CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE TOO

CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE TOO


I wonder where we
Would be
IF the apostles
Had REFUSED to leave their nets
And FOLLOW Jesus


What if NO ONE
Wanted to SHARE Jesus' message?


We OWE so much
To the APOSTLES
Who followed Jesus
And shared his message


The “YES” of the APOSTLES
Has brought JOY
To an untold number
Of people
Who came after=Jesus=and
The MESSAGE that was SHARED
By the apostles=in LOVE


“Jesus said to them=
'Come after me=and I will make you
FISHERS OF MEN'
Then they left their nets
And followed him” Mark 1:17-18


How much THANKS=and GRATITUDE
We owe to the APOSTLES
And all their work


But we have to REMEMBER
That the apostles
Were NOT the only ones
Called to follow Jesus
And make his message KNOWN


We were called
To BE APOSTLES too
We too were called
To SHARE the message


“The generous will
Themselves be blessed
For they SHARE their food
With the poor” Proverbs 22:9


“Now if we are children
Then we are heirs-----------------
Heirs of God
And co-heirs with Christ


If indeed
We SHARE in his sufferings
In order
That we may also
SHARE in his glory” Romans 8:17


“Nevertheless
The one who receives instruction
In the word


Should also SHARE
All good things
With their instructor” Galatians 6:6


Like the APOSTLES
SHARED Jesus' word=message=and love
With the world


Like us SHARING the message
Of Jesus
With our very own lives


We are CALLED
To be an APOSTLE TOO


Jesus addressed all
With his message=
And he TAILORS our various circumstances
And our lives
So that we can BE
HIS APOSTLES TOO


So that we can SHARE
His word and his message


Another REASON for showing
Our GRATITUDE to Jesus
And the apostles


“You know the MESSAGE
God sent to the people
Of Israel


Announcing the good news
Of PEACE through Jesus Christ
Who is LORD OF ALL” Acts 10:36


“Let the MESSAGE of Christ
Dwell among you richly
As you teach and admonish
One another
With all wisdom
Through psalms-hymns-and songs
From the SPIRIT


Singing to God
With GRATITUDE in your hearts” Colossians 3:16


Yes we can ALL be apostles=
No matter who we are=
Parents=students=physicians=
Plumbers=retired people


We are CALLED to be APOSTLES
We are all called
To SPREAD the WORD & LOVE of God


Lord=HELP US make you known
THROUGH our words and our actions


In Jesus' name and the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-13-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.