SAINT PAUL OF THE CROSS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHO JUST WAS=THIS SAINT PAUL=OF THE CROSS?

 

As MANY of you KNOW=I was AWAY last weekend=With 60 OTHER

Good Christian-Catholic MEN=At Saint Paul’s MONASTERY=On the SOUTH SIDE

Of Pittsburgh=It was ONE of the=MOST SPIRITUALLY FULFILLING WEEKENDS=Of my life!

 

There were Masses=Holy Communions=and a confession=and there were NUMEROUS=

Prayer study groups=Which DID VALIDATE=Much of what I believe=and WRITE ABOUT=But it

GOT ME=to thinking=Who just was=THIS SAINT PAUL OF THE CROSS?=and this is

WHAT I came up with

 

SAINT PAUL OF THE CROSS (1694=to 1775)

Saint Paul of the CROSS=was a PRIEST=as well as the FOUNDER OF=THE PASSIONIST CONGREGATION=He was BORN in Genoa=and was the ELDEST SON=of an impoverished

Businessman=With NOBLE ancestry=He was brought up DEVOUTLY=from an early age=

And he TURNED DOWN=a rich inheritance=and a PROSPEROUS MARRIAGE  OPPORTUNITY=

He volunteered to FIGHT the Turks in 1714=AFTERWARDS He spent several YEARS=IN PRAYER=Until 1720=When he had a VISION=for a NEW CONGREGATION=

 

Which was tested=and eventually APPROVED=When HE=and his younger Brother John=and a FEW

OTHER COMPANIONS=Started a congregation in 1727=After Paul was ordained a priest=His

BELIEFS were austere=and He combined PENANCE=with an INTENSE DEVOTION to Jesus

Christ=Which he BELIEVED should be COMMUNICATED to others=Through mission

Work=In the parishes=Paul believed in COMBINING the ACTIVE LIFE  with the  CONTEMPLATIVE

LIFE

 

Saint Paul’s  MINISTRY=to the sick=and the dying=and for sinners=WAS so outstanding=That

His presence=Was requested THROUGHOUT ITALY=MANY of the young people left=Because

His teachings were so austere=but the WORK CONTINUED=with the FOUNDING of 3 houses

In 1747=and PAPAL approbation was  coming

 

Paul was a GIFTED PREACHER=especially on the subject=Of the PASSION of Jesus Christ=but he

Also had gifts of prophecy=and of HEALING=and was ABLE to read people’s HEARTS=Saint

Paul was very interested=IN THE Reconciliation=with the Church of England=with the Holy See!=

And FINAL PAPAL APPROVAL=for his congregation=was given in  1769=Where Paul RESIDED=

At the Churches of Saints John and Paul IN ROME

 

Paul wrote his ORDER in 5 days=at the age of 26=After 40 days of RETREAT AND PENANCE=and

THE PASSIONISTS CONTINUE today=as my weekend last week=ATTESTS TOO=Saint  Paul died

At the age of 80=and his FEAST DAY is=October 19^th

 

IN the names of Jesus=and our FOREVER LIVING and loving=Holy Father God!

Robert P. Wallman=3-11-2026

 

PS          =WHILE I loved this past weekend=I/WE are the TOTAL SUM=of all of our EXPERIENCES

                   And I would NOT be=The person I am today=WITHOUT MY CHURCHES From Florida

                   And their CONTINUED EXISTENCE=IN MY LIFE

FOR A REASON!

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 20^th, 2012

 

 

FOR A REASON

 

 

I live

For a reason

I love

For a reason

 

I eat

For a reason

I sleep

For a reason

Everything in my life

Is for a reason

 

It is a reason

That we live

It is a reason

That we die

And it is not always

Up to us

To know the reason why

 

The reason is God’s

And God’s alone

What is up to us

Is just to have faith

And follow the road

Wherever it leads

 

I live

For a reason

I love

For a reason

 

And when my time is up

And it is my time to die

The reason will be God’s alone

 

My whole life (and death)

Will be his reason (God’s)

 

Robert p. Wallman

4-13-06

 

Ps       “Come now, let us REASON together

            Says the Lord

            Though your sins are scarlet

            They will be as white as snow

            Though they are red as crimson

            They shall be like wool”                                                               Isaiah 1:18

 

            “But in your hearts

             Set apart Christ as Lord

 

             Always be prepared to give an answer

             To everyone who asks you to give the REASON

             For the HOPE that you have

             But do this with gentleness and respect”                                       1 Peter 3:15                                                       

 

 

 

 

OUR IDENTITY IS IN=OUR FATHER GOD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR IDENTITY IS IN=OUR FATHER GOD!

(CREATED to do Good=In our LORD’S NAME)

 

Do you KNOW=Who you are?=Do you Know WHY=You were Put on this earth?=And are you

Doing it=IN your Chosen Profession=Of choice?=and IN your FAMILY!=”For we are=GOD’S

HANDIWORK=Created in Christ Jesus=To do GOOD WORKS=Which God PREPARED=In

Advance=For us to do=That we should LIVE IN THEM”                                                                 Ephesians 2:10    

 

My Brothers and Sisters=You are an ADOPTED CHILD=Made to be=CREATED by the Holy Father

God and=His Son Jesus Christ=Yes you are=GOD’s    Handiwork=HIS MASTERPIECE=and you are=

To DO=THE GOOD WORKS=The Holy Father and His Son=Made for you do=YOUR PURPOSE is=

To Love=Honor and SERVE GOD=OUR INDENTITY is IN=The LOVE of the Father=and of THE SON!

“And we Know=That in all things=God WORKS FOR THE GOOD=Of those who love him=Who have

Been called=According to his PURPOSE”                                                                                              Romans 8:28

Yes my Friends=OUR IDENTITY is IN GOD=and to DO his WORKS=Is it any Wonder=Our world=

IS such a mess?=MANY of us=have forgotten=That simple FACT         

 

MY SISTERS and BROTHERS=We are God’s Handiwork=BELOVED CHILDREN=Of our Holy Father

God=and The SIBLINGS Of Jesus=We are to DO GOOD=In this world=That is WHY we are here=That

IS OUR IDENTITY=That is OUR PURPOSE!=I have a PRAYER=That I have been REPEATING to myself=

Since I was a young man=”EVERYTHING I am Lord=Everything I could ever BE=Everything I  Will EVER Be Lord=is ALL because of you”=I still REPEAT that Prayer to Myself every day=I hope I

NEVER STOP!=We were CREATED for GOOD=In this world=IN the Names of The God the Father=God the Son=and the HOLY SPIRIT of our GOD!

 

“So God=CREATED MANKIND=In his own Image=In the IMAGE of God=He CREATED them=Male

And female=He CREATED them”                                                                                                                 Genesis 1:27      

“Let them=Praise the name of the Lord=For at his command=THEY WERE CREATED”      Psalm 148:5               

“And he swore by him=Who LIVES for EVER and EVER=Who CREATED the heavens=and ALL that

Is in them=The Earth and ALL=and All that is in it=and the Sea=

And All that is in it……..”                                                                                                                            Revelation 10 :6     

OUR IDENTITY is in=OUR FATHER God=and our PURPOSE=is=to do GOOD WORKS=Like the Jesus

The SON did=Because we are CREATED in God’s IMAGE!

 

Dear Lord=Our Holy Father God and Son=WE PRAY to you today=To HELP us ALWAYS remember=

That you Made us IN YOUR IMAGE=For YOUR Purpose and YOUR PLAN=for our LIVES=NOT
OUR OWN!=For your PLAN is Better for us=and Help us to Remember=that OUR IDENTITY is

IN YOU=Your Love=and IN your GOOD WORKS

“Many are the PLANS=in a person’s Heart=But it is THE LORD’S PURPOSE

That prevails”                                                                                                                                                   Proverbs 19:21     

“………So is my word=That goes out from my mouth=It will NOT return to me empty=But will

Accomplish=What I desire=and ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE=For which I sent it”                 Isaiah 55:11

 

Dear SISTERS AND BROTHERS=Please always REMEMBER=That your IDENTITY is in=The

HOLY FATHER GOD=and YOUR PURSPOSE is in=THE GOOD WORKS=He sent you to DO!

In Jesus’ name=and IN THE NAME=Of our FOREVER LIVING=Forever Loving=and FOREVER

GOOD=Holy Father God!                        

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-18-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE By Steve Givens                                                                                                                                 

FAMILY DAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 19^th, 2012

 

 

FAMILY DAY

 

 

We have a father’s day

A mother’s day

A grandparents day

And God knows

What other kinds of day

 

WHY NOT-A FAMILY DAY

What about a day

Where all people

Can put away their grudges

With their families, their exes, etc.

AWAY-for just one day

 

I know

We already have Christmas

And I know

I am a bit ideological in my thinking

But what about it?

Would you consider it?

What about a FAMILY DAY for everyone

 

The following

Is a poem that I wrote about families

 

I happen to be Catholic/Christian

But my idea

Is for ALL people

Of ALL faiths

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-8-07

 

A FAMILY IS

 

A family is life

A family is love

A family is God’s Light

Shining on us

From up above

 

A family is

Loving each other

Even when we don’t like them

A family is

Being kind to each other

When we don’t want to

 

A family is life

A family is love

A family is GOD’S LIGHT

Shining on us

From up above

 

A family is accepting each other

Accepting each other for who they are

Not who you want them to be

 

A family is FORGIVING each other

When they acted in a way

That we don’t understand

Or

When they don’t even try

To lend a hand

 

A family is life

A family is love

A family is GOD’S LIGHT

Shining on us

From up above

 

A FAMILY IS LOVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-14-06

 

Ps        Proper behavior for children and parents

 

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right

 

“Honor your father and mother-“

Which is the first commandment with a promise

“That it may go well with you

And that you may enjoy long life on this earth”

 

Fathers-do not exasperate your children

In stead bring them up

In the training and instruction of the Lord”                         Ephesians 6:1-4

 

 

FISHERS OF MEN!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

4-18-13

 

 

Fishers of Men

 

Come one

Come all

Come all you fishermen

Come one

Come all

I will make you

Fishers of men

 

Come Simon and Andrew

Come John and James too

Come all you others Apostles

And I will make you

Fishers of men

 

153 kinds of fish

In this world

One for every man

One for every woman

One for every race, religion

And nationality in this world

 

Come one

Come all

I no longer

Call you fishermen

I call you fishers of men

 

You in the 21^st century

You devout men and women

Of this world

The work is not over yet

I call on you too

And I will make you

Fishers of men

 

Spread the Word of God

In this world

Spread God’s love

To every man, woman, and child

Spread your love all around

God’s work is not done yet

 

Come one/Come all

And I will make you

Fishers of men

 

In Jesus’ name—we pray

 

Robert P. Wallman

1/24/11

 

 

Ps       WITNESS       4-18-13 and 11-01-2021 and 10-19-2026

 

“As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee-he saw Simon and his brother Andrew

Casting a net into the lake for they were fishermen

 

“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “And I will make you FISHERS OF MEN”

 

At once they left their nets and followed him”

Mark 1:16-18

 

 

“Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore

It was FULL of large fish-153-but even with so many the net was not torn

 

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast”

 

None of the disciples dared ask him, “WHO ARE YOU?”

They knew it was the Lord”

John 21:11-12

 

 

 

Ps        Dear Lord, please help us to spread your love, your forgiveness, and your

            Kindness all over this world

A MAN CALLED LUKE

 

 

 

 

 

 

A MAN CALLED LUKE

 

 

He is

The only Gentile writer

Among the 72 books of the Bible

 

He was

A Greek physician by trade

A disciple of Saint Paul

And his books include

The Gospel of Saint Luke

And the Acts of the Apostles

 

The Gospel of Saint Luke was once called

“The loveliest book in the world”

Or/and “The most beautiful book ever written”

 

Luke’s Gospel is considered the Gospel of women

Because of Jesus’ passion to the women of Jerusalem

Because of its emphasis

On Mary---the birth of Jesus---

Her visit to her cousin Elizabeth

Mary’s prayer of glorification to the Lord

And her acceptance of God’s mission

From the angel without hesitation

 

“I am the Lord’s servant,”

Said Mary to the angel

“Let it be done to me according to your word”

 

Luke knew

That then, as now,

We don’t understand this notion

Of God’s unconditional love

For us

We just don’t understand

The heart of God

 

So Luke

Gives us an historical account of Jesus’ life

He teaches us

About Jesus’ humanity

He teaches us about Jesus’ public ministry

Through his perfect compassion and forgiveness

Through stories like

The Good Samaritan, The Lost ( “Prodigal ) Son

And the rich man and Lazarus

 

Jesus understands our weakness

So says Luke

Jesus understands our temptations and our trials

So says Luke

He came to save both Jew and Gentile

So says our Saint Luke

 

He came for both the outcasts and the accepted

He came

To save both the poor and the rich

He came for

Both men and women

He came for

The free and the oppressed

He came for

Each and every one of us

 

So says

A man called Luke

In “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK EVER WRITTEN”

 

Go ahead and read

The book written by a physician and a gentile

A book written by

 

A MAN CALLED LUKE

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-30-11

 

 

10-18-14

10-19-15

10-18-16

10-17 & 18-18 and 4-30-2019

10-17-2019 and 10-17-2021

10-18-2020

HEART AND SOUL=MOM and UNCLE JOHN

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 18^th, 2012

 

 

HEART AND SOUL       (mom and UNCLE JOHN)

 

 

In my mind

The HEART and SOUL of our family

Was my mother and Uncle John

When I think of each of them

I think of L-O-V-E

 

Where my father was the fun

My mother was the heart of the immediate family

And until about 1990

Most of the holidays were at our house

Particularly Christmas

 

After that-they moved to Uncle John’s

I can’t remember

How many picnics

How many Thanksgivings

And how many Christmas’

We spent at Uncle John’s and Aunt Karen’s

 

To me

My mom and Uncle John

WILL ALWAYS BE

THE HEART AND SOUL

OF THE FAMILY

 

Respectfully,

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-24-07

 

Ps       Today is the feast of  Saint Luke

           A physician-a gentile- and the third writer

           Of the Gospel and the Book of Acts

 

 

          Saint Luke is the patron of doctors-surgeons and artists

         

          At a time in the world

          Where there is so much sickness

          And where there are so many medical mistakes

          We pray to saint Luke for guidance

 

           And we pray for

           Where there are mistakes

           A just and fair compensation system for all