SAINT THERESA=of Avila=LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU---

( the story of SAINT THERESA of AVILA)

 

 

So easily

We become disturbed

In today’s world

 

About our health

About our finances

About our relationships

And about a myriad of other things

 

Even as a child

Theresa of Avila

Was thought to be particularly pious

Playing with her brother---at hermitages

 

And once---the two of them even ran away

Hoping to die as martyrs in Monaco

 

Theresa’s mother died when she was 14

And her reaction was predictable

As she developed a desire for worldly treasures

Such as romance, fashion, and perfume

 

Her father sent her away

To be educated by Augustinian nuns

And while there---she became ill

 

While ill

She began so study the word of God

And became so enthralled

By the letters of Saint Jerome

She decided to become a nun

 

She became a Carmelite nun

But a year later---became ill again

Possibly a malignant malaria

 

LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU

 

Theresa began to practice mental prayer

But later abandoned it

 

But after her father’s death

Picked it up again

NEVER to give it up again

 

Theresa’s exuberance, prudence, and charity

Touched ALL---but later

When she began to experience visions

And other SPIRITUAL encounters

She began

To become misunderstood, ridiculed, and even persecuted

 

She identified herself with two great Saints

---Two great sinners-penitents

Who were TRANSFORMED BY GOD---

Saint Augustine and MARY MAGDALENE

 

She lived in a little nunnery

With 12 other nuns

Under conditions of poverty-hardship-and solitude

 

Theresa herself---took her turns at sweeping-spinning

And many other menial household tasks

 

Her prayers to God

Lasted a lifetime

And LIVE ON today in her writings---

THE WAY TO PERFECTION and THE INTERIOR CASTLE

 

Dear God

We pray that as we experience hardship in this life

And we will

 

That we adopt that same attitude

Of Saint Theresa

That we keep our eyes FIXED on you

And that we truly live by what Saint Theresa truly did

And in fact said:

 

“LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU”

 

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-15-11

 

Ps       her feast day is October 15^th

 

 

10-15-15 and 10-12-18 10-15-2019

RISING AGAIN=THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE!=AND GOD

 

RISING AGAIN-

THE HEALNG POWER OF GOD

How do we

KEEP getting up

How do we

RISE AGAIN

WHEN the forces

Of this world

Seem to conspire against us

To keep knocking us down

Over and over again

“WHICH is easier to say

'Your sins are forgiven,'

Or to say,

'Rise to and walk'”                                                                Matthew 9:5

Have you ever had

An addiction

Or have you

Ever been

Paralyzed by a sin

That just weighed you down

That it seemed HOPELESS

That you were powerless

To overcome

If you

Are or were ever

BLESSED to overcome it

Like I was

Through the POWER OF GOD

You KNOW the power

To RISE UP/walk on

And continue with your life

“........Those who

Have done what is good

WILL RISE to live

And those who have down

What is evil

Will rise to be condemned”                                                      John 5:29

RISE UP

You can LIVE-but only by

THE POWER OF GOD

NOT by

Or on your own power

THE HEALING POWER OF GOD

In the NEW TESTAMENT

Jesus was engaged with the Pharisees 

Over and over again

He asks them

CHALLENGING question after challenging question

As he often asks us too

And they stumble with the answers

Because of their own self-righteousness

What they

FAIL to understand

What we often

Fail to understand too

IS that the ability 

To forgive sins

And the ability to HEAL

BOTH have the same origin

THE DIVINE POWER OF GOD

“For since 

The creation of the world

God's INVISIBLE qualities-

His external power and DIVINE NATURE

Have been clearly seen

Being understood

From what has been made

So that people are without excuse”                                                  Romans 1:20

RISE AGAIN

You can overcome

ANYTHING IN LIFE

Through the-DIVINE POWER-

And the HEALING POWER-of God

We just have

To call on GOD AND JESUS-

and we will-RISE AGAIN

Robert P. Wallman

June 25th, 2015 and 10-15-2026

INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong

THE SAME

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 15^th, 2012

 

 

THE SAME

 

 

God was the same

Yesterday

 

God was the same

Today

 

God will be the same

Tomorrow

 

So if there is a change

In your feelings about God

Whether positive or negative

The change is inside of you

 

God loved you yesterday

God loves you today

God will love you tomorrow

 

God is love

God is the same

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-20-06

 

Ps        “He who is the Glory of Israel

             Does not lie or change his mind

             For he is NOT a man

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

 

            “The Lord has sworn

              And will NOT CHANGE his mind”                                             Psalm 110:4

 

            “Every good and perfect gift

              Is from above

              Coming down from the Father of heavenly lights

              Who doe NOT CHANGE like shifting shadows”                            James 1:17

 

 

A TESTIMONY TO UNCLE JOHN!

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 14^th, 2012

 

 

A TESTIMONY TO UNCLE JOHN

 

 

STRONG-WILLED=YES-That was my Uncle John

 

LOYAL=YES-That was my Uncle John

 

A man of honesty-sincerity-and integrity

               YES-That was my Uncle John

 

BUT FAMILY=That is the essence of who my Uncle John was.

 

Matthew 6:21 says=”Your heart will always be where your treasure is.”

 

And my Uncle John’s heart was always on his family.

 

His marriage and home were like right out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

Yet--------very very real.

 

 

His marriage to Karen was perhaps the strongest marriage I have ever seen in my life.

 

His children (Kathy, Johnny, and Kimberly), embody his life, his spirit, and the very

Essence of who he was:

 

                 LOVE-honesty-sincerity-and integrity.

 

And now three grandchildren (Zachary, Jacob, Leah), and a fourth on the way.  I know

That he valued the time he spent with his grandchildren.

 

And grandmother, Yvonne, a beautiful person who he valued as a member of his family.

 

 

But I want to talk about who and what he meant to me.

 

He wasn’t just my uncle.  He was my friend.  He was also like a brother to me, and

He gave me fatherly advice on many occasions.

 

 

Outside of my own mother and father, he was the single most influential person

Of my life.

 

I remember playing pitch and putt golf with him when I was10or 12 years old.  I

Remember him, Karen, and I having our own bowling league-even having our

Own banquet and trophies.

 

I remember all the family picnics, all the family dinners (Thanksgiving and Christmas),

Dinners, and all the times we drove up from Pittsburgh to stay overnight.

 

All the love, hospitality, kindness, and compassion he showed to the three of us.

In fact, to the whole extended family, his friends, and sometimes even to strangers.

 

John and my mother shared a deep deep love.  I think I can speak for the entire family

In saying, we loved him very very much.

 

 

I think of the interaction between my dad and him.  If there hadn’t already had been

An Oscar and Felix, they might have been the original odd couple.

When we would stay overnight, John would come down, in the morning, about 11

Or 11:30am-for his coffee and his newspaper, and to sit in his chair.  No sooner would

He get in his chair-and my dad (who had already been up four or five hours), would start

Reading word-for-word, article-by-article, to him out of the newspaper.

 

John wouldn’t say anything.  He would just kind of furrow his right eyebrow, but you

Could tell he was perplexed.  Almost as perplexed as when the entire Murphy Family

Showed up on a Saturday afternoon, when my dad was outside raking the leaves, and

Said, “Nobody is home.”

 

My father, mother, and me have had some tough times.  I remember all the kind acts

He and Karen did for us without us having to ask.

 

 

I want to speak a moment about the trials he experienced the last year-and-a-half.

 

I don’t know why bad things happen to good people, or any person, for that matter.

But I do know this.  They say trials do not make character, but actually reveals

Character.  John’s character has been revealed.

 

 

And his character’ name is family.

His character’s name is love.

 

To quote from a poem that I once wrote:

 

A Family is life

A family is love

A family is God’s light

Shining on us

From above

 

John’s light will forever shine.

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-17-06

 

Ps       Uncle John died October 14^th, 2006

ONE SURE INCOME=OUR FAITH IS IN=LIVING THE GOSPEL!

 

 

 

 

 

ONE SURE OUTCOME!=

(OUR FAITH=IS IN=LIVING THE GOSPEL)!

 

Occasionally=You hear stories=Of RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS=such as RANDOM DONATIONS=

To a POOR BOX=Or great sums=Or EVEN a diamond ring=To the SALVATION ARMY=There still are=
KIND people in THIS world=So hold on To Your FAITH!=KINDNESS lives in this world=and it is often

FOUND in people=LIVING THE GOSPEL=ONE SURE THING  still exists=and it is=OUR GOD’S and

Jesus’ LOVE=”For through the Spirit=BY FAITH=We await the

HOPE of righteousness”                                                                                                                                  Galatians 5:5

They USED to say=There are only 2 SURE THINGS in life=Death and taxes=But I am here to

Tell you=There is ONLY ONE SURE THING=and it is=THE LOVE of God the Father=and God the SON=

ONE SURE THING!

 

NONE of us know=What will BEFALL US=in this life=OR WHEN=at any AGE of our life=But if we are=

God BELIEVERS=Jesus Believers==We REMAIN HOPEFUL=in the Faith=Hope and Love of our God=

By LIVING THE GOSPEL=by living THE WORDS of God!

“God is exalted=IN HIS POWER=Who is a Teacher like him?”                                                    Job 36:22

“Proclaim the=POWER OF GOD=Whose majesty is Over Israel=Whose POWER is in

The heavens”                                                                                                                                                          Psalm 68:34

“So he said to me’=’This is the Word of the Lord to Zerubbabel=’Not by might=NOR BY POWER=

But by my Spirit’=Says the Lord Almighty”                                                                                     Zechariah 4:6

There is=ONLY ONE SURE THING=in this Life and that is=Finding the Holy Father God=and Finding

Jesus=By LIVING THE GOSPEL=Of our Lord=Living the gospel OF LOVE!

 

We live by=and we GIVE IN FAITH=In the Holy Father God and His Son=by their FULL POWER=In this

Life=We are DEPENDENT on God=But we can STILL HELP OURSELVES=along the path=IF we remain

Open=To the countless ways=God and Jesus help us=as we Continue to live in THE HOPE=That Living the GOSPEL Provides=BELIEVE and live in=THE ONE SURE THING!

“I am=The God of Abraham=the God of Isaac=and the God of Jacob=He is NOT the God of the Dead=But of THE LIVING”                                                                                                                           Matthew 22:32

“Whoever believes in me=as Scripture has said=Rivers of LIVING WATER=will flow from

Within then”                                                                                                                                                              John 7:38

“Therefore I urge you=Brothers and sisters=In view of God’s mercy=To offer your bodies as=

A LIVING SACRIFICE=Holy and Pleasing to God=--------this is Your TRUE and

Proper worship”                                                                                                                                                 Romans 12:1

The ONE SURE THING!=is our Life=when we have OUR HOPE In=The Holy Father God and Jesus=

And in LIVING THE GOSPEL OF LOVE!=ONE SURE THING!        

 

Dear Holy Father God=and Son Jesus=and YOUR Holy Spirit of LIFE=We ask you=To HELP US=

Find a CLOSER WALK with you all=Through our life=and The ONE Sure Thing of LIVING

THE GOSPEL!=”Now brothers and Sisters=I want to remind you=Of the GOSPEL=I preached to

You=Which you received=and ON=which You make  YOUR STAND=By this GOSPEL=You are

Saved……..If”                                                                                                                                         1 Corinthians 15:1-2

YES my dear friends=My sisters and Brothers=You are SAVED=Only by=Living the Gospel of

LOVE of Jesus Christ and THE FATHER GOD=THE ONE SURE THING!=Of our Lives

 

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

Faithful Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-12-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah A. Meister

SEEING WITH THE EYES OF GOD!=UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEEING=WITH THE EYES OF GOD!

(With his Unconditional LOVE)!

 

Would it=NOT BE GREAT=If we could See OTHERS=With the EYES OF GOD!=Would it

NOT be Great=If we could SEE=Nothing BUT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE?=LOVE for each

ONE of us=That is OUR HOLY FATHER GOD!=That is HOW our Holy Father God=FEELS

About each one of us!=SEEING OTHERS!=With the=EYES OF GOD!==Seeing all Others=

Through the EYES OF LOVE!

 

ISAIAH offers us=A PASSAGE TODAY=With an IMAGE=Of a tender LOVING GOD=Who wipes away=

OUR TEARS=and ONE=who FORGIVES all of our offenses=He GIVES us=a Holy Father God=and

A SON=who DESTROY DEATH=and RELIEVES all Crying and sorrow==OUR EVER LOVING=Holy

Father God!=”On this mountain=He will DESTROY the veil=That veils all peoples=The web is woven=

Over all nations=He will=DESTROY DEATH FOREVER”                                                                Isaiah 25:7-8

SEEING with the EYES=Of OUR Holy Father God=and His Holy Son Jesus Christ!

 

Could this VEIL=That the HOLY PROPHET Isaiah talks about=BE anything other than=Than seeing

Others as a BELOVED HUMAN BEING=and Treating them with=AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE?=

Dear BROTHERS and Sisters=Try and have UNCONDITIONAL LOVE=For another Human Being=When you can=SEEING ALL OTHERS=With the EYES OF GOD!=and with the Eyes of=

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!=”He does not=TAKE HIS EYES=Off the righteous=He enthrones them with

Kings=and Exalts the forever”                                                                                                                          Job 36:7

“OPEN MY EYES=that I may SEE=Wonderful things

 In your law”                                                                                                                                              Psalm 119:18

“Do NOT be wise=IN YOUR OWN EYES=Fear the Lord and shun evil”                                      Proverbs 3:7

Trying to see=A GLIMMER of Love=a GLIMMER  of God=in Everyone=Seeing Others=WITH THE

EYES OF GOD”                                                     

 

We LIVE=In a beautiful World=with Many many beautiful  people=and yet our WORLD is=

EXTREMELY WOUNDED=Full of evil=FULL OF HATE=lust=deceit=and every bad thing=KNOWN by

Mankind=But our LOVING GOD the Father=and the SON=Have the capacity to TRANSFORM=Each

Human being=Into a LOVING SOUL=For there but =or the GRACE OF GOD=Go I=We all have the

CAPACITY=to LOVE ONE ANOTHER=That is WHO OUR GOD IS=UNCONDITIONAL LOVE=and he

Wants us=To be that too!

“In your UNFAILING LOVE=You will lead=The People you have redeemed=In your strength=You will

Guide them==To your holy dwelling”                                                                                                       Exodus  15:13

“Many are  the woes=Of the wicked=But the LORD’S UNFAILING LOVE=Surrounds the One=

Who trusts in him”                                                                                                                                               Psalm 32:10

“Though the mountains may be shaken=and the hills be Removed=Yet my UNFAILING LOVE=

For you=Will not be shaken=Nor my COVENANT of peace=Be removed=Says the Lord=Who

Who has Compassion on you”                                                                                                               Isaiah 54:10

SEEING=With THE EYES OF GOD!=Seeing ALL OTHERS=with Unfailing LOVE=IMPOSSIBLE FOR

Us=to be SURE!=But not for The Father=The Son=and the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD!

 

Dear Holy Father God and Jesus=OUR HOLY ONES=We your ADOPTED Sons and Daughters=and

SISTERS and Brothers=Of the Lord Jesus=PRAY to you=To HELP US=To see ALL OTHERS with

Love=and THROUGH YOUR LOVING EYES!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our FOREVER  Living and  UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING=Holy

Father God!

 

Robert  P. Wallman

10-10-2026

 

Ps           INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer,  I.H.M.

 

 

SOME MEMORIES OF MY DAD=GONE 26 Years

 

 

 

 

SOME MEMORIES of my dad=October 13^th, 2026

IS 26 years=HE PASSED ON=To the Lord!

 

OCTOBER 13^th, 2012

 

 

A FATHER’S LEGACY

 

 

My father has been gone  

Twelve years now                  (26 years now)

I still miss him

Like it was yesterday

 

I miss the happy times

The sad times

The times we laughed together

The times we ate and drank together

And the times

We broke down

And cried together

 

Some of my fondest memories are:

 

When I was three years old

Roy Rogers was my hero

I would only answer

To the name of “Roy”

I remember sitting on my hobby horse

In my cowboy hat

And my dad looking down at me

Grinning at me

And calling me “ROY”

 

I remember coming home for lunch

In grade school

And watching the “Dick Van Dyke” show

Over and over and over again

I used to think dad and mom

Were “Rob and Laura Petrie”

 

I remember going to my first high school dance

In ninth grade

I remember Davey O.

On the back of the bus saying,

“What was your dad doing at the dance?”

I thought he was kidding

It turned out dad was at the dance

“Checking” to see who I was dancing with

 

My dad liked his beer

And I remember every Saturday morning

For 30 years

My dad saying he had the “flu”

It never dawned on him

That he might have a hangover

 

I remember waking up

To bacon and eggs

Every Sunday morning growing up

That was the only cooking

That dad did

 

I remember John and Karen

And their kids showing up one Saturday

My dad was outside raking the leaves

My dad actually told them

“nobody was home”

I can still see their faces-looking at him incredulously

These were the people

We were closest to in the whole world

 

Well I could go on

With these stories forever

 

But I think

I will remember

The LOVE dad brought to me in LIFE

And the sadness ( BUT HOPE )

He brought to me in death

 

Dad this one

Is for you

 

I think-maybe tomorrow

I just might have the “flu”

 

Respectfully,

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-08-07

 

Ps        “Honor your FATHER AND MOTHER

             So that you may live long in the land

             The Lord your God is giving you”                       Exodus 20:12

 

            “A wise son brings joy to his FATHER”                Proverbs 10:1

 

 

10-13-20=DAD'S BEEN GONE 26 years now=LOVE HIM SO!

26 years now=as of  10-13-2026