ALIVE AND WITH US!

ALIVE AND WITH US


Today=we CELEBRATE all of
The FAITHFUL DEPARTED=who
Have GONE before us


I was with BOTH my dad
And mom as they passed saying
THE DIVINE MERCY NOVENA


And I BELIEVE they are
ALIVE in me=as well as
My two sisters=and I believe
ALL of my other relatives and friends


AS well as your relatives
And friends-who have GONE
Before us


They are ALL
ALIVE IN US!


“........Their passing away
Was thought an AFFLICTION


And their going from us-
UTTER DESTRUCTION
But they are IN PEACE” Wisdom 3:2-3


I BELIEVE all the faithful departed
WHO-have gone before us-
Are ALIVE AND WITH US


They LIVE in us=we are VOICES=and
WHEN we go=our relatives and friends
Will be OUR VOICES


“Yet their VOICE goes out
Into ALL the earth


Their WORDS
To the END of the world


In the heavens-
God has PITCHED a tent
For the SUN” Psalm 19:4


“A VOICE of one calling
'In the wilderness-
PREPARE the way
For the Lord


Make STRAIGHT-in the desert-
A HIGHWAY for our God'” Isaiah 40:3


“HERE I am!
I stand at the door
And knock


If anyone-HEARS MY VOICE
And opens the door
I will come in


And eat with that person
And they with me” Revelation 3:20


LOVE is what makes
FAMILIES=LIVE=and LOVE
Is what makes the WORLD
GO AROUND


The FAITHFUL DEPARTED
Of our FAMILIES and friends
Are ALIVE AND WITH US


“In the same way
COUNT yourselves dead to sin


But ALIVE to God
In Christ Jesus” Romans 6:11


I believe OUR LOVED ONE'S PRESENCE
Is NEAR to us-
And that their LOVE
NEVER CEASES


I believe IF our family and friends=
COULD COME BACK=they would tell us
That they are at IMMENSE PEACE


And I believe they would tell us=
Of their GREAT DESIRE=
For our HAPPINESS


While we are LIVING=they are=
STILL ALIVE=and they are ALIVE
AND WITH US!


In the names of Jesus and HIS
MOST HEAVENLY FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
11-1-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.