A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

“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

misc.        WITNESS        1-22-14