GOD IS OUR PROTECTOR

GOD IS OUR PROTECTOR


In these days-
Of the Corona virus=
It is COMFORTING for me
To KNOW


That God is
OUR PROTECTOR=How do you
FEEL about that?


We need to LOOK no further
Than the story=of three men
IN THE FIRE


“Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed='Blessed
Be the God of Shadrach-Meschach-
And Abednego


Who sent HIS ANGEL
To deliver the servants
Who TRUSTED in him'” Daniel 3:28


God has been MY PROTECTOR
My whole life=
He has-
SAVED my life
Over-and over-
And OVER AGAIN


How about you?=Can you
THINK of a time
When God saved=and protected you?


When he saved you
From a horrible situation=
Like he did for
Shadrach-Meschach-and Abednego


PROTECTED by God
In these difficult times


IF we are under attack=
God STILL walks with us=
He is STILL OUR PROTECTOR


“You are my hiding place-
You will PROTECT ME
From trouble


And surround me
With songs of deliverance” Psalm 32:7


“Discretion will
PROTECT YOU=
And understanding
Will guard you” Proverbs 2:11


“........Holy Father
PROTECT THEM
By the power
Of your name


The name you gave me
So that they may be ONE
As we are one” John 17:11


The king of Babylon
Set up a statue
Of a Babylonian god
And DEMANDED the Babylonians
To worship this God


But these three Jewish men=
Shadrach-Meshach-and Abegnego refused
And they SURVIVED the fire


FIGHTING the fire
With the FAITH
In the ONE TRUE GOD


The King was convinced
They were PROTECTED
By their God=
And ordered them
To be SET FREE


“Love always PROTECTS-
Always trusts-always hopes
Always perseveres-
LOVE NEVER FAILS” 1 Corinthians 13:7-8


And God loves you=and
Because he does
HE WILL PROTECT YOU


If you get the virus=
He will WALK with you=
LOVE YOU=and protect you


In the name of Jesus=and our EVER LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-31-20


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

HOLY=AND SO MUCH MORE

HOLY=AND SO MUCH MORE


Today=many people
BELIEVE that JESUS
Was a HOLY MAN


Others think that he was
A prophet and
A great TEACHER too=
They ADMIRE him
And the words
That he said


But we in the great
CHRISTIAN FAITH=know
He was=SO MUCH MORE
Than that=
He was and is
The SON OF GOD!


“For if you do not believe
That I AM


You will die
In your sins” John 8:24


In the reading today-
The crowd asks Jesus=
“Who are you?”


And twice Jesus says
That=”I AM”


And Jesus goes on
To say=if you
DON'T BELIEVE=
You will
Die in your sins


Jesus is God=he is
THE GREAT I AM=
So much more
Than a holy man=
So much more
Than a prophet
And teacher=
HE WILL LIVE FOREVER!


“For in him-
We LIVE and move
And have our being


As some of
Your own POETS
Have said
'WE ARE HIS OFFSPRING'” Acts 17:28


“For we LIVE by faith
-Not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7


“For to me=
TO LIVE is Christ=
And to die
Is gain” Philippians 1:21


Yes Jesus was a
HOLY MAN=
Yes Jesus was
A prophet
And a great teacher


But he is SO MUCH MORE
He is GOD become flesh


And ONLY the death
And resurrection
Of the GOD-MAN
CAN SAVE US


Do you believe this?
He SAVED us


“It is I
Proclaiming victory-
Mighty to SAVE” Isaiah 63:1


“She will give
Birth to a son
And you are
To give him
The name Jesus


Because he will SAVE
His people
From their sins” Matthew 1:21


Yes Jesus was a great
And holy man=but to us=
He is SO MUCH MORE-
HE IS GOD HIMSELF!


In Jesus' name=and in the name of=OUR FOREVER LIVING GOD!


Robert P. Wallman
3-30-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti

DON'T TROW THAT STONE!

DON'T THROW THAT STONE!


Today we read about Jesus=
And his FORGIVENESS
Of the ADULTEROUS WOMAN


The Pharisees said=
“Teacher-this woman-
Was CAUGHT
In the act of adultery


In the Law=
Moses commanded us to
STONE such women=
Now what
Do you say?” John 8:4-5


They were TRYING
To TRAP Jesus=
To have a basis
For accusing him


But Jesus=as always
Had the PERFECT ANSWER=
He said=


“Let the one among you
Who is without sin=
Be the first to
Throw a STONE
At her” John 8:7


And when they heard this
They all slinked away=
UNTIL only Jesus and
The woman were left


STONES HURT=they are sharp=
They can do a
Lot of damage
To a person


We may NEVER throw a stone
But our stones=
OUR VERBAGE
Can CRUSH a person's spirit=
DESTROY a person's morale


Don't throw that stone=
PHYSICALLY or figuratively=
BE MERCIFUL=as our God
THE FATHER=and his Son=Jesus
Are merciful


“For the Lord
Your God=
Is a MERCIFUL GOD


He will not abandon
Or destroy you-
Or forget the covenant


With your ancestors
Which he confirmed
To them by oath” Deuteronomy 4:31


“Blessed are the MERCIFUL
For they
Will be SHOWN MERCY” Matthew 5:7


“BE MERCIFUL
To those who doubt=


Save others by snatching them
From the fire=
To others SHOW MERCY
Mixed with fear--------


Hating even the clothing
Stained by corrupt flesh” Jude :22-23


STONES ARE WEAPONS=they
Are hurtful=so are WORDS=
They can DESTROY
Another human being


Don't use that stone=
SAY those words
In anger
DON”T THROW THAT STONE!


“I will give them
An undivided heart
And put a new spirit
In them


I will remove from them
THEIR HEART OF STONE
And give them
A heart of flesh” Ezekiel 11:19


DON'T THROW that stone=or use
Those WORDS you can
Never stop=or never take back
The HURT they will do


In the names of Jesus=and the TENDER nurturing HEART=of GOD THE FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-29-20




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

A NEVER ENDING LOVE FOR US!

A NEVER ENDING LOVE FOR US!


WHEN two people
LOVE each other=
They never want
Their love to end


And that is the way
It is WITH GOD=
He has a NEVER-ENDING
LOVE for us=
And never wants
Our LOVE AFFAIR
To end


“Jesus told her=
'I am the RESURRECTION
And the LIFE


Whoever believes in me-
Even if he dies
WILL LIVE........'” John 11:25


Our desire=is
For a PERMANENCE in life=
And it is
A vibrant love=
That reaches
ALL the way to HEAVEN


The LOVE between
God and us
Lasts forever=
It is NEVER-ENDING


“Surely your goodness and love
Will follow me
All the days


Of my life=
And I will dwell
In the house
Of the Lord=FOREVER” Psalm 23:6


“I am
The living bread
That came down
From heaven


Whoever eats this bread
Will live FOREVER


The bread
Is my flesh


Which I will give
For the life
Of the world” John 6:51


Yes our God
DESIRES to be
In an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
With us


One that will NEVER END=
Our resurrection=
In love with him
IS the way
He brings it about


This life is a GOOD LIFE=
At least it was UNTIL RECENTLY=
With the onset of the CORONA VIRUS


But the BEST is yet
To come=
It is a NEVER ENDING love
And life
With God OUR FATHER=
And Christ Jesus


“After that
We who are still alive
And are left


Will be caught up together
With them=in the clouds
To meet the Lord
In the air


And so we will be
WITH THE LORD FOREVER” 1 Thessalonians 4:17


“But the word
Of the Lord
ENDURES FOREVER” 1 Peter 1:25


We are in a
NEVER-ENDING love affair
With God the Father and Christ Jesus


Thank you LORD=
For your incredible=NEVER ENDING LOVE


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our FOREVER LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-28-20




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

NOT ALWAYS PREPARED

NOT ALWAYS PREPARED!


We are NOT always prepared
For the Lord=
When he comes


Case in point=Jesus=
COMING 2,000 years ago=
He brought division
And order


“So a DIVISION occurred
In the crowd=
Because of him” John 7:43


The PEOPLE of GOD
Are NOT always prepared
When he comes


WHO would have thought-
DIVISION would occur=
When Jesus came?


We might EXPECT
That people would have become DIVIDED=
IF it were a thief=a liar=or a swindler


But not Jesus=
Not the SON OF GOD


And this corona virus=
SHOWS US just how UNPREPARED
We are=
The way people
Are acting


What if God-
What if Jesus-
WERE COMING SOON?


GET PREPARED=
We have no idea
What is going on=
When Jesus=
Is REALLY COMING


“Therefore-
This is what
I will do to you=Israel


And because
I will do this to you=Israel
PREPARE to MEET
YOUR GOD” Amos 4:12


“For we are
God's handiwork


Created in Christ Jesus
To do good works
Which GOD PREPARED


In advance for us
To do” Ephesians 2:10


“Preach the season
BE PREPARED in season
And out of season


Correct-rebuke-
And encourage--------
With great patience
And caring instruction” 2 Timothy 4:2


I believe we need
To get PREPARED-
To MEET our maker


Someday=we will be
CALLED HOME


God and Jesus
DISTURB our order=
We need to have
Our priorities RIGHT


GOD FIRST=then family=
We get SHAKEN UP-
When our order
Is disturbed


“But in your hearts
Revere Christ as Lord


Always be PREPARED
To give an answer
To everyone who asks you


To give the REASON
For the hope
That you have” 1 Peter 3:15


We are NOT
ALWAYS PREPARED=
To meet our God-
And our SAVIOR Jesus


I urge you
To get READY=to meet
Our Lord God and Savior


TEACH US Lord=to always welcome you
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ALWAYS PREPARED and FORGIVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-27-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco

FINDING THE DIVINE TRUTH

FINDING THE DIVINE TRUTH!


Sometimes we ENCOUNTER
Doubters in life=
Sometimes we encounter
Know-it-alls


These types of people
Can PROVIDE uninvited explanations
And suggestions


And there ATTITUDES and actions
Can be DEVASTATING=
Break our hearts-
And shatter our DREAMS


We become confused=
We WONDER if we
Know what
THE TRUTH IS


“You know me........” John 7:28


At these times=these attitudes=
It is good if we
STAY GROUNDED
Yo our North Star


And our North Star=
Is our FATHER GOD=
And our Jesus


They GUIDE us
In DIVINE love
And truth


“For since the creation
Of the world
God's invisible qualities--------


His eternal power
And DIVINE NATURE--------
Have been clearly seen
Being understood


From what
Has been made
So that people
Are without excuse” Romans 1:20


“The weapons
We fight with
Are not
The weapons of the world


On the contrary
They have DIVINE POWER-
To demolish strongholds” 2 Corinthians 10:4


“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


As we get CLOSER
To Jesus
We get closer
To the DIVINE TRUTH


The TRUTH shows us
That we too
Can get to be doubters
And know-it-alls


Our own pride
Can BLOCK US
From the divine truth


But we can find
THE DIVINE TRUTH
In God the Father
And in Jesus=
And APPLY it
To our lives


“Jesus answered=
'I am the way=
And the TRUTH
And the life


No one
Comes to the FATHER
Except through me'” John 14:6


When we FOLLOW
God's GUIDANCE and live
IN HIS LOVE


We find the DIVINE TRUTH=
And we can take a very HUMBLE BOW
Before God


In the names of Jesus=and our ALL KNOWING=GOD THE FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-26-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.

PRAISE FROM GOD

PRAISE FROM GOD


Isn't it a GREAT THING
To hear “GOOD JOB”=
It is wonderful-
When we receive PRAISE


We learn to PLEASE OTHERS
At an early age=
And that is
A GOOD THING


But the greatest PRAISE
We will EVER receive is=
IF we hear it from God=
If we hear it
From Jesus


“How can you believe=
When you accept PRAISE
From one another


And do not seek
THE PRAISE
That comes from
The ONLY GOD?” John 5:44


I have RECEIVED
My share of praise
In this life
For various REASONS


But the greatest praise
I ever will receive
Is IF


I come to the
END of my life
And hear
From GOD THE FATHER


“His master replied'=
'Well done
GOOD and faithful servant!


You have been faithful
With a few things=
I will put you
In charge
Of many things


Come and SHARE
Your master's happiness!'” Matthew 25:21


Living for
THE PRAISE OF GOD!
Loving for
The praise of God=
I hope that you are too!


It is great
To RECEIVE any kind
Of praise=to be
Proficient at anything


But it is better
To receive
THE HIGHER CALLING


How great would it BE
To hear from
The mouth of the FATHER


“You are perfect=blessed=
And LOVED=I know you
By your name=
You make me happy=
YOU BELONG TO ME”


Living for
THE PRAISE OF GOD!=
Loving for
The praise of God


And WE should always
Be PRAISING God=and Jesus too


“Sing joyfully to
The LORD=you righteous
It is fitting
For the upright
TO PRAISE HIM” Psalm 33:1


“Let someone else PRAISE YOU
And not your own mouth=
An outsider-
And NOT your own lips” Proverbs 27:2


Dear Lord=we live and love
TO HEAR YOUR PRAISE


We are=CHILDREN OF GOD=
And you dear Lord=your words
Are OUR greatest SOURCE of pride


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our FOREVER PRAISING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-25-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens

TO THE DELIGHT OF GOD

TO THE DELIGHT OF GOD


Our Lord=Our God
DELIGHTS IN YOU=
Especially if you
Are doing his will


So stay IN TOUCH
With the word
Of God=
Especially during this time
Of the Corona virus


“........Behold I com
In the written scroll=
It is prescribed for me


To do your WILL-
O my God
Is MY DELIGHT


And your law
Is within my heart” Psalm 40:8-9


The WORD of God
Is at our fingertips


We have Scripture apps
Online bibles=
And the printed bible too=
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE


Even though we don't
Have SUNDAY SERVICES
In church right now=
We have all kinds of services
On television=and online


The PSALMIST reminds us
That even though=we KNOW Scripture
That that is not enough


The Lord our God
DELIGHTS in us
When we DO HIS WILL


“Teach me
To do YOUR WILL
For you are
My God


May your good SPIRIT
Lead me on level ground” Psalm 143:10


“My Father-
If it is possible
May this cup
Be taken from me


Yet not as I WILL
But as you WILL” Matthew 26:39


“For I have
Not hesitated to proclaim
To you=
The WHOLE WILL OF GOD” Acts 20:27


The Word of God
Came to us=in person
Through Jesus Christ


He inscribed his WORD
On our HEARTS=
And he DELIGHTS in us
When we do his will


He is ESPECIALLY delighted
When our love for ONE ANOTHER
Is fulfilled through us


NOT out of obligation
To the law=
BUT out of
Our love for him
And our LOVE
For one another


“Then my soul
Will rejoice
In the Lord
And DELIGHT in his salvation” Psalm 35:9


“Here is my servant
Whom I have chosen


The one I love
In whom I DELIGHT” Matthew 12:18


The Lord your GOD-
DELIGHTS IN YOU=
And is especially DELIGHTED=
When you do the will of God
From your HEART


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER LOVING GOD THE FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-24-20




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

SEEING THE NEED

SEEING THE NEED


Jesus always saw
The NEEDS of everyone


He fed people=he
HEALED people=he saved
The world


He gave the WORLD=
Whatever it needed
SEEING THE NEED!


“........In Jerusalem........near a pool-
Called in Hebrew-Bethesda........


There lay a large number
Of ill........


One man........had been ill
For 38 years=
When Jesus saw him
Lying there........
He said to him


“Do you want
To be well?”
The sick man
Answered him


“Sir-I have no one
To put me into
The pool
When the water
IS stirred up”” John 5:2, 3, 5-7


This miracle DIFFERS
From most of Jesus' other miracles


Usually=Jesus is
Asked to heal someone=
This time=Jesus INITIATES the contact
And asks the man
IF HE
Wants to be well


SEEING THE NEED=Jesus does


“Do not be
Like them
For your Father knows


WHAT YOU NEED
Before you ask him” Matthew 6:8


“Share with
The Lord's people
Who are IN NEED=
Practice hospitality” Romans 12:13


There must have been
Some expression=or great LONGING
In the man


A message of ENDURING HOPE
That gave Jesus
The opening to say=
“Rise up-
Take up your mat-
AND WALK” John 5:8


The word BETHESDA=
Means house of MERCY=


And Jesus was MERCIFUL=
And saw the GREAT NEED
In this man=
And had him
Stand up and WALK


Feeling the MERCY=
SEEING THE NEED=in him
And in us


“IF anyone
Has material possessions


And sees a brother
Or sister IN NEED
But has no pity
On them


HOW can-
The love of God
Be in that person?” 1 John 3:17


Yes it is up to us
To see the NEEDS of
Our dear brothers and sisters too


Dear Lord=in our times
Of weakness and loneliness =
Please see the NEED in us=
And HELP us too


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ever HELPFUL FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-23-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston

SAYING THANK YOU=ESPECIALLY NOW

SAYING THANK YOU=ESPECIALLY NOW


We live in TOUGH TIMES=
We all are at RISK-
Right now=
Especially with this Corona virus


We NEED to remember
To say THANK YOU to God
And Jesus=
For all the days
That we have LIVED


For all the GOOD TIMES=and
ALL the good people
We have met


Saying thank you
To the Lord for my
LONG LIFE=
Especially after being
At such a risk
Early in life


“I will EXTOL YOU=
O Lord=
For you
Drew me clear........” Psalm 30:2


Psalm 30 is a
BEAUTIFUL PRAYER of THANKSGIVING


It is for GOD'S DELIVERANCE
From defeat=from going down
From mourning


Today might be a GOOD DAY
To say thank you to GOD
And ask him to
DELIVER us once again


This world=our country=
Our neighbors=and ourselves
From the Corona virus


THANK YOU Dear Lord God=
Our Savior and Redeemer
For all the days
Of our life=and for all the days
WE STILL HAVE LEFT


“Enter his gates
WITH THANKSGIVING
And his courts
With praise


Give THANKS to him
And praise his name” Psalm 100:4


“BUT THANKS be to God
Who always leads us
As captives=
In Christ's triumphal procession


And uses us
To spread the aroma
Of the knowledge
Of him everywhere” 2 Corinthians 2:14


Jesus delivers us
Through his teachings


Delivers us from fear=
“Fear not little flock”
From anxiety=
“Trust in God-trust also in me”


From self-preoccupation=
“LOVE ONE ANOTHER”
From a poor self-image=
“You are worth-
MORE than many sparrows”
From loneliness=
“I call you friends”


And so TODAY=JOIN with me
In composing=
A little prayer of THANKFULNESS
To God and Jesus


Dear LORD=
Thank you for our lives=
Thank you for
Our GOOD days gone by


Thank you
For the BLESSING OF LIFE-
For our loved ones-
For our graces-
And for the GIFTS
And talents=we have RECEIVED


Thank you for LIFE=please keep
US safe from the Corona virus
And ALL evil and illness in this world


Thank you Lord Jesus=and our
FOREVER PROTECTING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-22-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.

THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART!

THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART!


SOCIETY=and I=
Discourage JUDGING


But there is a
TIME For “GOOD JUDGMENT”
After all=
There are people with
Evil intent for us
In this society


“Not as man sees
Does God see


Because man sees
The appearance
But the Lord
LOOKS into the HEART” 1 Samuel 16:7


For example=it is NOT WISE
To befriend someone
In a criminal neighborhood


And it id OK
To be a little WEARY=
When someone-ASKS
You for money


Just KEEP YOUR HEART
In the right place=
Just keep making judgments
OUT OF LOVE


For the Lord=
LOOKS AT THE HEART


“Love the Lord your God
With all your HEART
And with all your soul
And with all your strength” Deuteronomy 6:5


“May these words
Of my mouth
And this meditation
Of my HEART


Be pleasing
In your sight=
Lord my ROCK
And my REDEEMER” Psalm 19:14


“Bind them
On your fingers=
Write them
On the tablet
OF YOUR HEART” Proverbs 7:3


We know that all people
Are CHILDREN OF GOD


But we can't=see
Their HEARTS=
The WAY that God can


So what can we do?
We can truly
LIVE THE GOSPEL


We can take TIME and PRAYER
And look
INTO our own hearts=
The Lord
LOOKS into our hearts too!


We can try to ROOT OUT
Our own evils and prejudices


We can PRAY
For those in NEED
And do what we can
TO HELP=
And be safe
At the same time


“For the mouth speaks
What the HEART
Is full of” Luke 6:45


“For it is
WITH YOUR HEART
That you believe
And are justified


And it is with
Your mouth
That you profess your faith
And are SAVED” Romans 10:10


Dear Lord=we TURN to you today
And ask you to LOOK
INTO OUR HEARTS


Please reach out to us
And PURIFY OUR HEARTS today


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
3-21-20




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

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS!

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS!


“Taking it to THE STREETS”
Was an album
By the Doobie Brothers


It was their sixth album
And was RELEASED
March 19^th, 1976


But in this age
Of the Corona Virus=
And all the churches CLOSING


We have to TAKE
The WORD OF GOD
Upon ourselves
And live it=act it=
And SPEAK IT


We have to
Take the WORD of God
To the streets=
It has to LIVE
Inside of us


ONE DAY=we will be
ALL allowed out again
And it will be up
TO US=
To take the word
Of God to the streets


We the people are the CHURCH=
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS


“And I tell you
That you are Peter
And on this rock
I will BUILD MY CHURCH


And the gates of Hades
Will not overcome it” Matthew 16:18


We the PEOPLE
Are the church
NOT THE BUILDINGS=
TAKING the word of God
To the streets


The word of God
Is ALIVE=it LIVES
In our hearts
And our souls
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS


“After his suffering-
He presented himself
To them


And gave many convincing proofs
That he was ALIVE” Acts 1:3


“For the WORD OF GOD
Is ALIVE and active


Sharper than
A double-edged sword=
It penetrates


Even to dividing
Soul and spirit
Joints and marrow


It judges the thoughts
And attitudes
Of the heart” Hebrews 4:12


For right now=
All we can do
Is STAY HOME
And PONDER the word
Of God


But when the TIME is right
We will be ALLOWED
Out again


And we can take
The WORD OF GOD
Wherever we go
And we can take
The CHURCH with us
We are the WORD of God


TAKING IT TO THE STREETS!


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away
But my WORDS
Will NEVER pass away” Luke 21:33
Matthew 24:35


The word of God
Is ACTIVE AND ALIVE
Inside of us


We need to live it=
Love it=and act it
WHEN we can


TAKING THE WORD OF GOD
TO THE STREETS!


In the name of Jesus=and our FOREVER living-loving FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-20-20

FINDING YOUR SOUL MATES IN THIS LIFE

FINDING YOUR SOUL MATES
IN THIS LIFE


We all have SOUL MATES
In this life


I am talking about
The KIND of relationship
That is BASED
More on SPIRITUAL BONDS


Than on building
A flesh & blood relationship
ALTHOUGH it may include
These too


I have been BLESSED
In that I have had MANY
SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS-
Particularly since I started
To WRITE & SHARE my poetry


I even have ONE friendship
In which we CALL OURSELVES
BFF'S=and it GREW out of a=
SPIRITUAL relationship=and it STILL IS


But it has BLOSSOMED
Into a TRUE & CARING friendship
I would do anything
For that particular person


As I would do-for almost
ALL OF YOU


FINDING your soul mates
In this life


“For WHOEVER
Does the will of God
IS my brother-and sister-
And mother” Mark 3:35


My parents-and my sisters-
Aren't just my blood
Aren't just my family


WE always had and HAVE
The WORD of God
Between us and within us


The SAME is true of my cousins-
my aunts and uncles-and MANY
of my friends


We have the SHARED
Word of God between us


And we all KNOW
The Word of God
NEVER DIES


“He humbled you
Causing you to hunger
And then feeding you
With manna


Which neither you
Nor your ancestors had known
To TEACH YOU


That man
Does not live on bread alone
But on EVERY WORD


That comes
From the mouth of the Lord” Deuteronomy 8:3


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away


But my WORDS
Will NEVER pass away” Matthew 24:35


And NEITHER will our relationships
With our soul mates
They will STAND
The test of time
They are ETERNAL


MORE than a friend
A soul mate
Is someone
Who TOUCHES our soul


They know us and LOVE US
For who we are


I AM SO BLESSED


I have found soul mates
In my BFF-in my parents-in my sisters=
And in my cousins-and aunts &uncles
As well as in so MANY of my friends


That IS what sharing truth=
SHARING LOVE=and sharing the WORD
Of God
Will do for you/FOR US
In our relationships


“ALL the believers
Were in ONE heart and mind


NO one claimed
That any of their possessions
Was their own


But they shared everything
THEY HAD” Acts 4:32


I have FOUND MY SOUL MATES-
Indeed it IS ALL of you-


THANK YOU so much


And that is BECAUSE
Our relationships that we SHARE
Are BASED ON
THE WORD OF GOD


LOVE YOU ALL-MY DEAR SOUL MATES


Robert P. Wallman
1-24-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti


3-20-21-2010

DO YOU DREAM?

DO YOU DREAM?


Do you dream?
Are you a DREAMER?
Our Saint Joseph was
A dreamer


“When Joseph awoke
He did
As the ANGEL


Of the Lord
Had commanded him
And took his wife
INTO his home” Matthew 1:24


Joseph RECEIVED dreamlike messages
From an angel=
And when he AWOKE
He acted
On his MESSAGES


I DREAM a lot=
It is usually
About people=FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Fro m the past


But I don't really understand
What they mean


I NEED God-
I need Jesus=
To INTERPRET
The answers for me


I wish the ANGEL
Was there for me=
WHEN I wake up
From my sleep-
But he isn't


I am left to
INTERPRET my own DREAM
At least until I MEET
God the Father
And Jesus CHRIST


“Indeed he
Who watches over Israel
Will neither slumber
Nor SLEEP” Psalm 121:4


“If he comes suddenly=
Do not
Let him find you SLEEPING” Mark 13:36


“Listen=I tell you
A mystery=
We will
Not all SLEEP


But we
Will all be changed--------
In a flash


In the twinkle
Of an eye
At the LAST trumpet” 1 Corinthians 15:51


Do you dream?
WHAT do you dream about?
Do you know
What it MEANS?


I have NEVER seen
An ANGEL=
Nor do I know
What an angel LOOKS LIKE=
Nor have I ever heard
An angel SPEAK


“All who were sitting
In the Sanhedrin
Looked intently at Stephen


And they saw
That his face
Was like the FACE
OF AN ANGEL” Acts 6:15


Whatever our DREAMS are=
We can be SPIRITUAL
Like Saint Joseph=
BOTH awake and asleep


And we can LISTEN
To our SOULS


For the ANGELIC and DIVINE aspirations
Of our Lord
And try to be FAITHFUL
And spiritual=like Saint Joseph


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
3-19-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James McKarns

HE CAME WITH A PURPOSE

HE CAME WITH A PURPOSE!


Our Jesus CAME=to us
WITH A PURPOSE=
He came to teach us
HOW TO LOVE


He came to offer us
ANOTHER LIFE=a better life


He came WITH A PURPOSE=
To OFFER us eternal life=
To those who
CHOSE to
Follow his teachings


“Do NOT THINK
I have come to abolish
The law
Or the prophets


I have COME
Not to abolish
But to FULFILL” Matthew 5:17


In the TIME of Jesus
Rome was
The civil authority


Their laws were strict
And they were
RUTHLESSLY ENFORCED


Crucifixion was BRUTAL
And was=
An OFTEN used punishment
Against all sorts
Of criminals


But Jesus came IN LOVE=
And his love=and life=
And teachings SURVIVED=
Because-he came
With a HIGHER PURPOSE


“Many are the plans
In a person's heart


But it is
The LORD'S PURPOSE
That prevails” Proverbs 19:21


“........so is my word
That goes out
From my mouth


It will not
Return to me empty
But will accomplish


THE PURPOSE
For which I sent it” Isaiah 55:11


“And we know
That in all things
God works


For the good
Of those who love him


Who have been called
According to his PURPOSE” Romans 8:28


Yes=Jesus was our “SAVIOR”=
Even though he came
DIFFERENTLY than expected


The people had HOPED=
He could free them
FROM ROME


But he came
NOT to challenge Rome
But to BRING US LOVE


He came for A HIGHER PURPOSE
He came to TEACH US LOVE


He taught us
The WORD OF GOD
He taught us
HOW to love


Yes=Jesus came
With a HIGHER PURPOSE
In mind=


And IT WAS LOVE


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LIVING-LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-18-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Pail Pennick

SAINT JOSEPH=THE FATHER OF US ALL

THE FATHER OF US ALL---SAINT JOSEPH


He was
The Father of all Fathers
The Father of Jesus
Our Lord


The angel of the Lord
Appeared to Joseph


“Do not be afraid
To take Mary as your wife
Because what is conceived in her
Is from the Holy Spirit”


Are you serious Lord


Could you imagine
How you would react
How I would react
How anyone would react
To this---in today’s world


Joseph was a righteous man
He did not want
To expose Mary to public disgrace
So he stood by her


Then the angel
Told Joseph
To take the child and Mary---to Egypt
And he did this too


He was
A carpenter by trade
And as his human Father---
Along with Mary
Was responsible for developing the human traits and character
Of Jesus


Our Saint Joseph
A man of righteousness
A man of honor and faith
The Patron Saint of Fathers


Our Saint Joseph
Who stood tall
In the midst
Of it all


Our Saint Joseph
The Father of the Holy Family
Our Saint Joseph
The Father of the Universal Church


Our Saint Joseph
THE FATHER OF US ALL


Robert P. Wallman
3-13-11




Ps misc. WITNESS 3-19-14


3-19-15
3-20-17
5-1-17 his FEAST DAY along with 3-19


5-1-2019 and FATHER'S DAY=6-15-16-2019
3-18-19-2020

TRUSTING IN THE LORD'S MERCY

TRUSTING IN THE LORD'S MERCY


I don't have a lot
Of REGRETS
In my life=
I think
MOST of the time
I made the right decision
On matters


RIGHT? No sense HOLDING
On to the past=we
Have to move on=
And LIVE as best
As we can=
With the CARDS
We have been dealt


I usually FORGIVE OTHERS=
But sometimes=it is hard
NOT to hold on to a GRUDGE


“Should you not have
Had pity
On your FELLOW SERVANT


As I had
Pity on you?” Matthew 18:33


And that is the WAY
God our Father=IS=
He has pity on us
And MERCY on us
AT ALL TIMES


TRUST in the Lord's MERCY
For us all


And he will forgive you
AS YOU FORGIVE OTHERS


“For the Lord
Your God is
A MERCIFUL GOD


And he will
NOT abandon or destroy you
Or forget the covenant
With your ancestors


Which is confirmed
To them=by oath” Deuteronomy 4:31


“But in your GREAT MERCY
You did not
Put an end
To them or abandon them


For you are a gracious
And MERCIFUL GOD” Nehemiah 9:31


TRUSTING in the
LORD'S MERCY=
Trust in the GREAT FORGIVENESS
Of God our Father


Sometimes too
We are too HARD
On ourselves


Sometimes we need
TO FORGIVE OURSELVES too


The OUR FATHER
REMINDS us that=
God forgives us
As we FORGIVE OTHERS


Forgiveness is
A TWO-WAY STREET


“Jesus answered'=
'I tell you
NOT seven times=
But seventy-seven times'” Matthew 18:22


IF we do not not FORGIVE OTHERS=
We will not be forgiven


But if we DO=
We can TRUST
IN the Lord's MERCY


And to show others= his great MERCY
IN RETURN


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER FORGIVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-16-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach

THAT SWEET SWEET SMILE

MOM is GONE ten years ago today=LOVE YOU ALL!














MARCH 18^th, 2020










THAT SWEET SWEET SMILE










That sweet sweet smile
Will linger in my heart
If not forever
At least
For a little while


That look of contentment
And peace
That look of it ending
Will live an eternity
In me


Oh
That last look
On your face
What a life
Of love
You must have lead


Oh now I am sure
That last look
Of contentment
And smile


Will live
Forever in me


My God
What a sweet sweet smile


Robert P. Wallman
3-19-10


Mom passed away 2 years ago today---NOT a day has passed where I have not
Thought about her


A few weeks before she passed---we were both crying and holding each other
I said,
“No son ever loved his mother more than I love you.”
She answered,
“Maybe Jesus.”


If I have ever done- or ever do---one thing of significance in this world---it is because
Of her---and the love that she and my father gave to me---miss them both so very much


Today March 18^th, 2016-is the 6^th year since my mom has passed-SHE is AS ALIVE in me-as she has ALWAYS HAS BEEN-LOVE HER SO MUCH!




3-18-17 and MOTHER'S DAY 5-11-2019

SAINT PATRICK

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE=
EVERYONE IS IRISH TODAY=
DON'T FORGET-to wear your green


SAINT PATRICK


Saint Patrick was born around 390-
PROBABLY in Wales


His father was a deacon


His faith became MEANINGFUL to him
ONLY after he was carried off
As a slave and captive to IRELAND
When he was 16


DURING the 6 years
Of his slavery
He became-A MAN OF GOD


He wrote DIVINE INSPIRATIONS
During these years
And then he escaped
And returned home


In his dreams-he felt CALLED
To RETURN to Ireland
And then he went to monasteries
For training and became a bishop


In 30 years of labor
MOSTLY in the west and north
He and his co-workers
Converted Ireland


In his autobiography
Also called CONFESSION
He combines humility
With a sense of mission


Saint Patrick-always REFUSED gifts
And like Saint Paul
Had to DEFEND himself
Against false charges


He had a deep CONVICTION
Of his personal call to God


He once wrote:
“Regardless of the danger
I MUST make known
The GIFT of God
And everlasting consolation


Without fear-and frankly
I must SPREAD everywhere
The NAME OF GOD


So that AFTER my DECREASE
I may leave a bequest
To my brethren and sons
WHOM I have baptized
IN the Lord-


So many thousands of people”
(Confession 14)


Saint Patrick passed in the year 460


Robert P. Wallman
3-16-17


Ps MAY we ALL live up
To our CALL by God
As Saint Patrick did


I look forward
To HONORING Saint Patrick
With a green beer tonight




HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY my friends
I LOVE YOU ALL


rpw=my middle name IS PATRICK




3-16-17-2020

OUR DEEPEST LONGING!

OUR DEEPEST LONGING!


What is your
DEEPEST LONGING in life?
What do you WANT
More than anything else?


My deepest longing
Is to DRAW CLOSE
To the living God


I long for the Holy One=
To have him
LIVE INSIDE of me=
And to feel him
LIVING THERE


“As the hind longs
For the running water
So my soul
LONGS for you=O GOD” Psalm 42:2


We need water
To live=
We need food


We have a longing
For food and water
And I have a LONGING
To be near
MY family and friends


But MOST of all=
I have that LONGING
For God=
To LIVE inside of me


WHAT is your DEEPEST LONGING?


“A LONGING FULFILLED
Is sweet to the soul
But fools detest
Turning from evil” Proverbs 13:9


“Yet the Lord
LONGS to be gracious
To you


Therefore he will rise up
To show you compassion


For the Lord
Is a God of justice
Blessed are all
Who WAIT for him” Isaiah 30:18


“Meanwhile we groan
LONGING to be clothed
Instead with our heavenly dwelling


Because when we are clothed
We will not be
Found naked?” 2 Corinthians 5:2


I have a DEEP WANT
For God=
I have a deep yearning
For God
I long to be SATISFIED


NOTHING satisfies me
Like seeing God and LOVE=
ALIVE in our world


“........
Who SATISFIES your desires
With good things
So that your youth-
Is renewed like the eagle's” Psalm 103:5


“After he has suffered-
He will see the light
Of life=
And BE SATISFIED” Isaiah 53:11


“Why spend money
On what is
Not bread?


And your labor
On what does NOT SATISFY?” Isaiah 55:2


My deepest LONGING=the deepest longing
Of MY HEART
Is to be SATISFIED


To draw closer and closer
To the LIVING GOD=to KNOW
That he is LIVING IN ME


I hope it is YOUR deepest longing too
In the name of Jesus=and our EVER SATISFYING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-15-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.

TO WORSHIP=IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

TO WORSHIP=IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH


Do you PRAY? How much
Do you pray? I TRY
To OFFER my whole life
To God and Jesus=
BOTH the good and
The BAD


To WORSHIP=God in Spirit
And in TRUTH


“But the hour is coming
And is now here


When TRUE WORSHIPERS
Will WORSHIP the Father
In Spirit and truth” John 4:23-24


There is NO CORRECT way
To worship the FATHER GOD=
As long as it is
IN LOVE


And as long as it is
TRUE spirit and truth=
Let God KNOW that
You love him


In whatever the MOST
Appropriate way
It is=for your life


“Ascribe to the Lord
The glory
Due his name


Bring an offering
And come before him


WORSHIP the Lord
In the splendor
Of his holiness” 1 Chronicles 16:29


“Come let us bow down
IN WORSHIP


Let us kneel
Before the LORD
OUR MAKER” Psalm 95:6


“Where is the one
Who has been born
King of the JEWS?


We saw his star
When it rose
And have come
TO WORSHIP HIM” Matthew 2:2


To worship God
In SPIRIT AND TRUTH
Means to acknowledge
ALL of your limitations


Even the emotional ones
We carry=
ESPECIALLY those
That hold us-
That keep us back


From loving and forgiving
Our friends and neighbors
IN CHRIST


One must ask=
In spirit and is truth
For GOD=to permeate every aspect
Of our humanity


Worshiping God the FATHER
In Spirit and Truth


“God is SPIRIT
And his worshipers
Must WORSHIP


In the SPIRIT
And in TRUTH” John 4:24


“Therefore=I urge you
Brothers and sisters
In view
Of God's mercy


To offer your bodies
As a living sacrifice-
Holy and pleasing to God-------


This is YOUR TRUE
AND PROPER WORSHIP” Romans 12:1


So today=
WHEREVER life takes you


Give yourselves to God
And Jesus
IN total love


And love your brothers and sisters
In Christ too=
And FORGIVE THEM


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our FOREVER TRUTHFUL FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-14-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Elizabeth Duffy

WITH OPEN ARMS

WITH OPEN ARMS


Today=we read about=
One of Jesus' most
IMPORTANT LESSONS


We read about
Saint Luke's lesson
Of the PRODIGAL SON


The FATHER=
Just waiting with OPEN ARMS-
For the RETURN
Of his long lost son


WAITING=with open arms
Just waiting=
For US to return


“His son said to him=
'Father I have sinned
Against heaven
And against you


I no longer deserve
To be CALLED your son'


But his father
Ordered his servants........
'Let us CELEBRATE
With a feast


Because this son of mine
Was dead=
And has
Come to LIFE AGAIN


He was lost
And has been FOUND'
Then the celebration began” Luke 15:21-24


I TREASURE this paradox
I treasure that
The FATHER


Is just waiting for us
To RETURN to him


I treasure that he
LOVES us that much


A spiritual reminder
For us all
That there is=
ALWAYS HOPE for us


WITH OPEN ARMS
God is waiting
For us to RETURN to him


“So is my word
That goes out
From my mouth


It will not RETURN
To me empty=
But will accomplish


What I desire
And achieve the purpose
For which I sent it” Isaiah 55:11


“Come let us RETURN
To the Lord=
He has torn us
To pieces-
But he will heal us


He has injured us
But he will bind up
Our wounds” Hosea 6:1


“'Even now,'
Declares the Lord,
'RETURN to me
With all your heart


With fasting and weeping
And mourning'” Joel 2:12


That is what
The PRODIGAL SON does


And the Father
RECEIVES HIM
With open arms
And with LOVE


The message in this PARABLE
Is that if we
Are self-seeking


IF we are trying to
Earn God's favor=
We are BLOCKING our ability
To receive the LOVE OF GOD


But if we come
To God IN HUMILITY=
Holding back nothing


His kingdom is ours
And so is his love


He is WAITING
WITH OPEN ARMS
Four our RETURN TO HIM


In Jesus' name and in the name of our=ALWAYS WELCOMING and waiting FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-13-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose

NOW=MORE THAN EVER

NOW=MORE THAN EVER


We live in UNCERTAIN TIMES=
Where anything can happen
At ANY TIME


This COVID 19 virus or
Corona virus is TESTIMONY
To that fact


And we NEED MORE GOD
In our world=IN
Our country=
In our lives
To FIGHT the UNCERTAINTY


“Command those
Who are rich
In this present world


NOT to be arrogant-
Not to put
Their hope in wealth


Which is SO UNCERTAIN=
But to put their hope
IN GOD” 1 Timothy 6:17


LOOK at the uncertainty
Of wealth=
Look at what the
Stock market=has been doing
OVER the past
Couple of weeks


Put your HOPE in God
Who is CERTAIN=
Put your hope in God
Who LOVES
With an immense love
And CARES about you=
Every fiber of your BEING


“I too
Decided to write an
Orderly account
For you


Most excellent Theophilus=
So that you may know
The CERTAINTY
Of the things
You have been taught” Luke 1:3-4


“For I gave them
The words
You gave me
And they accepted them


They knew WITH CERTAINTY
That I came from you
And they believed
That you sent me” John 17:8


ANYTHING can happen
To any of us
At any time


To our health
To our finances
To our relationships


RIGHT NOW=
More than ever
We NEED to
TURN TO GOD


We need to believe
In him
MORE THAN EVER


We need to know
Our salvation
RESTS in God=and rests in
The Lord Jesus


PUT your hope in God
NOW=MORE THAN EVER


“He says to himself
'Nothing will EVER
Shake me'
'No one
Will EVER
Do me harm'” Psalm 10:6


But I don't feel like
That today=DO YOU?


NOT with all the
UNCERTAINTY currently
In this world


I put
MY HOPE in
God yesterday=
I put my HOPE
In God today


And I will put my hope
IN GOD TOMORROW
NOW=MORE THAN EVER!


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER FAITHFUL GOD


Robert P. Wallman
3-12-20

FINDING HOPE=ALL DAY LONG

FINDING HOPE=ALL DAY LONG


I live with HOPE=
I love with hope


I BELIEVE in God and I
Believe that there-
Still are
GOOD PEOPLE in this world


My life=and what God
And others have done=
Is a WITNESS
To that fact


FINDING HOPE=
ALL DAY LONG


“Blessed are they
Who HOPE in the Lord” Psalm 40:5


There are CATHOLIC CHURCHES
All over the place=
And MASSES going on


There are COMMUNITY CHURCHES
From all
The different denominations
On every street corner


We have our BIBLE-
We have our Saints


We don't have to go
Too far=to find God and
To find Jesus
To FIND HOPE


Finding hope
ALL day long=each and
EVERY DAY
Of our lives


“Though he slay me
Yet will I HOPE
In him


I will surely
Defend my ways
To his face” Job 13:15


“May those who fear you=rejoice
When they see me


For I have
PUT MY HOPE
In your word” Psalm 119:74


“Not only so
But we also
Glory in our sufferings


Because we know
That suffering produces perseverance=
Perseverance=character
And character=HOPE


And HOPE does not
Put us to shame=
Because God's love
Has been


Poured into our hearts
Through the Holy Spirit
Who has been given to us” Romans 5:3-5


And to FIND HOPE
All day long


All I have to do
Is to talk to
ONE of my sisters=
Which I do most every day


My sister Mary=
Was named after the BLESSED MOTHER=
And my sister Terri Judith=was
Named after


The LITTLE FLOWER
And Saint Jude=the patron saint
Of HOPELESS CASES


Finding hope=all DAY LONG=
In family=in extended family=
And MY MANY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS


“Now faith is confidence
In what we HOPE FOR
And assurance
About what we=DO NOT SEE” Hebrews 11:1


I hope=that like me
You are FINDING HOPE
ALL DAY LONG


In God=and in each other
In the names of Jesus=and our ALWAYS HOPEFUL FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-11-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn

GOD LOVES YOU!

GOD LOVES YOU=and so do I

it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE=in
GOD'S EVERLASTING LOVE for us

OUR MERCIFUL GOD

OUR MERCIFUL GOD


Our God is a
MERCIFUL GOD=who knows
All things


And he is PLEASED
With us=if we are HUMBLE
And act in LOVE=
And in MERCY AND HUMILITY


“Whoever HUMBLES himself
Will be exalted” Matthew 23:12


Did you ever hear of
The phrase=”HUMBLE BRAGGING?”=
It is a WAY
Of BOASTING of our actions
While trying
To SOUND HUMBLE


And it might APPLY
To a person who says
“I ONLY go to MASS
Five days a week”


But fortunately=OUR God is
A MERCIFUL GOD=and he looks
Happily down on us
If we live in HUMILITY


He=the Lord=our Jesus
Is pleased by humility
OUR MERCIFUL GOD!


“When pride comes-
Then comes disgrace
But with HUMILITY
Comes wisdom” Proverbs 11:2


“Do nothing
Out of selfish ambition
Or vain conceit


Rather IN HUMILITY-
Value others
Above yourselves


Not looking
To your own interests
But each of you
To the interests of others” Philippians 2:3-4


“All of you
Clothe yourselves


With HUMILITY toward one another
Because God=opposes the proud
But shows FAVOR
To the HUMBLE” 1 Peter 5:5


In today's reading=
Jesus warns us
About SPIRITUAL PRIDE
Clothed as piety


Humble bragging=SOUND FAMILIAR
Jesus REBUKES the
Spiritual leaders
Of his day
For humble bragging


He rebukes them
For NOT PRACTICING
What they preach


“So you must be careful
To do everything
They tell you


But DO NOT
Do what they do


For they do not practice
WHAT THEY PREACH” Matthew 23:3


POPE FRANCIS says
That spiritual hypocrites
REMOVE themselves
From God's mercy=
Because of their ARROGANCE


But for the REST of us
We serve=
A MERCIFUL GOD


“Blessed are the MERCIFUL
For they-
Will be shown MERCY” Matthew 5:7


MAYBE a good role model
Would be the
GOOD THIEF
On the cross


Always remember=the Lord
Is PLEASED=by your HUMILITY


That is the WAY that it is
When you SERVE
A MERCIFUL GOD


In the names of Jesus=and our humble=MERCIFUL FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-9-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Greg Erlandson

SAINT FRANCES OF ROME

SAINT FRANCES OF ROME




Saint Frances of Rome
Was a MUCH LOVED
Wonder working ROMAN Saint


She was
A person of means
With a keen sense
Of social responsibility
And mystic


And an INSPIRATIONAL leader
Who founded
A Benedictine order
Of women-OBLATES
Without vows
DEDICATED to the
SERVICE of the poor


She was married
To Lorenzo Ponziano
At the age of 13
Although she really
Desired to be a nun


In the same household
Lived her husband's brother
And his wife


These two
Shared Frances' ideas
And together the two young wives
DEVOTED themselves
To relieving
The distress of Rome's poor
ESPECIALLY in hospitals


In 1400
She bore the first
Of her six children
To whom
She was constantly devoted
And the next year
Took over charge
Of the whole household


She was NEVER known
To have a quarrel
In her forty years
of married life
To Lorenzo Ponziano


She LOVE AND SERVED Christ
In a special was
And her advice
To the ladies she inspired
Was that a married woman
MUST not forget
She is a home maker
And that


“She must SOMETIMES
Leave God
At the altar
To find him
IN her housework”


In 1408
THEY were singled out
For their prominent support
Of the popes


But Frances
Continued under DIFFICULT circumstances
And much suffering
To minister to the poor


AMONG her sorrows
Was the death
Of a nine-year-old son
And a teenage daughter
Her husband's banishment
And the plunder
Of family estates


In 1425
AFTER the death of her two children
SHE FOUNDED
A society of DEVOUT women
Under the rule
Of Saint Benedict


And after her husband's death
In 1436 Frances entered the community
And became its superior
For the remaining four years
Of her life


Various revelations-visions
And STRANGE illness
Are recorded of this
PARTICULARLY GENTLE Saint


Including her CONTINUOUS vision
Of several years
Of her GUARDIAN ANGEL


For this reason
She was NAMED
THE PATRON SAINT OF MOTORISTS


And she is also
Patroness of Benedictine OBLATES


She was canonized in 1608
And her feast day is MARCH 9^th


Robert P. Wallman
4-7-14






Ps 3-9-20

STRUGGLING TO GIVE?

STRUGGLING TO GIVE?


I love to GIVE=
But I don't have
That much to give


I don't have a
LOT OF RESOURCES


So I give of myself=
What I can=
WHEN I CAN


I try to LIVE LOVE=I give cards=
I share my POEMS=
I do what I can


“GIVE and gifts
Will be given
To you


A good measure
Packed together-
Shaken down
And overflowing


Will be poured
Into your lap” Luke 6:38


It is HARD
To get people to give=
Especially when they
Haven't given before


Or to INCREASE
The amount
That someone usually GIVES


STRUGGLING TO GIVE?


But giving is about
THE HEART=and Jesus
POINTS that out


When he tells us
About the POOR WIDOW
Who was poor-
But still GIVING


“'Truly I tell you,' he said
'This POOR WIDOW
Has put in more
Than all the others


All these people
Gave their gifts
Out of their wealth


But she
Out of her POVERTY
Put in all
She had to live on'” Luke 21:3-4


So many of you guys
HAVE HELPED ME
Over the years


I COMMEND all of you guys=
For I know
You are all STILL STRUGGLING too


But there is always SOMEONE
STRUGGLING more than us


STRUGGLING TO GIVE?


“All day long
He craves for more
But the righteous
GIVE without sparing” Proverbs 21:26


“Each of you
SHOULD GIVE


What you have
Decided in your HEART
To GIVE


Not reluctantly
Or under compulsion


For God LOVES
A CHEERFUL GIVER” 2 Corinthians 9:7


When you give=
You are a man=
Or a woman
AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART


Giving from abundance
IS GREAT=for this world
NEEDS YOU


But giving when you are
STRUGGLING TO GIVE
Will be
Greatly REWARDED BY GOD


God BLESS YOU ALL=
For the GIVING you DO


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS GIVING GOD


Robert P. Wallman
3-8-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE




We live
In a cold cruel world
A world that often
Does not notice us
A world
That treats us with indifference


And when this world
Does notice us
Often
It is only to criticize us
Or reject us


Take heart
You are a Child of God
And so as a father or mother
Loves their own child
Our God, and our Father
Loves you the same way


“How great is the love
The Father has lavished on us
That we should be called
Children of God
And that is what we are” 1 John 3:1


Take heart---and always remember
Who you are
You are a Child of God


“The reason the world
Does not know us
Is that it did not know him” 1 John 3:1


The world teaches us
To build our lives on money and material things
This world teaches us
To build our lives on our lust and sexuality
This world teaches us
To build our lives
On the promises of science


If we do these things
We don’t have to worry
About the devil
We don’t have to worry
About the antichrist
Because if we do these things
He is already here


Our Lord knows that we are sinners
But he taught us
That we have the potential for greatness


He taught us
To believe in God
And to believe in him
Because he knew
That earth is not our final destination
That we are destined
To spend eternity with him


Remember who you are
You are/we are
Children of God


Just look at who he befriended
An adulterous woman
Who was about to be stoned
The prodigal son
Who turned his back on his father
Peter---who denied him 3 times


Remember who you are
You are a Child of God


We assume
The adulterous woman quit sinning
We know
The prodigal son
Returned home to his father
And we KNOW---Peter turned out to be the ROCK


“Upon you
I will build my church”


So if there was hope for them
There is HOPE for us


“We know that anyone
Born of God
Does not continue to sin
The one who was born of God
Keeps him safe
And the evil one cannot harm him
We know that we are children of God” 1 John 5:18


REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE


Robert P. Wallman
5-5-11




11-1-14-




IN the Catholic Church-TODAY is the feast of ALL SAINTS DAY-Many of the most popular are (and many of MY FAVORITES too), are Saint Francis, Saint Anthony, and Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, and of course, many others


BUT TODAY-we HONOR all the saints-and those saints that will forever REMAIN nameless-but have made a DIFFERENCE in the lives of others


HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY to those of you who have made a DIFFERENCE in my life-you KNOW who you are-and what you have done to HELP ME in my life


I SALUTE YOU-and remember who you are


You are: A CHILD OF GOD




And10-10 &11-2018 and 3-08-09-2020

SAINT JOHN OF GOD

SAINT JOHN OF GOD---patron Saint of the sick-hospitals
And of book sellers and printers
1495-1550










Saint John of God
Was born in Portugal
And was founder of the Brothers Hospitallers


He joined the mercenaries
And fought for Spain
Against the French and Turks in Hungary


When he was in the army
He gave up ALL practice of religion
After the disbandment of his troop
He worked as a Shepherd


At the age of 40
He rededicated himself to God
And helping the poor


He suffered a period of “madness”
Running through the streets
Tearing out his hair
And giving away his Sacred books
From the bookstore where he sold them


His friends---most notably John of Avila
Calmed him down
And he rededicated himself
To the sick and the poor


He rented a house---
Filled it with sick poor people
And for over 10 years
Devoted himself to taking care of his patients


He had never-ending energy
But this was balanced by prayer


His final illness
Was brought on
When he saved a man from drowning
In a flood


He died at the age of 55
Before the altar at his hospital chapel


Today---he is known as the PATRON SAINT
Of the SICK---of HOSPITALS---and booksellers and printers


Today---March 8^th---is his feast day


Robert P. Wallman
3-8-12




ps misc. WITNESS 3-8-14


and 3-8-2019

FAITH IS THE CATALYST!

FAITH IS THE CATALYST!


It is said
That the message
“DO NOT FEAR”


Is WRITTEN 365 times
In the bible


Yes=once for every day=
Every day
That we wake up-
And make NO MISTAKE
About it


Every day BRINGS with it
Something to fear


“But Jesus came and touched them-
Saying='Rise
And do NOT BE AFRAID'” Matthew 17:7


But WHATEVER our fears are=
We can get through them=
Because we have faith


And FAITH
IS THE CATALYST!


MOST often the fear
That we have
Is MUCH WORSE
Than what we
Are facing


Every day fears?
Do NOT be afraid


FAITH IS THE CATALYST!
To keep on going


“HAVE FAITH
In the Lord
Your God


And you
Will be upheld=
Have FAITH


In his prophets
And you will be successful” 2 Chronicles 20:20


“He listened to Paul
As he was speaking


Paul looked
Directly at him
And saw that he
Had the FAITH
To be healed” Acts 14:9


“For in the gospel
The righteousness of God
Is revealed--------


A righteousness
That is BY FAITH
From first to last


Just as it is written
'The righteous
WILL LIVE BY FAITH'” Romans 1:17


Jesus says=
“RISE=and do not
Be afraid”


NOTICE that we have
To RISE AGAIN=
The the COURAGE
Will come


FAITH is the catalyst!=
We cannot AFFORD to wait
Until we feel BRAVE


Right now=the PRESENT MOMENT
Is the only
SAFE PLACE that we have


But FAITH IS THE CATALYST!


“But my righteous one
Will LIVE BY FAITH


And I take no pleasure
In the one
Who shrinks back” Hebrews 10:38


LOVE casts out all fear=
But it is OUR FAITH
That KEEPS us going


FAITH IS THE CATALYST!


In the names of Jesus=and our EVER FAITHFUL FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
3-7-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong

MAKING A COVENANT WITH GOD

MAKING A COVENANT WITH GOD


All AGREEMENTS between
Two parties=are SPECIAL
Because they take COMMITMENT


They take giving and receiving
By BOTH PARTIES


But a COVENANT with God
Is extra special=as
WITNESSED by Jesus=with
God the Father=a covenant
Of blood


“Today you have
ACCEPTED the Lord's AGREEMENT........And


Today the Lord
Has accepted your agreement” Deuteronomy 26:17-18


I made a living=and loving
AGREEMENT with God the Father and Jesus=
Just after bleeding internally=and my
BLOOD COUNT going down to three


I PROMISED God to “LIVE
For my family=friends=and all
People everywhere”


I have NEVER FORGOT
That promise=and I think
Of it=at least ONCE
Every day


There are so MANY days
That I want to GIVE UP=
But my personal promise
To God
KEEPS ME GOING


But it is JESUS' COVENANT
That is important=and
The covenant=of the people
Of Israel= with God


Noah had a covenant
With God too


“I establish MY COVENANT
With you=
Never again


Will all life be destroyed
By the waters
Of a flood


Never again
Will there
Be a flood
To destroy the earth” Genesis 9:11


“'The days are coming'
Declares the Lord
'When I will make
A NEW COVENANT


With the people
Of Israel=
And with the people
Of Judah'” Jeremiah 31:31


“For this reason
Christ is the MEDIATOR
Of a NEW COVENANT


That those who
Are called
May receive


The PROMISED eternal inheritance........--------


Now that he has died
As a ransom
To set them free


From the sins
Committed under
The FIRST COVENANT” Hebrews 9:15


Dear Lord=we PRAY
That we are able
To KEEP OUR PROMISES
And that
We are able to
Keep our COVENANTS WITH YOU


Like our dear Lord
JESUS DID


No matter the cost
Mo matter the pain


In the NAMES of our dear Lord Jesus=and the FATHER=the KEEPER of ALL PROMISES


Robert P. Wallman
3-6-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.

BE RECONCILED WITH EVERYONE!

BE RECONCILED WITH EVERYONE!


I hate it=WHEN
I am not on GOOD TERMS
With someone=
I hate it
When a RELATIONSHIP
Seems out of sorts


BE RECONCILED with everyone!


We are STILL in the
First week of Lent=
And the prophet Ezekiel today
Seems to want to
SCARE US STRAIGHT


“Do I indeed derive
Any pleasure
From the death
Of the wicked?” Ezekiel 18:23


Ezekiel wants us
To PAY ATTENTION


He seems to be saying
BLESS an evil man=
IF he turns
From his wicked ways


But is it really
ETERNAL DAMNATION=if a
GOOD man turns to evil?


That is what he seems
To be saying


But Jesus' command
Is even MORE CHALLENGING


“If you bring
Your gift
To the altar


And there RECALL
That your brother
Has anything against you


Leave YOUR GIFT
At the altar


Go first
And BE RECONCILED
With your brother


And then come
And offer your gift” Matthew 5:23-24


This is INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
For all of us


I want ALL my relationships
With everyone
To be ON GOOD TERMS


I want to LOVE GOD=
And love my neighbor
I want to


BE RECONCILED
With my brothers and sisters
In Christ


I want to be reconciled
WITH EVERYONE


“For if while
We were God's enemies
We were RECONCILED
To him


Through the death
Of his SON


How much more
Having been RECONCILED
Shall we be saved
THROUGH HIS LIFE” Romans 5:10


“All this is
From God
Who RECONCILED US


To himself through Christ
And gave us the
Ministry of RECONCILIATION” 2 Corinthians 5:18


It seems increasingly IMPOSSIBLE
That any of us
CAN BE RECONCILED-
With everyone


But IF it is ever
GOING TO HAPPEN
It will be in LENT


Right where we are


Let us get DOWN
On our knees and PRAY
To be RECONCILED
Right now


With God and
EVERYONE ELSE


In the name of Jesus=and our ever FORGIVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
3-5-20




Ps INSPIRED for an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick