LIFT IT HIGHER!

LIFT IT HIGHER!


Today we BEGIN
The ADVENT SEASON=let us
Always remember=it is
A JOYFUL SEASON


And it is a season
That LIFTS our FAITH higher=
HIGHER than it has been
All year long


“Let us THROW OFF
The works of darkness
And put on
The armor of LIGHT” Romans 13:12


Today we begin the JOYFUL SEASON=
The season of life=
The season of
The COMING
Of OUR baby Jesus


Let it LIFT our faith HIGHER
Higher than=it has been
ALL YEAR LONG


LIFT IT HIGHER!


STILL the theme of conversion=
The theme
Of SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
Is strongly present


And Saint Paul urges us
“To put on
The Lord Jesus Christ
And make NO PROVISION
For the desires
Of the flesh” Romans 13:14


We are always SADDENED
By the revelation of sexual abuse
Of children


ESPECIALLY by priests and bishops
Within the CATHOLIC CHURCH


So the NEED for spiritual
Renewal on the part
Of us all
Is especially CLEAR


So this ADVENT=let the
SCRIPTURES=urge you to LIFT
YOUR FAITH HIGHER


As we PRAY for all of
Those in NEED for forgiveness
And those in need
To have their lives-
HELPED in being rebuilt


“But may the righteous
Be glad=
And rejoice before God


May they be happy
And JOYFUL” Psalm 68:3


“BE JOYFUL in hope
Patient in affliction
Faithful in prayer


Share with
The Lord's people
Who are in need


Practice hospitality” Romans 12:12-13


Yes the season of ADVENT
Can LIFT US HIGHER


With the positive messages
Of the Old Testament=and
The INSPIRING EXAMPLES
Of the HOLY FAMILY


They can NOURISH our hearts
And INSPIRE us
To use our time and energy


To BUILD a more JUST
And peaceful world


Let us all LIFT OUR FAITH
Just a little HIGHER
Though the CHRISTMAS SEASON


In the name of Jesus=and our ever JOYFUL FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
11-30-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.