WE KNOW SOME SAINTS!

 

WE KNOW SOME SAINTS!

I read about the

SAINTS every day=I read

About WHERE they lived

And what they did=

ALL OVER THE WORLD

They died after living

UNIQUE and holy lives=

And doing many things

For many people=each

IN THEIR OWN WAY

“Rejoice and be glad=

For your REWARD

Will be great in heaven” Matthew 5:12

But there is another

GROUP OF SAINTS=a group

That will probably NEVER APPEAR

In any book

But they are those

Who TOUCH our lives

Every single day=

Who help us

ALONG THE WAY

WE KNOW SOME SAINTS!

They are every day people=

Family=friends=teachers=

Clergy and ministers

They are every day people=

Nurses=police men and women=

Our own Fathers and MOTHERS

Who raise their FAMILIES

They MAKE the list of SAINTS=

WE KNOWSOME SAINTS!

They are those that

IMPRESS us and inspire us

To live better lives

Saints are the HOLY PEOPLE of God=

Often without even knowing it

“These commandments

That I give you today=

Are to be on your hearts

IMPRESS them on your children=

Talk about them

When you sit at home-

And when you

Walk along the road=

When you lie down

And when you get up” Deuteronomy 6:6-7

“We remember before our God

And Father-

Your work produced by faith

Your labor-

Prompted by love

And your endurance

INSPIRED BY HOPE-

In our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 1:3

Today we REMEMBER=

All the Saints=for all time

Those canonized saints=and

Those saints who-

TOUCH our lives every day=

Without whom we COULD NOT LIVE

Do you KNOW what a saint is?

A SAINT can be a

VIRTUOUS and HOLY PERSON=

But it doesn't have to be

It can be a virtuous=KIND=

Patient=helpful person too=

And I have many of BOTH TYPES

OF SAINTS=touch my life

“Do not let any unwholesome talk

Come out of your mouths

But only what is HELPFUL

For building others up-

According to their needs” Ephesians 4:29

Here is to MAKING THE LIST=Here is

To the SAINTS of our life

WE (I)=KNOW SOME SAINTS!

In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ALL INSPIRING DEAR FATHER GOD

Robert P. Wallman

10-31-20

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