For the Love of Us All

THE HUMAN ELEMENT=GIVE HELP There is a HUMAN ELEMENT In EVERY one of our lives In this world-and to that degree We all NEED HELP at one time Or another And as CHRISTIANS-particularly at This TIME of year-we should ALL- GIVE HELP to those in need This is a HUMAN element In this world-giving and receiving HELP Very humbly-be KIND! In today's readings-we find Mary- Pregnant herself-traveling to help Her cousin Elizabeth- Who is also pregnant “Mary set out in those days And TRAVELED to the hill country In haste........” Luke 1:39 Elizabeth in the “hill country” And we FIND Mary leaving “In haste” To give HELP to her cousin Surely-it must have been A difficult JOURNEY Mary responded to The human element- In her COUSIN Elizabeth Elizabeth was much OLDER And pregnant=and immediately=Mary RECOGNIZED that she needed her And she stayed 3 FULL months WHILE being pregnant herself The human element=GIVING and RECEIVING HELP=when needed=when called for Mary did it==Jesus-of course-always did it too We should all RESPOND with help To others=WHEN We recognize the need “In my distress I called to the Lord I CRIED to my God For help From his temple-he heard My voice My cry-came before him Into his ears” Psalm 18:6 “So do not fear For I am WITH YOU For I am your God I will strengthen you And HELP YOU With my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10 “Jesus replied, 'And you EXPERTS in the law Woe to you Because you LOAD people Down with burdens They can hardly carry And you yourselves Will NOT lift one finger To help'” Luke 11:46 But Mary HELPED her cousin Elizabeth She had that HUMAN ELEMENT That we should all have She was the MOTHER Of all mothers- The COUSIN of all cousins And the neighbor For all NEIGHBORS She had-that human element “WHAT is mankind That you are mindful Of them HUMAN BEINGS that you CARE for them?” Psalm 8:4 We do not need To go far To FIND PEOPLE looking for And NEEDING help Dear Lord-help us-LIKE Mary- To possess that human element TO GIVE HELP-when capable- And to be GRACIOUS & KIND when we RECEIVE that help MAY we “GO IN HASTE” To those in need-and GIVE HELP In the NAME of Jesus-Mary-and Joseph Robert P. Wallman 12-20-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Stephen J. Rossetti