WITHOUT CHRIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 27^th, 2012

 

 

WITHOUT CHRIST

 

 

As Jesus

Got closer and closer

To his destiny

And his teaching

Got harder and harder

Many of his disciples

Walked away

 

I wonder

If they lived

Happy and fulfilled lives

 

I wonder

If they found solace

In money

If that replaced our Lord

I wonder

If they found happiness

In being accepted by society

If that replaced

The teaching of our Lord

 

Dear God

Please help us

To always be

Like Saint Peter who said

“To whom shall we go Lord

You have the words

Of everlasting life”

 

If we left our Lord

Where would we go

For truth

 

If we left our Lord

Would we still live

By the golden rule

 

And what about death

How could we face death

Without God and Christ in our lives

 

Our Lord

Is our model

He is

Our standard for living

 

Of course

We will come up short

If we compare ourselves

To our Lord

 

But death

Will be our loveliest moment

Because

Our Lord did indeed

Possess the words of eternal life

 

Lord

We ask you for the courage

To never run away

From you

 

And be

Like Saint Francis and say

“Welcome Sister Death”

 

For with Christ

We are never lost

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-15-11

 

Ps       Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

THE REALNESS OF OUR JESUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE REALNESS=OF OUR JESUS

 

Have you LIVED=through moments of anguish=despair=and HEARTBREAK=

In your life?=IF you are REAL=You have=and NO ONE=was more real=Than

Our Jesus=and his apostles=PARTICULARLY Saint Thomas=Whose feast day=

Was July 3^rd=and Thomas was FEELING all those things above

 

But then Jesus=PROVED to Thomas=He had in fact=RESURRECTED from

The dead=Listen to Thomas’ response=”Thomas answered and said to him=’

MY LORD=and my God’”                                                                                                                    John 20:28

 

OFTEN TIMES in life=OUR MOMENTS of anguish=and of heartbreak=are

Followed by INTENSE moments of CLOSENESS=with our God and SAVIOR=Jesus=

This was the case=with our Saint Thomas=as he did experience=THE REALNESS=

OF OUR JESUS=The closeness=and the COMFORT=Of our Lord=and HIS FATHER=

The ever LIVING=ever loving LORD OF ALL!

“For my flesh=is REAL FOOD=and my blood is REAL DRINK”                                             John 6:55

“Then Jesus told him(Thomas)’=’Because you have seen me=You have believed=

Blessed are those=who have not seen=and yet BELIEVED’”                                         John 20:29

“These are a shadow of the things that=Were to come=THE REALITY=however-

Is Found in Christ”                                                                                                                                  Colossians 2:17

 

I think=there is SOME DOUBT=in everyone of us=Just like Thomas=We NEED to

See=in order to BELIEVE=But that is WHEN=My dear brothers and sisters=we need

OUR own PERSONAL FAITH=Just like running a MARATHON=Or climbing the Alps=We

Can SEE the REALNESS of Jesus=living in us=If we just BELIEVE=If we reach down=Into

OURSELVES=just like Thomas did=For in modern times=IT SEEMS=Like science=Many

Of us need to SEE=to BELIEVE=In the REALNESS=OF OUR JESUS!=Where is our FAITH?

 

“If anyone=Causes one of these little ones=-------THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME------to stumble=

It would be better for them=To have a large millstone=Hung around their neck=and to be drowned

IN the depths of the sea”                                                                                                                                Matthew 18:6

“The time has come’=He said=’The kingdom of God has come near=Repent and

BELIEVE=the good news”                                                                                                                          Mark 1:15

“He said to them’=’How foolish you are=and how SLOW TO BELIEVE=all that the prophets

Have spoken!=Did not the Messiah=have to suffer these things=and then enter his

Glory?’”                                                                                                                                                                 Luke 24:25-26

 

YES=we need a SAINT=for our modern times=WHERE none of us believe anything=

Unless=we SEE it with our own eyes first=Saint Thomas’ story PROVES=once and

FOR ALL TIME=That Jesus was and still is=THE MAN FOR OUR TIMES=Just like everyone

Of us=CARRYING a seed of doubt=But through FAITH=KNOWING Jesus is THE ONE

We have been LOOKING FOR=all of our LIVES=THE REALNESS=OF OUR JESUS!

“Have FAITH in God’=Jesus answered=’Truly I tell you=If anyone says to this mountain’=

‘Go throw yourself into the sea’=and does NOT DOUBT it=in their heart=But believes=

That what they say will happen=It will be DONE FOR THEM”                                          Mark 11:22-23

 

Dear friends=when you are RUNNING OUT OF STEAM=running on FAITH=CLING

To the story of Saint Thomas=and his doubt=He is a SAINT=FOR our times=and for=

THE REALNESS=OF OUR JESUS!=He lives!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR EVER LIVING=ever loving=EVER BELIEVING=

Our Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-1-2025 and 10-27-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRDE by=an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Kristin Armstrong

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY!=A MOTHER'S LOVE=THE GIFT OF A LIFE

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY

 

 

 

A MOTHER’S LOVE---THE GIFT OF A LIFE

 

 

With the exception

Of the Blessed Mother

I feel like

My 2 sisters and I

Had the greatest Mother---

The world has ever seen

 

Children are a reward

From the Lord

 

My sister Mary

Is also one of the finest Mothers

I have ever seen

 

A woman devoted with love

To her 4 girls

 

Lindsay born in 1990

Children are a reward

 

Allison born in 1992

Children are a reward

 

“For where your treasure is

There your heart will also be”                   Matthew  6:21

 

As long as I can remember

Mary’s treasure

Has always been

Will always be

Her family---her children

 

Stephanie born in 1995

 

Children are

A reward from God

A reward for a Mother’s love

 

Carley born in 1997

The gift of a life

A reward from God

For a Mother’s love

 

Mary is also

A devoted wife

Been married to David for 23 years

 

“A wife of noble character

Who can find?

She is worth

Far more than rubles

 

Her husband

Has full confidence in her

And lacks nothing of value”                   Proverbs  31:10-11

 

Mary has also been

A devoted daughter and sister

Despite living out of town

And having a family of her own

She spent much time

With my Father and Mother---always

But particularly

As they lived out their days

 

Mary and I

Have always been close

Going back all the way

To when we were teenagers

 

This continues to this day

As she continues

To call me numerous times each week

To see how that I am

 

Jesus once said,

“Who are my Mother and brothers?”

And then, as if to answer his own question, said

“Whoever does God’s will

Is my brother, my sister, my Mother”                   Mark 3:33 & 35

 

In that same spirit

On  Mary’s 51^st birthday

We celebrate

The gift of a life

The gift of her life

 

The gift of a daughter

The gift of a sister

The gift of a devoted wife

 

But mostly

The gift of

 

                                A MOTHER’S LOVE

 

 

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-8-11

 

 

Ps Mary was named after the Blessed Mother---Happy 51^st Birthday Mary---I Love You

 

 

 

Mary turns 55 today=October 26^th, 2015=I LOVE YOU Mary!

 

10-26-18=MARY TURNS 58 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

(LOVE YOU my dear sister!)

 

61on 10-26-2021

 

10-26-19=HAPPY 59^th Mary=LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

 

 

PS          MARY and I have GROWN CLOSER THAN EVER=over the year

               HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY=I LOVE YOU

 

               Bob=10-26-2026

MARY MY SISTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 26^th, 2012

 

 

MARY, MY SISTER

 

 

My sister Mary

Is a devoted mother

She is the mother

Of four

And those little girls

Are with her

All the way

To the core

 

She is also

A devoted wife

But sometimes we forget

A wife

And a mother

Is not

All of who she is

 

She also

Has a life

Of her own

But like all mothers

Sometimes we forget this

We forget WHO she is

 

Many years ago

We were close

I used

To call her pal

But our lives

Went in different directions

 

And that’s ok

Because

That’s the way

Life is

In these times

We call

The 21^st century

 

My sister Mary

And her beautiful family

Will always

Be family to me

 

Robert P. Wallman

12-7-06

 

Ps        Happy Birthday Mary-I LOVE you-Can’t wait to see you

           At Thanksgiving

 

“For this reason-a man will leave his father and mother

And be united to his wife

And they will become one flesh”                                                 Genesis 2:24

 

“Wives submit to your husbands

As is fitting in the Lord

 

Husbands-love your wives

And do not be harsh with them

 

Children-obey your parents in everything

For this pleases the Lord

 

Fathers-do not embitter your children

Or they will become discouraged”                                          Colossians 3:18-21

 

 

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER Mary=I LOVE YOU ALWAYS!=10-25-2026

THE GIVING OF OURSELVES=LIKE Jesus!

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GIVING OF OURSELVES!

(LIVING Kindness=Like Christ)

 

Jesus had to BE=THE KINDEST PERSON=Whoever LIVED=In addition to everything else he was=

For When a KIND-CARING PERSON sees a NEED=They fill it and Jesus did just that=For the WORLD=Was crying out for a SAVIOR=and there he was OUR GOD-MAN=our SON of God=

Who did just that!=”BE KIND and compassionate=To ONE another=Forgiving each other=Just

As Christ God forgave you”                                                                                                                  Ephesians 4:32

SO GIVE OF YOURSELVES=My brothers and sisters=This world is CRYING OUT for=

LOVING and KIND PEOPLE!=BE ONE!=Living like Jesus!

 

Manners and politeness=CAN get you far=In this life=But that is NOT=What the Christian LIFE=

Calls us to do=CHRISTIAM KINDNESS=Calls us=to GIVE OF OURSELVES=Our total selves=IF we

Can=The WAY Jesus did=GIVING HIMSELF totally away!=Trying to LIVE KINDNESS like our

Jesus did!=”Yet he has not left himself=Without testimony=He has SHOWN KINDNESS=By giving

You rain from Heaven=and crops in their seasons=He provides you=With plenty= of food and

FILLS your Hearts with joy”                                                                                                                      Acts 14:17

“Consider therefore=THE KINDNESS=and sternness of God=Sternness to those who fell=But

KINDNESS to you=Provided that you continue=In his KINDNESS”                                        Romans 11:22

“And God=Raised us up=With Christ=and seated us with him=In the Heavenly realms=in

Christ Jesus=In order that=In the coming ages=He might show=The incomparable riches=Of

His grace=Expressed IN HIS KINDNESS to us=In Christ Jesus”                                             Ephesians 2:6-7

Our EXAMPLE Jesus Christ=THE GIVING OF HIMSELF TOTALLY!

 

KINDNESS is NOT just a little manners=A LITTLE POLITENESS=It is=THE GIVING=to a Stranger=

A SMILE=A HUG=When they are HURTING=and Your FAMILY MEMBERS and Friends too=It is REACHING OUT=to a friend=When they are Lonely or FEELING DEPRESSED=and it is=BEING

FORGIVING to someone=When you would RATHER=Just tear them apart=BE KIND=BE KIND=BE

KIND!=and you will be A SAINT!

“it is a sin=To despise one’s neighbor=But BLESSED is the one=WHO is KIND to

The Needy”                                                                                                                                                       Proverbs 14:21

“Love is Patient=LOVE IS KIND!=It does not envy=It does not boast=It is

Not proud”                                                                                                                                                   1 Corinthians 13:4

“And the Lord’s Servant=Must NOT be quarrelsome=But must BE KIND to everyone=able to

Teach=Not resentful”                                                                                                                              2 Timothy 2:24

 

And so MY DEAR Brothers and sisters=FOLLOW the LIVING EXAMPLE=Of God’s Kindness in=

This world=The LIFE of His SON Jesus Christ=and GIVE OF YOURSELVES!

“I have Set you AN EXAMPLE=That you should do=As I have done for you”                      John 13:15

“In everything =Set them an EXAMPLE=By doing what is Good=In your teaching=Show integrity=

Seriousness and soundness of speech=That cannot be condemned=So that those who=Oppose

You=May be Ashamed=Because they have nothing bad=To say about US”                        Titus 2:7

 

MY SISTERS and Brothers=LIVE the Example given to us=BY the Son of the Holy Father God=

Jesus Christ=and be Kind=Be Kind=BE KIND!=GIVE YOURSELF AWAY for the LORD!

 

In Jesus’ name and IN the name of our FOREVER LOVING=Forever Living=Forever KIND=Our

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-25-2026

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by=Kate Wicker

 

 

PURE LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 25^th, 2012

 

 

PURE LOVE

 

 

Pure love

Unencumbered

Pure love

Is what

It as all about

 

If you have

Pure love

For God

And for

Everyone else

You have

The secret to happiness

The secret to life

 

Pure love

Unencumbered

Pure love

Is what

It is all about

 

Pure love

Is all that matters

Finding love

Is what life

Is all about

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-19-06

 

Ps        “Finally brothers-whatever is true

             Whatever is noble-whatever is right

             WHATEVER IS PURE-whatever is lovely

             Whatever is admirable

              If anything is excellent or praiseworthy

              Think about such things

 

             Whatever you have learned or received

             Or heard from me

             Or seen in me-put into practice

             And the GOD OF PEACE will be with you”           Philippians 4:8-9

 

             “To the PURE-ALL things are PURE

              But to those who are corrupted

              And do not believe

              Nothing is PURE

 

              In fact

              Both their minds and consciences are corrupted”          Titus 3:15

      

 

GOD'S LOVE=and OUR LOVE=FOR EACH OTHER=HOLD US TOGETHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOD’S LOVE=and OUR LOVE=For Each Other=

HOLD US TOGETER!

 

Saint Paul=GIVES US=The most AMAZING Writing today=IN EPHESIANS=and it is that=

WE ARE HELD TOGETER by Jesus Christ=and it is a fact That also INCLUDES our love for=

Each other=We are ALL=a part of the BODY of Jesus Christ!=so We should LOVE ONE ANOTHER

Too!=”Instead speaking THE TRUTH=IN LOVE=We will grow to become=In every respect=the

MATURE BODY of him=Who is the head=That is CHRIST=From him the WHOLE BODY=Joined and

HELD TOGETER=by every supporting ligament=Grows and builds itself UP IN LOVE=as each part=

Does its work”                                                                                                                                            Ephesians 4:15-16

The LOVE of our Holy Father God=and Jesus=And our Love=FOR EACH OTHER=Build us up=and

HOLD US=all together!

 

NOT just your love=Not just My love=But the LOVE of us all TOGETHER==IN the Holy Father God=and Jesus=Keep us Joined together=IN UNITY=a Quality this world sadly needs=We NEED

To be IN UNITY=with the Holy Father God and Jesus the SON=AT ALL TIMES!

“For if we=Have been UNITED with him=In a death like his=We will=Certainly also BE UNITED=

With him in a=Resurrection like his”                                                                                                         Romans 6:5

“Therefore if you have=Any encouragement from=BEING UNITED with Christ=If any COMFORT=

From his LOVE=f any common sharing in the Spirit=If ant tenderness and compassion=Then make

My JOY complete=By being like-minded=Having the Same love=Being ONE in spirit=and in

One mind”                                                                                                                                                  Philippians 12:1-2

“My goal is that=They may be Encouraged in Heart=and UNITED IN LOVE=So that they may have

The full riches of complete understanding=In order that they may Know=the Mystery of God=

Namely Christ……..”                                                                                                                                  Colossians 2:2

MY SISTERS and my Brothers=we are HELD TOGETHER=ONLY by Jesus’=and the FATHER’S LOVE=

And we got to get back to=BE LOVING THEM=and Loving One Another=ABOVE all other things!=

Or this world will Continue to=FALL APART!

HELD TOGETHER=BOUND TOGETHER!=by Christ’s and the FATHER’S=NEVER ENDING LOVE!=

For us

 

THE SCRIPTURES tell us=That we are INTENTIONALLY all Held Together=By OUR CREATOR’S LOVE

For us!=This is NOT just wishful thinking=This is THE TRUTH=Of our Holy Father God=and his SON!=

We need=To get back to=LIVING our lives that way=In this world=God’s LOVE=Jesus’ love for us=

And our Love for each Other=BIND US=and HOLD US TOGETHER!

“TIE them(The commandments of Love)=as Symbols on your hands=and BIND them on your

Foreheads=Write them on the doorframes=Of your houses and on your

Gates”                                                                                                                                                     Deuteronomy 6:8

“BIND THEM=always on your Heart=Fasten them around your neck”                         Proverbs 6:21

“I will give you=The keys=Of the Kingdom of heaven=Whatever you Bind on earth=will be BOUND in

Heaven=and whatever you loose on earth=Will be Loosed in heaven”                       Matthew 16:19

And so MY BROTHERS and Sisters=If you are Feeling just a little bit LONELY=In this  world=

BUILD A BRIDGE=To

 

The LOVE of the HOLY FATHER God and Jesus=and to the LOVE of your OTHER SISTERS and BROTHERS=In this world=LOVE BINDS US=LOVE HOLDS US TOGETHER!

In Jesus’ name=and In the name=Of our EVER LOVING=EVER LIVING=Ever BINDING US TOGETHER=OUR Holy Father God!

 

Rober P. Wallman

10-23-2026

 

Ps          INSPIRED by an ARTICLE=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Gail Goleas