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 and 1-16-2023
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue
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