For the Love of Us All

“A Case of Mistaken Identity”

As children

We all liked fairy tales

Because they had

Happy endings

Did you ever

Hear the story

Of a woman

Who stopped at the scene of an accident

To help out

Only to find out

That the injured person was her daughter

Or the emergency surgeon

Who was dead tired

But forced himself to stay

To perform one last surgery

The patient

Turned out to be his son

Or the story of

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The story of

A baby born in a stable

The story of a man

Who for 30 years did nothing

Then surrounded himself

With a cast of misfits

To teach the word of God to

For 3 years

At the end

Of the story

We find out

This man

Was the Son of God

In the XXV chapter of Saint Matthew’s Gospel

The story is told

Of a King thanking the righteous

For clothing him

For giving him drink

And for giving him food

The righteous reply

Lord, when did we do this

And the King replied,

“I tell you the truth

Whatever you did for the least of my brothers

You did for me”

Dear Lord

We pray

For the grace

To see you in all others

And to respond with a kind heart

A loving smile

And a listening ear

And to

Look for no reward

Except

To continue to live in your love

Robert P. Wallman

8/7/10

·                 Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

Ps        Today is the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales—the patron Saint of writers--

            I thank God and pay homage to Saint Francis for any knowledge and ability

            To put that knowledge in to words that I may have       ( JANUARY 24th )