UNSEEN GRACE-WORKING FOR YOU
There is an UNSEEN GRACE-
In this world
That is WORKING FOR YOU
And that GRACE to us
Is in the form of the Holy Spirit
The SPIRIT that Christ left behind
For us-after he died-resurrected-
And ASCENDED into heaven
This grace is waiting for you-
ALL you have to do
Is be a BELIEVER in God and Christ
“The Son of Man
Must suffer greatly........” Luke 9:22
That grace that is waiting
For us-IS Christ's own grace
That he left for us after his death
He LIVES in us and
We LIVE-forever and ever-
BECAUSE of him
“With great POWER
The apostles CONTINUED to testify
To the RESURRECTION
Of the Lord Jesus
And GOD'S GRACE
Was so powerfully at work
In them all
That there was
NO needy persons among them” Acts 4:33-34
And there is
No needy people among us
Because GOD'S UNSEEN GRACE
Is at work in us too
“THROUGH him
We received grace and apostleship
To CALL all the gentiles
To the obedience
That comes from FAITH
For his name's sake
And you also
ARE among the Gentiles
Who are called
To BELONG to Christ” Romans 1:5-6
Yes us Gentiles and Christians
Have the UNSEEN GRACE
Working for us in today's world
As most certainly did
Saint Padre Pio-who CATHOLICS
CELEBRATE today
He had MANY gifts
Including those of HEALING
And VISIONS
And he also CARRIED with him
THE STIGMATA OF CHRIST
But what really made him
A SAINT
Was the SANCTITY of his life
MAY us Christians and Catholics-
FOLLOW his life's work-
And find sanctity
In our own lives too
“SANCTIFY them by the TRUTH;
Your word is truth
As you SENT me
Into the world
I have sent them
Into the world
For them I sanctify MYSELF-
That they too
May be truly SANCTIFIED” John 17:17-19
Saint Padre Pio-NEVER-
Wrote a book-
And spent his ENTIRE religious life
In a monastery
Yet he found the GRACE and
The sanctity of Jesus
May we ALL be so BLESSED
Robert P. Wallman
9-22-16 and 3-19-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
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