A QUESTION ROOTED IN DEEP LOVE=THE LOVE OF A MOTHER

A QUESTION ROOTED IN DEEP LOVE
(THE LOVE OF A MOTHER!)


Does your mother
LOVE YOU?
Well-of course-she does


Would she do ANYTHING
for you?
Of course=my sisters and I=
Had the greatest MOTHER=
She would do
Anything for US


That is WHERE we find
Today's=GOSPEL STORY=
The mother of James and John
ASKING that they SIT
At his right hand
And at his left-
When Jesus COMES
Into his KINGDOM


“Jesus said in reply:
'You do NOT KNOW
What you are asking'” Matthew 20:22


It was a question
ROOTED in DEEP LOVE=the love
Of a mother


And CONTRARY to what you might think-
Her question was NOT
Out of selfishness or pride


It was a question
ROOTED in the LOVE of a mother
She was asking for a LOFTY PLACE
Of HONOR-for her sons-
Not for herself


James and John
Had spent MUCH TIME with Jesus
And had experienced FIRSTHAND his message
Of DIVINE LOVE


Who wouldn't want that to CONTINUE
With her children?
Who wouldn't want her sons
To EXPERIENCE that ETERNAL LIFE?


“You make KNOWN to me
The path of life


You FILL ME with joy
In your presence
With ETERNAL PLEASURES


At your right hand” Psalm 16:11


“TRUST in the Lord-FOREVER
For the Lord-the LORD himself
Is the ROCK ETERNAL” Isaiah 26:4


“The life APPEARED
We have seen it
And TESTIFY to it


And we PROCLAIM to you
The ETERNAL LIFE
Which was with the Father
And has appeared to us” 1 John 1:2


A question ROOTED
In DEEP LOVE-a question
From a LOVING MOTHER


YES-she asked the question
Out of emotion-and asked it
Without SUFFICIENT discernment
And REFLECTION


Maybe she was INCONSIDERATE
Of others-and LACKED
A clear UNDERSTANDING of the
TEACHINGS of Jesus-and-
ETERNAL LIFE


The DIVINE LIFE of Jesus


“Through these
He has GIVEN US
His very great
And PRECIOUS PROMISES


So that through them
You may PARTICIPATE
In the DIVINE NATURE


Having ESCAPED
The corruption in the world
Caused by evil desires” 2 Peter 1:4


Today Lord=we CELEBRATE=
A question-a question of LOVE


A question ROOTED in
A MOTHER'S LOVE


You-LORD=and your MOTHER MARY=
UNDERSTAND that=MOST OF ALL


In your name=Jesus OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
7-24-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terence Hegarty




Today IS the feast day of Saint James




Dear Lord=we PRAY for ALL OF US=that we have the DESIRE to be MORE HUMBLE SERVANTS