Sunday, September 13, 2026

FIRST HAND FAITH!

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 13th, 2012

 

 

FIRST HAND FAITH

 

 

In the IVth chapter

Of Saint John’s Gospel

Jesus tells the story

Of a meeting

With a Samaritan woman

At the well

 

He tells her

He is the Messiah

But not to tell anyone

Of course she does

 

But her friends

Come to believe in Jesus

Not only on her word

But because they too

Experience Jesus for themselves

 

All faith and all knowledge

Starts out as second hand

Because we first learn of it

From someone

Or something else

 

The great Catholic bishop

Bishop Fulton Sheen

Was once asked

If he had speech writers

He said, of course

“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John”

 

All of us

Have those same speech writers

 

And just because our knowledge

Is second hand

Does not mean

It is second rate

 

And just because

Our faith starts out

As second hand

It does not remain that way

 

By internalizing our faith

Into the everyday fabric

Of our lives

And by sharing our faith with others

In fact

Our faith does become first hand

 

Faith makes us

Strong, loving, and wise

And having our faith

And sharing our faith

Means we are

Never alone

 

We will ALWAYS have God

And the love

And faith of each other

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-22-10

 

Ps        Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

 

“Listen to me O Jacob

Israel-whom I have called

I am he:

I am the FIRST and I am the last”                                              Isaiah 48:12

 

“We love because he FIRST loved us”                                          1 John 4:19

 

“When I saw him-I fell at his feet

As though dead

Then he placed his right hand on me and said

“Do not be afraid-I am the FIRST and the last”                        Revelations 1:17

 

I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU!=Never give up=NEVER GIVE IN!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS!

(Never Give UP=Never GIVE IN)!

 

I was TOLD=By my previous surgeon=That I could NOT make it=Through another Surgery=

That is WHY=When I had ANOTHER INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION=In May=I thought it=

Might BE the end!

 

But My  Savior=The SON of God=and the HOLY Father=had it all UNDER CONTROL=and I was

CALLING UPON them=”And surely=I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS!=To the very end of=

The AGE”                                                                                                                                                             Matthew 28:20

I was=PRAYING THE MIRACLE PRAYER=That my FRIEND Diane=Gave to me=and it had

THIS PICTURE=Of Jesus on the front=I had some doubt=and I was PRAYING this Prayer=

Continuously to Jesus and The Holy Father God!!=I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS!=NEVER give up=

Never give in!=When you are CONNECTED  to the Father and the SON=You always

HAVE HOPE!

 

“I keep my eyes=ALWAYS on the LORD=With him=at my right hand=I will NOT

Be shaken”                                                                                                                                                              Psalm 16:8

“It ALWAYS protects=ALWAYS trusts=ALWAYS HOPES=Always perseveres=LOVE never

Fails”                                                                                                                                                          1 Corinthians 13:7-8

“Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS!= I will say it again=REJOICE!”                                                    Philippians 4:4

Despite having GREAT FAITH=In the Lord=ant the FATHER GOD=My Family and My friends=I

Had my DOUBTS=I very well THOUGHT=This could be the end!=Maybe the LORD=was Calling

Me home=So I BEGAN=to say=ALL of the Prayers Jesus was saying at the end

 

“Going a little farther=He fell=with his FACE to the ground=and Prayed=’MY FATHER=If it is

Possible=May this cup=BE Taken from me=Yet NOT as I will=But as you will’”           Matthew 26:39

“Jesus called out in a loud voice=’Father into your hands=I commit my Spirit’=When he had

Said this=He breathed his last”                                                                                                        Luke 23:46

“When he had=Received the drink=Jesus said=’It is Finished’=With that he bowed his head=

And gave up=HIS SPIRIT”                                                                                                                         John 19:30

He died=Jesus did=Only to RESURRECT=and PROVE that the Father and the Son=Have the POWER=Over life and death

 

After a very serious surgery=20 days in the HOSPITAL=LIFE goes on for me=Because of the FATHER

God and Jesus=I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS=Never give up!=NEVER GIVE IN!=The LOVE of the Father

And the SON=Control life and death=There is ALWAYS HOPE!=If not in this world=For the Next=Our

God is a God of=LIFE AND LOVE=NEVER GIVE UP!=Never Give in!

“NOW CHOOSE LIFE=So that you and your children may LIVE=and that you may LOVE=The LORD

Your God……..”                                                                                                                                       Deuteronomy 30:19

“LET ME LIVE=that  I may praise you=and may your laws SUSTAIN ME”                       Psalm 119:175

“Whoever dose not take up their cross=And follow me=Is not worthy of me=Whoever finds

Their LIFE will lose it=and whoever loses THEIR LIFE=for my sake==Will find it”      Matthew 10:38-39

 

THE MIRACLE of LIFE AND LOVE=Belong to THE FATHER and To Jesus alone=and their WORDS=

Are with us ALWAYS too!=”Heaven and earth=Will pass away=BUT MY WORDS=Will NEVER

Pass away”                                                                                                                                                        Matthew 24:35

My dear Brothers and MY Sisters=Jesus LIVES in You and in me=NEVER give Up=Never

Give In=”I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS”                                                                                                Matthew 28:20

 

In Jesus’ name=and in THE NAME=Of our FOREVER LIVING=FOREVER LOVING!=

ALWAYS with You=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-11-2026

 

 

Saturday, September 12, 2026

YOUTH

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 12th, 2012

 

 

YOUTH

 

 

Youth of the world

We have let you down

Pick us up

Turn us around

 

We have built our lives

On the wrong things

All the things

That in the long run

That don’t make your heart sing

 

Youth

We need you

Youth

We love you

Youth

Show us what to do

 

Youth of the world

We have let you down

Pick us up

Turn us around

 

Youth

Please show us what really matters

Youth

Show us

How to build a life

On values

That really matter

 

Youth

Please teach us love

Youth

Please teach us forgiveness

Youth

Please teach us what really matters

And to forget

All the rest

 

Youth of this world

We have let you down

Youth

Please pick us up

Please turn us around

 

Youth

Please turn us around

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-21-06

 

Ps       “Be happy young man while you are young

            And let your heart give you joy

            In the days of your YOUTH”                                       Ecclesiastes 11:9

 

           “Who satisfies your desires with good things

             So that your YOUTH is renewed like the eagle’s”                  Psalm 103:5

 

           “Remember your creator in the days of your YOUTH

             Before the days of trouble come

             And the years approach and you will say,

            “I find no pleasure in them…….”                                  Ecclesiastes 12:1

 

 

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST=Changes Our Hearts=Changes OUR MINDS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST=Changes=Our Hearts=

Changes Our Minds!

 

THE GOSPEL of Christ=has LIVED for 2,000 years=and will LOVE FOREVER=It has a

TRACK RECORD=That CHANGES Hearts=That Changes Minds=NEVER FORGET IT!=

His MESSAGE of LOVE will always LIVE=but while we are AT it=as AMERICANS we=Can

Never forget 911!=That will LIVE in our hearts=our minds=and OUR MEMORIES forever too!=

We NEED the HOPE and COMPASSION=Of the GOSEL of Jesus Christ=to SURVIVE Tragic

Events in our Country/World=and in our Personal lives and FAMILIES=May the HOPE=

Of JESUS CHRIST’S GOSPEL=Bring us Americans=Back to the UNITY=We once Knew=right

After 911=NEVER FORGET the GOSPEL=OF Christ=Never forget=The GOSPEL OF LOVE!=and

THE HOPE that it brings=”ALL this I do=For the sake of=THE GOSPEL=That I may SHARE=in

Its blessings”                                                                                                                                            1 Corinthians 9:23

THE GOSPEL of Christ=CHANGES HEARTS=and Changes MINDS!

 

Saint Paul=STAKED his very LIFE=His very reputation=On the GOSPEL=Of Jesus Christ=I do

The same=Or at least I TRY TOO=The Holy Father God and His Son Jesus=are RESPONSIBLE=For

My very LIFE=THE POWER of love=THE POWER of the FATHER=and HIS SON=TRANSFORMS our

Lives=Transforms our HEARTS and OUR MINDS!

“Do not conform=To the pattern of this world=BUT BE TRANSFORMED=by the renewing=of your

MIND=Then you will be able=To test=and approve what God’s will is=-------His Good =Pleasing=and

Perfect will”                                                                                                                                                     Romans 12:2

“And we all=With  unveiled faces=Contemplate the Lord’s glory=Are BEING TRANSFORMED=Into

His image=With ever-increasing glory=Which comes from the Lord=Who is

The Spirit”                                                                                                                                                    2 Corinthians 3:18

“And we eagerly=Await a SAVIOR=From there the Lord Jesus Christ=Who by the Power=That

Enables him=To bring everything=Under his control=WILL TRANSFORM our lowly bodies=So that

They will be Like his Glorious body”                                                                                         Philippians 3:20-21

The GOSPEL OF CHRIST=has Changed lives=for some 2,000 years=It changed Saint Paul’s=It has

CHANGED MINE=and it has changed COUNTLESS OTHERS!=The Gospel of Christ=CHANGES OUR

HEARTS=and it CHANGES OUR MINDS!

 

WHEN we feel  INDIGNANT=Over how someone treats us=When we are STRUGGLING=Through Personal  trauma=Or a collective tragedy  like 911=FINDING  a RELATIONSHIP=With Jesus and=

The WORD  of God=HELPS us FIND the anchor of Christ’s HOPE=in the gospel=The Father God=and

HIS SON Jesus=and  THE GOSPEL are the REMEDY=for our BROKENNESS=The GOSPEL OF CHRIST=has CHANGED LIVES=Hearts and minds=For 2,000 years

“For I am NOT ASHAMED=Of the GOSPEL=Because it is the Power of God=That brings salvation=

To everyone who believes=First to the Jew=Then to the Gentile”                                                 Romans 1:16

“For when I=PREACH THE GOSPEL=I cannot boast=Since I am compelled to preach=Woe to me=

IF I do not preach the GOSPEL”                                                                                                       1 Corinthians 9:16

“Whatever happens=Conduct yourselves=In a manner Worthy=Of the GOSPEL

OF CHRIST”                                                                                                                                                      Philippians 1:27

To do that=MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS=Means Loving God the Father=and God the SON=

ABOVE all else=It means loving OUR NEIGHBOR=as ourself=and it means FORGIVING 70X7=

As well as LIVING THE BEATITUDES=My Brothers and sisters=LIVING THE GOSPEL=changes

Lives=It Changed mine!

 

“He who is=THE GLORY=of Israel=Does not lie=OR CHANGE HIS MIND=for he is Not a human

Being=That he should CHANGE his mind”                                                                                      1 Samuel 15:29

Dear Lord=WE PRAY=that even In the darkest times  of our lives=We STICK to the PLAN you  have

For our lives=Through the GOSPEL OF CHRIST and The Gospel of Love=For it has SURVIVED

Two thousand years=and has CHANGED COUNTLESS heart=Minds=and LIVES

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our EVER LOVING=EVER LIVING=Ever Sharing

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. wallman

9-10-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Steve Pable

Friday, September 11, 2026

AN ABUNDANT HARVEST!

 







AN ABUNDANT HARVEST


It is EASY

To be discouraged

In this world

And our country


With everything that is

GOING ON all around us


But beside that-

We should be

Living lives that are

FULL OF HOPE


Our Lord and SAVIOR

Has already come and

He has us

RIGHT in the palm

Of his hand


“But some seed

Fell on rich soil

And PRODUCED FRUIT


A hundred or sixty

Or thirty fold”                                                                                                            Matthew 13:8


An ABUNDANT HARVEST

Is coming


From the LORD

If we STICK to the Lord

IN FAITH=

If we-

FOLLOW HIS DIVINE PLAN


The seed that God

Has PLANTED in our hearts

Will yield a DIVINE harvest


“Then he said

To his disciples

'The HARVEST is plentiful

But the workers

Are few


Ask the Lord

Of the HARVEST

To send out workers

Into his HARVEST FIELD”                                                                             Matthew 9:37-38


“Don't you have a saying=

'It's still four months

Until HARVEST?'


I tell you

Open your eyes

And look at the fields!

They are RIPE FOR HARVEST”                                                                          John 4:35


MANY are unhappy

With this world-

Right now=

Is the world getting worse?

PROBABLY SO


Many are disappointed

With the CHURCH=

And with their own lives=

And people are UNHAPPY

That God-

Has NOT answered

Their prayers


But we NEED to remain vigilant=

We need to MAINTAIN

Our FAITH in God=and in the LORD


We need to BELIEVE

God knows what he is doing

And he is

Bringing us ALL BACK to him


KEEP the faith-

I believe the Lord

Is setting us up

For an ABUNDANT HARVEST

Where the whole world

Comes back to him


“Let us 

Not become weary

In doing good


For at the proper time

We will REAP A HARVEST

If we do NOT GIVE UP”                                                                                       Galatians 6:9


“No discipline

Seems pleasant at the time

But painful


Later on however

It produces a HARVEST

Of righteousness and peace

For those

Who have been trained by it”                                                                                     Hebrews 12:11


Keep the FAITH dear friends

AN ABUNDANT HARVEST=in the Lord

Is coming


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ever RIGHTEOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman

7-12-20 and 9-11-2026



Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti



I

MIRACLES OF 911=MEMORIES OF 911

 

 

 

 

DEAR FRIENDS=and BROTHER and SISTERS=In the Holy Father God=and Jesus

Let us ALL=Work on BRINGING BACK the UNITY=We had IN OUR COUNTRY=That we had after 911=LOVE YOU ALL!

 

SEPTEMBER 11th, 2012

 

 

MIRACLES OF 911

MEMORIES OF 911

 

 

Terrorists

You can kill the body

You can’t kill the soul

You can’t kill the spirit

That which makes us whole

 

Miracles of 911

Memories of 911

 

We remember

Those who died

We remember their smile

We remember their spirit

We remember their very soul

 

Miracles of 911

Memories of 911

 

There is only one you

One day

Your body will fail

But if you live a righteous life

What lives on

Is your very soul

 

Miracles of 911

Memories of 911

 

Do you see

The miracle here

What lives on

Is our faith

What lives on

Is our hope

What lives on

Is our very souls

 

Do you see the miracle here

 

Miracles of 911

Memories of 911

 

What lives on

Is our very souls

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-11-06

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ps        Dear Lord-we ask you to help our world to build a culture

            Of LIFE-not death

 

            A SOUL is the nonphysical element of our being; sometimes

            Called our SPIRIT

 

“And the dust returns to the ground it came from

And the SPIRIT returns to God who gave it”                                      Ecclesiastes 12:7

 

“Hear oh Lord-the Lord our God-the Lord is one

Love the Lord your God with all your heart

And with ALL YOUR SOUL

And all your strength”                                                           Deuteronomy 6:4-5

 

 

9-11-14 and 9-11-2019 and 9-10-11-2020

Thursday, September 10, 2026

I'LL PAY THE PRICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 10th, 2012

 

 

I’LL PAY THE PRICE

 

 

I’ll pay the price

For God

I’ll pay the price

For you

I’ll pay the price

For everyone (me too)

 

This world

Needs a start

This world

Needs to feel

Needs to feel

Brand new

 

How can we live

In a world with murder

How can we live

In a world with rape

How can we live

In a world with child abuse

 

I don’t have a clue

If you have an idea

Please tell me

The legal system doesn’t work

What else can we do

 

All I know

Is

We can try

To set a good example

We can try

To live a life

Out of love

We can try

To live a life

Out of forgiveness

 

You can’t legislate morality

You can’t rid

The world of evil

That I know

 

What else

Can I do

I will try to set a good example

I will try

To pay the price

For you

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-26-06

 

Ps        “Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention

             The PRICE of wisdom is beyond rubies”                                             Job 28:18

 

            “You were bought at a PRICE

              Therefore honor God with your body”                                       1 Corinthians 6:20

 

            “You were bought at a PRICE

              Do NOT become slaves of men

 

              Brothers-each man-as responsible to God

              Should REMAIN in the situation GOD CALLED him to”         1 Corinthian7:23-24

 

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