

Lord

Help me to do it in style

With class, with love

It can only be done

By the grace of God above

I’m running out of time

I’m running out of money

Don’t have much health

Don’t even have a honey

Lord

Please carry me the extra mile

Please, please, Lord

Let’s do it in style

Lord, please carry me

Carry me

Carry me the extra mile

Robert P. Wallman

5-1-06

MARCH 27^th, 2012

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD

They say

It can’t be done

They say

Never in a million years

But God can do all things

In those who believe

God can do all things

In those who receive

God’s words

Into their hearts

They say

It can’t be done

They say

It is impossible

Don’t you remember

All things

All things are possible with God

All things are possible

For those who believe

All things are possible

For those who receive

God’s words

Into their hearts

All things

ALL THINGS are possible with God

Robert P. Wallman

4-29-06

ARE YOU JOYFUL

Are you a joyful person

Before you say yes

Think about it

Are you joyful

Even when your health is falling apart

Are you joyful

When you don’t have enough money in the bank

To pay your bills

Are you joyful

When your relationship

With your significant other

Is falling apart

Or when your personal relationships

Are not what they were---

Or what they used to be

If you and I can truly say yes to this question

When our lives are falling apart

Then we are truly

Living in the spirit of God

Someone once said,

“Joy is the infallible sign

Of GOD’S PRESENCE

In your life”

Joy is one of the aspects

And is a sign

That God’s word---GOD’S SPIRIT

Is alive in us

That joy is evident

In Jesus’ life

The COMPASSION that he showed

To those in need---the healing

Always making himself AVAILABLE to others

And Jesus

Teaches us that joy comes from servant hood

Even with impending crucifixion and death

He gets down on his hands and knees

And washes his disciples feet

So they would be made clean

JOY

Comes from

Having a servant’s heart

“I have set an example

That you should do

As I have done for you”                                           John 13:16

Joy

Comes from

Having a servant’s heart

“And we pray this

In order that you may live a life

Worthy of the Lord

And may please him

In every way

Bearing fruit in every good work

Growing in the knowledge of God

Being strengthened with all power

According to his glorious might

So that you may have

Great endurance and patience

And JOYFULLY giving thanks to the Father”                        1 Corinthians 10-12

If you can be joyous

When you are suffering

AS CHRIST DID

You are truly living in the SPIRIT OF GOD

And if we remain JOYOUS

In ALL circumstances

Living on the WORD OF GOD

It will lead us

To salvation

“Though you have not seen him

You love him

And even though

You do not see him now

You believe in him

And are filled

With an inexpressible and glorious JOY

For you are receiving the GOAL of your faith

THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS”                                   1 Peter 8-9

May the JOY OF THE LORD

LIVE IN YOU

ROBERT P. WALLMAN

3-5-12

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MARCH 24^th, 2012

CAN WE BREAK GOD’S HEART

Can we

A mere mortal

Break God’s heart

I believe we can

And I believe it

Because of God’s unwavering love

for us

Only someone who you love

Can in fact

Brake your heart

And we are all

Children of God

And God loves us

With an infinite love

The Word of God

Is in fact spirit

And he wants us

To live

According to the fruits

Of that spirit

And these fruits

Are love, peace, joy, patience

Kindness, goodness, faithfulness

Gentleness, and self-control

He wants us

To live these qualities

And not lives of

Coldness, indifference, ingratitude, and rejection

Of him and those around us

But we are children of God

And like any loving parent

God forgives us

Over and over and over again

So what can we do

To earn God’s love and forgiveness

Nothing

All we can do

Is to strive to become better each and every day

And know God still loves us

WITH AN INFINITE LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

5-25-10

WHY THEM---WHY US

Can you name

The 12 Apostles

I’ll be honest

I can’t

Not---at least---without going to my Bible

Oh I know

Peter and his brother, Andrew

James, and his brother John

And several of the others

But more importantly

Did you ever wonder

Why Jesus chose this motley crew

This group of men

Who were society’s outcasts

Maybe he chose them

Because they were just people

Like you and me

People who made mistakes

In their life

People who had

Their heart in the right place

And were longing

To make a difference

In the world

Don’t ever underestimate

The redemptive power of love

Don’t ever underestimate

Someone who has their heart

In the right place

Don’t ever underestimate

The longing to make a difference

In this world

One day

Jesus met 4 fishermen

And on that particular day

They were catching no fish

Jesus told them

To try it again

They caught

Such a large number of fish

That their nets began to break

Peter said, “Go away from me Lord;

I am a sinful man”                                                          1 Luke 5:8

Do you ever feel that way

I know that I do

Why them

Why us

Why society’s outcasts

Why earth’s exiles

Because of God’s love

Because of the yearning

In each of these 12 men’s hearts

To make something

That they did wrong in life

And make it right

For the record

The Apostles were the 4 previously mentioned

Matthew, the tax collector

Bartholomew, Judas*, Philip,                          *  Judas was later replaced by Matthias 

Simon, Thaddeus, Thomas, the other James  ( the zealot )

Why them

Why us

The Pharisees asked the disciples this very question,

“Why does your teacher

Eat with tax collectors and sinners?”                                         Matthew 9:11

Jesus overheard the question and said,

“It is not the healthy

Who need a Doctor

But the sick……..

I desire mercy, not sacrifice

For I have come

Not to call the righteous

But sinners”                                                                    Matthew 9:12-13

Why them

Why us

To show

 The REDEMPTIVE POWER of God’s love

In a willing heart

Robert P. Wallman

6-29-11

MARCH 23^rd, 2012

I have a broken heart

No one ever died of a broken heart

I’m looking for a brand new start

No one ever died of a broken heart

My heart has been battered

My dreams have been shattered

I’m trying to keep it all from falling apart

No one ever died of a broken heart

Walk away you don’t need a lot of money

Walk away you don’t need a brand new car

Walk away you don’t need a hundred honeys

Just walk away

You don’t need to be a star

I’m in search of a brand new dream

I’m in search of some all new themes

So you have a broken heart

No one ever died of a broken heart

So you’re in search of a brand new start

No one ever died of a broken heart

Got to use your head to rule your heart

If you want to keep it all

From falling apart

My heart is in a thousand pieces

But the world never stops

The world never ceases

Walk away look for a brand new direction

Walk away try to make a new connection

Walk away give your heart some time

Walk away somehow someday

Again you’ll feel sublime

I have a broken heart

No one ever died of a broken heart

I’m looking for a brand new start

No one ever died of a broken heart

My heart has been shattered

My dreams have been shattered

I’m trying to keep it all from falling apart

No one ever died of a broken heart

Just walk away

Look for a brand new start

Just walk away

No one ever died of a broken heart

I’m walking away and the tears keep on falling

I’m walking away and the voices of my past keep on calling

Don’t walk away-don’t go

But I have to use my head to rule my heart

No one ever died of a broken hear

I have to try to make a brand new start

No one ever died of a broken heart

Robert P. Wallman

5-17-81

You will NEVER KNOW

That God is all that you need

Until God is ALL that you have

Fishers of Men

Come one

Come all

Come all you fishermen

Come one

Come all

I will make you

Fishers of men

Come Simon and Andrew

Come John and James too

Come all you others Apostles

And I will make you

Fishers of men

153 kinds of fish

In this world

One for every man

One for every woman

One for every race, religion

And nationality in this world

Come one

Come all

I no longer

Call you fishermen

I call you fishers of men

You in the 21^st century

You devout men and women

Of this world

The work is not over yet

I call on you too

And I will make you

Fishers of men

Spread the word of God

In this world

Spread God’s love

To every man, woman, and child

Spread your love all around

God’s work is not done yet

Come one/Come all

And I will make you

Fishers of men

In Jesus’ name—we pray

Robert P. Wallman

1/24/11

Ps        Dear Lord, please help us to spread your love, your forgiveness, and your

            Kindness all over this world

MARCH 22^nd, 2012

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

In the still of the night

Is when it comes to mind

Of what has transpired

The memories of what I once was

The reality of what I am

And the flickering hopes of what I can still become

It isn’t easy to have so much taken away

To turn disaster into sun’s shining rays

When all the world keeps revolving

While your life is dissolving

And there’s not a kind word left at your door

There’s no time for understanding

The whole world is in a world

The whole world is in a hurry

But where they are going I cannot say

Me, I am going to take me time

After all, we are all going to die

You might as well take your time

And keep your goals and dreams in sight

Don’t get lost in that human cobweb

People will hurt you and leave you in a fright

I’ve lost many a battle in the last few years

But as long as I’m alive, I haven’t lost the war

I’ve lost many of my physical abilities

But I still got the talent to make me soar

And if my life ever becomes ground

On the hopes and dreams of which it was found

Baby, it will still be there in the still of the night

Robert P. Wallman

7-01-1980

MARCH 21^st, 2012

THAT MOST SATISFYING FEELING

The most satisfying feeling

In this world

Is to

Help another human being

Because

It is

Not what happens to them

It is

What happens to us

We are

Transformed on the inside

Come to me

All you

Who are weary and heavy burdened

And I will give you rest

Help another human being

Help another soul

We are

Not in this alone

We are

A community of all

Take my yoke upon you

For my yoke is easy

And

My burden is light

The most satisfying feeling

In this world

Is to

Help another human being

For I am meek

And humble of heart

Help another human being

Help another soul

We are

Not in this alone

We are

A COMMUNITY OF ALL

Robert P. Wallman

4-23-10

“God So Loved the World”

God so loved

The world

That he gave us

His one and only Son

How much love

Do you have

For God

For your neighbor

Can you imagine

How much love

How much love

That took

Can you imagine

Giving up your child

For someone else

How God’s heart

Must have broke

As Jesus was rejected

And hung dying on the cross

God so loved

The world

That he gave us

His only begotten Son

How much love

Do you have

Accept God—Accept Christ

Into your hearts

Robert P. Wallman

April 6^th, 2010

MARCH 19^th, 2012

A FATHER SHOULD BE

A father should be

A sign of inspiration

For his child

A father should try

To be a sign of

Love, honesty, and hope

A father should be

Fun to be with

For his child

A father should be

A disciplinarian

For his child--when he has to be

A father should know

That more than

The material things

He brings his family

It is the intrinsic values

That he teaches his children

That are most important

A father should know

He will fall short

From time to time

Most of all

A father should know

That we love him

No matter what

And that it is up to his children

To love him so

Robert P. Wallman

6-7-6

With grateful memories of my very own father-thank you for all that you were to me

And what you still are---as you live in my heart

Today is the feast day of saint Joseph-the father of Jesus-and the father of the universal church-the father of us ALL-SAINT JOEPH

MARCH 17^th, 2012

GRANDFATHER MURPHY

I remember, well, my grandfather Murphy.  I used to sit on his lap in the

Living room, when I was a young boy.  He was kind.  I remember that he

Reminded me of Abraham Lincoln.  But not as tall.

He died when I was six-one month before my seventh birthday.  My mom

Said I had became withdrawn and would hardly even talk.  My mom said that

My first grade school teacher called and said, “what’s wrong with Bob?  He

Acts like he just lost his best friend?”  My mom said that I did.

As a young boy, this was my first real encounter with death.  I still remember

Him.  He was kind, loyal, loving, and smart.

My grandfather had only a 4^th grade education.  Yet he went to Carnegie Tech

( now Carnegie Mellon ), to study later in his life.  As I get older, I find myself

More and more, thinking about the people that I love ( or loved me ), in this life.

Granddad, this one is for you.

Respectfully,

Robert P. Wallman

6-22-07

MARCH 16^th, 2012

MISSED OPPORTUNITY

In the 13^th chapter

Of Saint Luke’s Gospel

Luke tells the story

Through parables

As Jesus begins to

Pass through the towns

For the last time

Unfortunately

For many of the people

They were not interested

Today

We have the Word of God

And unfortunately for us

Many of us are not interested

In life

Many of the economic opportunities

Are unequally distributed

But spiritually speaking

We all have an opportunity

To look for

To search for

And maybe even find God

Living within us

Life is beautiful

Or at least can be beautiful

And I wonder

If any of us

Really take the time to notice

There are three things

That we all can do

We must love

We must love God

And we must love one another

And we must laugh

Laugh at our own foibles

And insecurities

They say a gloomy Christian

Is a non-believing Christian

And we must listen to

And be there

For one another

We shall pass this way

But once

And we must do

ALL the good we can

Show all the kindness

We can

Because

We shall pass this way

JUST ONCE

Robert P. Wallman

5-23-10

                  *****       Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford---1920-2012

MARCH 15^th, 2012

THE MYSTERY OF US

The mystery of us

Is that we are like

No one else

And yet

We are like

Everyone else

And that is

The mystery of us

The mystery of us

Is that

We are God’s wonder

The mystery of us

Is that

Aw are like no one else

The mystery of us

Is that each one of us is unique

And yet

The mystery of us

Is that

We all want to be accepted

And that we have

The same wants and needs

The mystery of us

Is that we are all

Like no one else

And yet we are all alike

Everyone with the same

Wants and needs

That is the mystery of us

Robert P. Wallman

6-15-06

WRESTLING WITH GOD

How many of us

Have wrestled with God

Over a particular matter

A particular decision

Maybe even promising God,

“If you’ll just do this for me

I will never ask for anything again”

In Genesis 32

Moses tells us

About an encounter Jacob has with a man

They wrestle all night

And when the man

Sees he cannot overpower Jacob

He touches Jacob’s hip

So that his hip becomes wrenched

The man says,
”Let me go, for it is daybreak”

Jacob responds,

“I will not let you go

Unless you bless me”

“What is your name, the man says?”

“Jacob”

The man said,

“Your name will be no longer Jacob, but Israel

Because you have struggled with God

And with men and have overcome”

The man went away

And Jacob knew

He had had an encounter with God

And lived to tell about it

But he walked with a limp

The rest of his life

Isn’t that the way with us

When we encounter our God

In prayer and in our life

Maybe getting what we want

Maybe not

But walking away

Knowing that we just had an encounter

With God--- and knowing that it will stay with us

The rest of our life

We pray to you Dear Lord

As we wrestle with you

On our journey through life

Wanting our own way and

Not accepting your way and will

For our lives

Yet knowing deep down

That your way is best

We pray

That as we wrestle with you

As we face the trials in our life

That we,

“Be joyful in hope

Patient in affliction

Faithful in prayer”

And that we

“Share with God’s people in need

And practice hospitality”

If we really and truly

Adopt this attitude

We know that we will never lose when

“Wrestling with God”

Robert P. Wallman

11-3-11

TODAY I CALL YOU FRIEND

Is your

Relationship with God

Built on ideology

Or is it built on true love

A true love

Os God and others

I don’t care

What religion you are

Catholic or Christian

Muslim or Jew

If your relationship

With God

Is not built on a truly personal level

I suggest you go back

To square one

And start anew

Are you sharing every aspect

Of your life

With him

“I am the vine

You are the branches”

The good and the bad

That deepest darkest level

Of your soul

“Remain in me

And I will

Remain in you’

If you remain in the Lord

You are one of his branches

And he will NEVER be

Ashamed of you

He will call you FRIEND

The thing is

Faith is NOT about ideology

Faith is NOT

About your beliefs

Faith is having

A deep deep personal relationship

With Christ and God

On every level

“I have called you friend

For everything

That I have learned from my Father

I have made known to you”

“You did not choose me

I chose you

Go and bear fruit

Fruit---that will last”

“Today”---my son---my daughter

The Lord says,

“I CALL YOU FRIEND”

Robert P. Wallman 4-9-11

MARCH 14^th, 2012

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW

Keep yourself alive one more day

You just never know

You just never know

What can happen

You just never know

What good can happen

You just never know

When God

Might find a way

You just never know

How life changes

You just never know

What touches a person’s heart

You just never know

What can give your life

A brand new start

Keep yourself alive one more day

You just never know

You just never know

What good can happen

You just never know

How your life can change

If you’ll hang in there

Just one more day

You just never know

You just never know

Robert P. Wallman

6-01-06

Ps                   for all the people in this world who are considering ending their life

MARCH  13^th, 2012

REPRESENTATIVES OF GOD

I am a representative

Of God in this world

And you might not know it

But you are too

I represent God

I represent life

I represent kindness

All the things

This world

Tells us are meaningless

I represent love

I represent forgiveness

I represent the small things

Of this world

All the values

This world

Tells us are meaningless

We represent God

We represent one another

We shouldn’t let one person sink

After all

They are our brother

We represent God

We represent one another

Let’s help everyone swim

After all

They are our brother

Robert P. Wallman

6-5-06

THE SAINT OF WRITERS---Saint Francis de Sales

He was born in 1567

In France

He was very delicate as a boy

And was educated privately

At least at first

Later---

He attended the University of Paris

And studied rhetoric, philosophy, and theology

He became a doctor of law

And opportunities

For marriage and a brilliant career abounded

But he chose

To become a Catholic priest

He became distinguished

Both for his service to the poor

And his preaching

He succeeded

In almost everything that he did

Because of his great love

His great understanding

And his persistent patience and gentleness

His most famous writings were called

THE TREATISE OF THE LOVE OF GOD

And

INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE

One of his best friends was

Jane Frances de Chantal

Who founded the Visitation order

 Under his direction

And who later became a Saint herself

He was extremely influential as a writer

And in leading souls to self-sacrifice

And to the finding of God’s love

He died in 1622

Was canonized as a Saint in 1665

And declared a Doctor of the church in 1877

His name is FRANCIS de SALES

Robert P. Wallman

1-27-12

Ps                    Francis de Sales feast day is January 24^th---I found great inspiration---

                        In reading the life story of Saint Francis de Sales---and find great

                        inspiration in reading the lives of ALL the Saints

MARCH 12^th, 2012

GOD CAN USE YOU

If your heart
Is in the right place

God can use you

God can use you

Even if you have it wrong

Because

He can teach you

To sing s new song

God can turn your heart

To get it right

That is

If you really want him to

Use me Lord

Change my heart

Use me Lord

Turn my heart

Use me Lord

In every way

Openings are available

Apply today

There is no limit

God can use us-ALL of us

In every way

Robert P. Wallman

6-13-06

PERSISTENCE

We are

Never going to be perfect

As our Lord and Savior

Was perfect

We are human

We have limitations

We have weaknesses

That doesn’t mean

We should give up

And keep striving

To get better

It just means

That we must recognize

That we are NOT God

Accept it

Keep learning more about ourselves

And keep ourselves moving

In that positive direction

To becomes as close to God---and Christ

As we can---for us

PERSISTENCE

Do you know what persistence means

Persistence means to---

Refuse to give up

It means to persevere

It means

That when we slip up

From time to time

And we will

It means for us

To continue to stand firm in our faith---to persevere

It means for us

To continue to believe

In God’s plan and love for us

It means that we should NOT LISTEN

To those internal and external voices

That are telling us

That we don’t measure up

And that we never will

WE MUST KNOW

That when we begin to doubt ourselves

That GOD STILL BELIEVES in us

“My sheep listen to my voice

I KNOW THEM---and they know me

I give them eternal life

And they shall NEVER PERISH

NO ONE can snatch them

Out of my hand

My Father

Who has given them to me

Is GREATER THAN ALL

NO ONE can snatch them

Out of my Father’s hand

I and the Father are ONE”                                  John 10:27-30

So we must persist

In our faith

We must persevere

In our faith

It is

Our persistence and perseverance

That touches God---NOT OUR PERFECTION

As he knows---he ALONE is perfect

“I thank my God

Every time I remember you

In all my prayers

For all of you

I always pray with joy

Because of our partnership

In the Gospel

From the first day until now

Being confident of this

That he who began

A good work in you

Will carry it on to completion

Until the day of Christ Jesus”                                              1 Philippians 3-6

PERSIST AND PERSEVERE in faith

God loves you

Robert P. Wallman

1-17-12

MARCH 11^th th, 2012

THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST

In the 20^th chapter

Of Saint Matthew’s Gospel

Jesus tells us the parable

Of a landowner hiring workers

He hires

Some workers in the morning

He hires

Some in mid-day

And her hires some

 Late in the day

When it comes time

For payment

He pays them

All the same wages

Is Jesus being unfair

What is Jesus

Trying to teach us

Jesus is NOT being unfair

Because he paid everyone

What he promised to pay them

I think here again

Jesus is trying to teach us

That God’s ways

Are NOT our ways

I think he is

Trying to teach us

That it makes no difference

When you come to God

As long as

YOU DO

Come to God

And I think Jesus

Is trying to teach us

That the payment

Is the same for us

No matter when we come to God

As long as

We do come to God

And the payment is

GOD’S UNDYING LOVE FOR US
AND SPENDING OUR ETRNITY WITH HIM

IN HEAVEN

Robert P. Wallman

5-27-10

MARCH 10^th, 2012

A FRIEND OF GOD

I am

A friend of God

His message

Is written in my heart

I am

A friend of God

His message is written

In my soul

I am

A friend of God

His message

Is always on my mind

Maybe

I will never do great things

Maybe his message

Will only be seen

In my smile

When I have the patience

To listen to

Another living soul

But I will always know

I am a friend of God

And that his message

Is always written

In love

I am

A friend of God

I am

A friend of yours too

On thing I know is

God’s message

Is always written in love

Robert P. Wallman

9-9-06

GOD SENDS PEOPLE

Throughout time

When the world

Has chosen the wrong road

Has chosen the road of darkness

Instead of God’s road of LIGHT

God sends people

God sends people

People to point out our mistakes

God does this

Because there is

So much at stake

One such person

That God sent

Was Jeremiah

A prophet who came

About 600 years before Christ

Idolatry and perverted worship

Were the rule of the day

God sent Jeremiah

To the people of Judah

Who had

Turned their back on God

Jeremiah pointed out

To the people of his day

That we should worship God

And God alone

For his efforts

Jeremiah endured

Contempt and ridicule

Lost his family and friends

And even suffered attempts

On his life

Throughout time

God has sent us people

Abraham, Moses, and Elijah

Throughout time

God has sent us people

John the Baptist, Peter, and Paul

Throughout time

God has sent us people

Jesus Christ alone

The One who stands out

For all time

This world

Is lost today

Turning its back

On God

Making the wrong decisions

Time after time

Who is God sending today

Perhaps you

Perhaps me

Dear Lord God above

Please  Please  Please

SEND US SOME PEOPLE

Robert P. Wallman

3-30-11

MARCH 9^th, 2012

LIVE WITH HOPE

Live with hope

Live with love

Live with God’s grace

In your heart

Let the world

See your smile

Let the world know

No matter

What the world throws at you

It can’t take away

Your hope

Let the world see

That you are living

In something bigger than this world

Keep on

Living with hope

Someone might be watching

Someone might be listening

Live with hope

Live with love

Live with God’s grace

In your heart

Live with

God’s grace in your heart

Robert P. wallman

8-19-06

SAINT JOHN OF GOD---patron Saint of the sick-hospitals

                                           And of book sellers and printers

                                           1495-1550

Saint John of God

Was born in Portugal

And was founder of the Brothers Hospitallers

He joined the mercenaries

And fought for Spain

Against the French and Turks in Hungary

When he was in the army

He gave up ALL practice of religion

After the disbandment of his troop

He worked as a Shepherd

At the age of 40

He rededicated himself to God

And helping the poor

He suffered a period of “madness”

Running through the streets

Tearing out his hair

And giving away his Sacred books

From the bookstore where he sold them

His friends---most notably John of Avila

Calmed him down

And he rededicated himself

To the sick and the poor

He rented a house---

Filled it with sick poor people

And for over 10 years

Devoted himself to taking care of his patients

He had never-ending energy

But this was balanced by prayer

His final illness

Was brought on

When he saved a man from drowning

In a flood

He died at the age of 55

Before the altar at his hospital chapel

Today---he is known as the PATRON SAINT

Of the SICK---of HOSPITALS---and booksellers and printers

Today---March 8^th---is his feast day

Robert P. Wallman

3-8-12

HE IS WITH US

MARCH 8^th, 2012

HE IS WITH US

Jesus said

I am with you always

And I believe

He is

He is with us

With a hug

From our mother

He is with us

In a handshake

From a friend

He is with us

He is with us

When the sun comes up

In the morning

He is with us

He is with us

Even in the mourning

When a loved one leaves us

He is with us

He is with us

In a rainbow

In the sky

He is with us

He is with us

In the blooming

Of a flower

He is with us

He is with us

Even when our lives

Are turning out

All wrong

He is with us

He is

Teaching us a brand new song

Jesus said

I am with you always

And I believe he is

He is with us

Robert P. wallman

8-17-06