Sunday, October 31, 2021

EMBRACING THE CROSS OF CHRIST=(ALL SAINTS DAY)

 

EMBRACING THE CROSS OF CHRIST

(ALL SAINTS DAY)

 

Today we HONOR=all

The SAINTS of this world=

Both living and deceased

 

The ONES who have

Been canonized=and the ones

Who have=

NEVER been recognized

 

They all EMBRACED

The cross of Christ=

Just as we must do

In our lives=every day

 

“These are the ONES

Who have survived

The time=of GREAT DISTRESS

 

They have=washed their robes

And made them white

In the blood=od the LAMB”                                                                                                               Revelation 7:14

 

Celebrating and HONORING

All the SAINTS=in this world=

Those who have been recognized=

And those who have not

 

All the saints=of this world

Have at least

ONE thing in common

 

They have OVERCOME DISTRESS-

They have overcome challenges

BY UNITING

All of their suffering

In the life of=and in

THE CROSS OF CHRIST

 

WE can do that too

We may

Never be recognized

But we can be=SAINTS

So enjoy your day

This day=is for

ALL of the SAINTS=of this world

 

“In my DISTRESS-

I called to the Lord

And he answered me=

I cried=to my God

For help

 

From his temple-

He heard my voice

My cry= came before him

In to his ears”                                                                                                             Psalm 18:6

 

“IN MY DISTRESS=

I called=to the Lord

And he answered me

 

From deep=in the realm

Of the dead

I cried for help

And you listened=to my cry”                                                                                       Jonah 2:2

 

What are your CROSSES

In this life?

Is it finances?=Is it debt?

Is it illness?

Maybe it is BETRAYAL

In a relationship

 

Whatever your crosses are=

EMBRACE THEM=Unite them

With the cross of Christ=

BE A SAINT!

 

“Religion that God

Our Father=accepts

As pure and faultless=is this=

 

To look after=

Orphans and widows=IN THEIR DISTRESS

And to keep oneself

From being polluted=by the world”                                                                   James 1:27

 

We EMBRACE THE CROSS

OF CHRIST=and cling to God

The Holy Father

For hope=and eternal life

We TRUST God always

 

Dear Lord=we pray

That we can BECOME SAINTS

By our lives=by living

In your IMAGE=and UNITING with your life

 

In the names of OUR BROTHER Jesus=and our Holy Father God

(And all the SAINTS)!

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-31-2021

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in=LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Melanie Rigney

 

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