IN IMITATION OF CHRIST

 

IN IMITATION OF CHRIST

Jesus imitated us=

By COMING FROM a

Poor-middle-income family=

Just like so many of us do

He had a mother=a step-father=

And maybe some brothers and sisters=

Who knows for sure

And he had COUSINS and friends

Just like we all do=

He was a LOVING MAN

“Put on=as God's chosen ones=

Holy and beloved=heartfelt compassion

Gentleness-kindness-humility-and patience

Bearing with one another

And FORGIVING one another.......” Colossians 3:12-13

Jesus LIVED all of these qualities=

The least we can do=

IN IMITATION OF CHRIST

Is to try to live them too=

And who knows

Maybe some of us

WILL get to be SAINTS

Today we celebrate=the HOLY FAMILY=

Joseph=Mary=and Jesus

THE PERFECT FAMILY

And I want to ACKNOWLEDGE

My own beautiful family=

My mother=and father=

My two sisters=

And my extended family

Aunts and uncles

And my beautiful COUSINS

And friends=

IN IMITATION OF CHRIST

Saint Paul=who imitated Christ=once said

“Therefore I urge you

To IMITATE ME” 1 Corinthians 4:16

“We do not want you

To become lazy=

But to IMITATE those

Who through faith and patience

Inherit what has been promised” Hebrews 6:12

“Remember your leaders

Who spoke the word of God to you

Consider the outcome

Of their way of life

And IMITATE their faith” Hebrews 13:7

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa.

As a young man=

I always dreamed of

Having my own family=and

My own children

But that was not to be

For me=so I will PRONOUNCE

The WORD OF GOD

For as long as I am able

IN IMITATION OF CHRIST!

I also always PRAYED

That if I lived

IN THE TIME of Jesus=

I would not

Have run away-

As all the others apostles did

So I try

To LIVE the WORD OF GOD=

I try to

Live the words of Jesus

In IMITATION of Christ

I try to LIVE

The FRUITS of the SPIRIT

“But the fruit of the SPIRIT

Is love=joy=peace=forbearance= kindness=

Goodness=faithfulness=gentleness=and self-control=

Against such things=

There is no law” Galatians 5:22

I come from a

PRETTY AMAZING FAMILY=and

I know some pretty amazing families

But there is no perfect family=

LIKE THE HOLY FAMILY=

Of Jesus-Mary-and Joseph

Living in IMITATION OF CHRIST

And the HOLY FAMILY!

In Jesus' name=according to OUR HOLY FATHER God's will

Robert P. Wallman

12-26-20

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