UNSEEN GRACE-WORKING FOR YOU

UNSEEN GRACE-WORKING FOR YOU There is an UNSEEN GRACE- In this world That is WORKING FOR YOU And that GRACE to us Is in the form of the Holy Spirit The SPIRIT that Christ left behind For us-after he died-resurrected- And ASCENDED into heaven This grace is waiting for you- ALL you have to do Is be a BELIEVER in God and Christ “The Son of Man Must suffer greatly........” Luke 9:22 That grace that is waiting For us-IS Christ's own grace That he left for us after his death He LIVES in us and We LIVE-forever and ever- BECAUSE of him “With great POWER The apostles CONTINUED to testify To the RESURRECTION Of the Lord Jesus And GOD'S GRACE Was so powerfully at work In them all That there was NO needy persons among them” Acts 4:33-34 And there is No needy people among us Because GOD'S UNSEEN GRACE Is at work in us too “THROUGH him We received grace and apostleship To CALL all the gentiles To the obedience That comes from FAITH For his name's sake And you also ARE among the Gentiles Who are called To BELONG to Christ” Romans 1:5-6 Yes us Gentiles and Christians Have the UNSEEN GRACE Working for us in today's world As most certainly did Saint Padre Pio-who CATHOLICS CELEBRATE today He had MANY gifts Including those of HEALING And VISIONS And he also CARRIED with him THE STIGMATA OF CHRIST But what really made him A SAINT Was the SANCTITY of his life MAY us Christians and Catholics- FOLLOW his life's work- And find sanctity In our own lives too “SANCTIFY them by the TRUTH; Your word is truth As you SENT me Into the world I have sent them Into the world For them I sanctify MYSELF- That they too May be truly SANCTIFIED” John 17:17-19 Saint Padre Pio-NEVER- Wrote a book- And spent his ENTIRE religious life In a monastery Yet he found the GRACE and The sanctity of Jesus May we ALL be so BLESSED Robert P. Wallman 9-22-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti