TRANSFORM US=FROM THE ORDINARY TO THE EXTRAORDINARY

TRANSFORM US-FROM THE ORDINARY-
INTO THE EXTRAORDINARY


The STORIES of the gospel
Show us HOW
The ordinary people


Are ATTRACTED to Jesus
And his disciples


THRONGS of people followed Jesus
Relentlessly-wherever he went


That still HAPPENS to us today-
For it is Jesus
That makes us-


That TAKES us
That TRANSFORMS US
From ordinary people
To EXTRAORDINARY people


Just the PRESENCE of Jesus-alone


“People saw them leaving
And MANY came to know
About it


They hastened there on foot
From all the towns




And arrived at the place
BEFORE THEM” Mark 6:33


YES-the PRESENCE of Jesus-
At MASS on Sunday
At Christian service on Sunday


TRASFORMS us into
Extraordinary people


He IS there in the ushers
He is there in the collectors
He is THERE in each and EVERY ONE
Of us-attending service


HIS PRESENCE transforms us ALL
Into extraordinary people
In this world


The presence of Jesus
The presence of God
When we BELIEVE-creates-
Transforms us into-
EXTRAordinary people


EVEN creates MIRACLES OF HEALING
-makes us into what we
Have toe CAPACITY to be


Just think of WHAT this world
WOULD BE-if we had more
BELIEVERS in it-maybe even more miracles


“Do NOT stop him,' Jesus said,
'For no one
Who DOES a miracle


In my name
Can in
The next moment
Say anything bad about us” Mark 9:39


“Fellow Israelites-listen to this:
Jesus of Nazareth
Was a man ACCREDITED by God


To you by MIRACLES-
Wonders and signs-


Which God did among you
Through him
As you KNOW yourselves” Acts 2:22


YES-this man did the ordinary
And the EXTRAORDINARY too


He PERFORMED a miracle in me
And has GIVEN ME-
FORTY more years of additional life


He has also TRANSFORMED me
From a man
TRYING to live by this world's standards


To LIVING by God's standards-
Of peace-LOVE-forgiveness-and kindness
As well as the BEATITUDES


“And we eagerly AWAIT
A SAVIOR from there (heaven)-
The Lord-Jesus-Christ


Who by the POWERS
That enables him to BRING
Everything under his control


Will TRANSFORM our lowly bodies
So that they will be
Like his glorious body” Philippians 3:20-21


Yes dear LORD-TRANSFORM US ALL


Into praying together-working together-
And HELPING each other


So that not only us
But this WHOLE WORLD


WILL BECOME EXTRAORDINARY


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
2-3-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah Meister