IT WAS GOD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 30^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

IT WAS GOD

 

 

 

 

 

There is a saying that say

“All things are possible with God”

But do you really believe it

Do you really know

That it is true

 

I didn’t always know

But now I do

I’ve seen changes in my life

That I know

I could never do

 

I know someone

Or something was there

Seeing that

I got pulled through

I don’t know how it happened

But now I do

 

It was God

There can be

No rational point of view

It was God

There can be

No other way to explain it

It was God

There can be

No other answer than

It was God

 

It was God

“All things are possible with God”

It was God—IT WAS GOD

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-9-06

 

Ps        “Jesus looked at them and said, “with man

             this is impossible-but with God

             ALL things are possible”                                       Matthew 19:26

                

             “If you can,” said Jesus,

              EVERYTHING is possible for him who believes”      Mark:9:23

 

 

WE ARE TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL=AND LIVE IT TOO!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE ARE TO PROCLAIM IT(THE GOSPEL)!=and

LIVE IT TOO

 

TODAY(April 25^th)=We CELEBRATE=The feast day of the GREAT EVANGELIST=and

GOSPEL WRITER=Saint Mark=who told us=To go out into THE WHOLE WORLD=

BE WITNESSES=and PROCLAIM the gospel to EVERYONE=THROUGH Jesus==”GO

Into all the world=and PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL=To all creation”                                              Mark 16:15

And we are to do that=WITH OUR WORDS=With our deeds =and with ALL of our

ACTIONS!

 

The ORIGINAL 11 apostle=+1 in Saint Matthias=did just that=They took the work of Jesus=

And EVANGELIZED the world=and they were SUCCESSFUL at it=Because they CARRIED=

With them=THE HOLY SPIRIT of God==Jesus=and GOD THE FATHER!=They survived poisonings=

Deadly snake bites=and They HEALED PEOPLE and expelled demons=”And these signs will

Accompany=Those who BELIEVE=In my name=They will drive out DEMONS=They will SPEAK=

In new tongues=They will pick up snakes=With their hands=and they will DRINK deadly poison=

It will NOT HURT them all=They will place their HANDS=On sick people=and they will

GET WELL”                                                                                                                                                    Mark 17:18

 

We are THE EVIDENCE=That the first 11+ Matthias succeeded=We are the Christians of

TODAY=We are the 21^st century BELIEVERS=The CHRISTIANS=That the world looks too=But

There is still WORK to do=UNTIL every human being in this world=ACCEPTS God the Holy Father=

And Jesus Christ in their heart=We are to BE THE EXAMPLES=Of the God of LOVE and Jesus=IN

This world=WE ARE=TO PROCLAIM IT=and LIVE IT=Just like tall those EARLY CHRISTIANS=Like

John Mark!

“Sing to the Lord=all the earth=PROCLAIM HIS SALVATION=Day after day”              1 Chronicles 16:23

“The heavens declare=The glory of God=THE SKIES PROCLAIM=The work of his hands”   Psalm 19:1

“He will=PROCLAIM  PEACE=to the nations=His rule will extend=From sea to sea=and from

THE RIVER==to the ENDS of the earth”                                                                                      Zechariah 9:10

 

It is NOT just=The Pope and the Catholic Church=NOT just the Community Christian Churches=

That it is the JOB= to PROCLAIM the GOSPEL=and to LIVE IT=It is up To ALL OF US TOO=We are to

PROCLAIM THE WORD of God and Jesus to ALL=In this world=It is OUR RESPONSIBILITY and=

Our Christian duty=To do it=TO PROCLAIM IT=and to LIVE IT TOO!=Just like Saint Mark=and the early

APOSTLES=Give yourself to the cause!

 

We are to=LOVE ALL OUR BROTHERS and sisters=Regardless of religion=Regardless of Gender and

Sexuality=The job of the EARLY APOSTLES=Is not complete=PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL=Proclaim

The WORD=LOVE IT and LIVE IT!=Our GOD=IS A GOD OF LOVE FOR ALL!

“So from Jerusalem=All the way around to Illyricum=I have FULLY PROCLAIMED the GOSPEL=

Of Christ”                                                                                                                                                             Romans 15:19

“This is THE GOSPEL=That you heard=and that has=BEEN PROCLAIMED=To every creature under

Heaven=and of which=I PAUL=Have become a servant”                                                           Colossians 1:23

 

And so my sisters and BROTHERS=OVERCOME your own PREJUDICES=Your own  temptations=

Ego and temper=and PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF LOVE=to ALL living creatures==In word=

In deed and IN ACTION=PROCLAIM IT!=Love and LIVE IT!=It is our DUTY to FOLLOW Jesus=

Saint Mark=and the other EARLY APOSTLES=We are the 21^st CENTURY APOSTLES=Proclaim

THE GOSPEL OF LOVE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER LIVING=EVER LOVING=ever PROCLAIMING=Holy

Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-24-2024

 

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

GOOD TO GO!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 29^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

GOOD TO GO

 

 

 

 

 

A long time ago

I made a promise

That was

To live for God

And all others

 

I did my best to keep it                                                                          

Only God knows for sure

Whether or not I did

But if God is ready for me

I am ready for him

I am

Good to go

 

Good to go

To his love

Good to go

To his mercy

Good to go

To the God

Who knows all things

Yes I am ready

I am good to go

 

I dream of walking

Hand and  hand

With Jesus

I dream of his

And God’s love

 

Don’t know if God is ready

But when he is

I am

Good to go

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-24-06

 

Ps        “……..for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate

            He will NOT turn his face from you

            If you return to him”                                    2 Chronicles 30:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAINT CATHERINE of Siena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA

 

 

Catherine lived

From 1337 to 1380

 

She was

The youngest of 20 children

And from an early age

Was devoted to a life

Of penance and prayer-despite parental opposition

 

She refused

To consider marriage

And became a Dominican tertiary

 

She began to mix with other people

And began to nurse the sick-in hospitals

Along with her disciples

Which included both men and women

 

She taught many to reform

Through a TOTAL love of God

 

She never learned to write

But wrote 383 letters

Expressing her philosophy

Through dictation

 

Her holiness

Was centered on Christ’s crucifixion

And she saw this

As the SUPREME love of God-for man

 

She received much criticism

Especially during the last 5 years

Of her life

When she became involved

In the politics

Of both state and church

 

She suffered a stroke

On April 21^st 1380

And died 8 days later

 

Her life story

Was written by Raymond Caputa

Her friend-and later

Master General of the Dominican order

 

This led

To her canonization in 1461

With the quality of her writings

And her membership

In the Dominican order

Bringing her much support

 

She became a figure

Of international importance and influence

Became Siena ‘s principal Saint ( along with Bernard of Siena )

And was believed to be responsible

For bringing the papacy

Back to Rome

 

Her common emblem

Is the lily

And she was declared

A Doctor of the church-in 1970

 

Her feast day is April the 29^th

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-3-12

 

 

Ps       4-29-2019 and 4-29-2026

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!

 

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!

I like doing

FOR OTHERS=

But I don't have

A lot of material GIFTS

But ONE THING

We can always do

For others=is to PRAY FOR THEM!

PRAYING FOR OTHER!

“May you be BLESSED

By the Lord=

Who made heaven

Ad earth”                                                                                                                       Psalm 115:15

PRAYING for others

Is very POWERFUL=

When we pray for others

We are CALLING ON GOD

To BLESS another human being

In a very special way

GOD BLESS YOU=and

KEEP YOU WELL

A prayer after a sneeze

Can be a call

FOR GOOD HEALTH

A prayer in the MORNING

Can be=can mean=

To BLESS that person

ALL DAY LONG

“GOD BLESS” can mean to

Keep the other person well

And GOD BE WITH YOU

Can mean a prayer

FOR GOODBYE

Yes=PRAYING for others

Is something

We can ALL DO

FOR ANOTHER HUMAN BEING

“What other nation

Is so great

As to have

Their gods near them-

The way the LORD our God

Is near to us

Whenever we PRAY TO HIM?”                                                                                   Deuteronomy 4:7

“If my people

Who are called

By name

Will humble themselves

AND PRAY

And seek my face

And turn

From their wicked ways........”                                                                                  2 Chronicles 7:14

“Rejoice always=PRAY CONTINUALLY

Give thanks

In all circumstances

For this is God's will

In Christ Jesus”                                                                                                    2 Thessalonians 5:16-17

Yes=PRAYING FOR OTHERS

Is a beautiful thing=

It is a BLESSING

To ask the HOLY ONE

To bless another=

It is POWERFUL INDEED

We are GOD'S CREATION=

We are God's handiwork=

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!-

Is a special blessing

“BLESSED are those

Who act justly

Who always do

What is right”                                                                                                               Psalm 106:3

“BLESSINGS crown

The head

Of the righteous=

But violence overwhelms

The mouth of the wicked”                                                                                        Proverbs 10:6

We HONOR our God

When we PRAY FOR OTHERS=

When we pass those BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS

On to someone else

In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR ALL POWERFUL FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

5-10-20 and 4-24-2023 4-29-2026

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

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!

 

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!

I like doing

FOR OTHERS=

But I don't have

A lot of material GIFTS

But ONE THING

We can always do

For others=is to PRAY FOR THEM!

PRAYING FOR OTHER!

“May you be BLESSED

By the Lord=

Who made heaven

Ad earth”                                                                                                                       Psalm 115:15

PRAYING for others

Is very POWERFUL=

When we pray for others

We are CALLING ON GOD

To BLESS another human being

In a very special way

GOD BLESS YOU=and

KEEP YOU WELL

A prayer after a sneeze

Can be a call

FOR GOOD HEALTH

A prayer in the MORNING

Can be=can mean=

To BLESS that person

ALL DAY LONG

“GOD BLESS” can mean to

Keep the other person well

And GOD BE WITH YOU

Can mean a prayer

FOR GOODBYE

Yes=PRAYING for others

Is something

We can ALL DO

FOR ANOTHER HUMAN BEING

“What other nation

Is so great

As to have

Their gods near them-

The way the LORD our God

Is near to us

Whenever we PRAY TO HIM?”                                                                                   Deuteronomy 4:7

“If my people

Who are called

By name

Will humble themselves

AND PRAY

And seek my face

And turn

From their wicked ways........”                                                                                  2 Chronicles 7:14

“Rejoice always=PRAY CONTINUALLY

Give thanks

In all circumstances

For this is God's will

In Christ Jesus”                                                                                                    2 Thessalonians 5:16-17

Yes=PRAYING FOR OTHERS

Is a beautiful thing=

It is a BLESSING

To ask the HOLY ONE

To bless another=

It is POWERFUL INDEED

We are GOD'S CREATION=

We are God's handiwork=

PRAYING FOR OTHERS!-

Is a special blessing

“BLESSED are those

Who act justly

Who always do

What is right”                                                                                                               Psalm 106:3

“BLESSINGS crown

The head

Of the righteous=

But violence overwhelms

The mouth of the wicked”                                                                                        Proverbs 10:6

We HONOR our God

When we PRAY FOR OTHERS=

When we pass those BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS

On to someone else

In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR ALL POWERFUL FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

5-10-20 and 4-24-2023 4-29-2026

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

1 SAMUEL Chapter 5 through 7=FOR MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 5 Through 7 Notes=For

MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=4-28-2026

 

Chapter 5

THE ARK=In Philistine Territory

 

=The PHILISTINES Capture the ARK=Of the COVENANT=and

PLACE it in=The TEMPLE of Dagon(Their god)

 

=THE IDOL of Dagon=FALLS down before the Ark--------

Twice=SHOWING GOD’S SUPERIORITY!

 

=God AFFLICTS the Philistines=With tumors and PANIC in cities

Like Ashdod=Gath=and Ekron

 

=The PHILISINES REALIZE=The ARK is bringing JUDGMENT=and

Decide to send it away

 

THE KEY IDEA

=GOD’S POWER =is not limited

 

 

1 Samuel 6

 

THE ARK=Is returned to Israel

 

=The Philistines=SEND the Ark back with OFFERINGS

(Gold tumors and rats)=to stop the plagues

 

=They USE a test=COWS pull the cart-CARRYING the ARK

Without guidance=--------and it GOES STRAIGHT to Israel=PROVING

It is from God

 

=The ARK=arrives at Beth Shemesh=and the people REJOICE

 

=However some Israelites=Look INSIDE the ARK=and are

STRUCK DOWN for their IRREVERENCE

 

=THE KEY IDEA=GOD IS HOLY=He MUST be treated with RESPECT=

Even by his own people

 

 

1 SAMUEL 7

 

ISRAEL REPENTS=and God DELIVERS

 

=The ARK is kept at Kiriath Jearim=For many years

 

=THE PROPHET SAMUEL=Calls Israel to REPENT=and turn away=

From IDOLS Like Baal=and Ashtoreth

 

=The people GATHER at Mizpah=CONFESS their sins and fast

 

=WHEN the Philistines attack=Israel asks SAMUEL TO PRAY

 

=God RESPONDS with Thunder=Throwing the Philistines into confusion=--------

And ISRAEL WINS THE BATTLE

 

=Samuel sets up a stone=Called Ebenezer=Meaning

“STONE OF HELP”=To REMEMBER GOD’S DELIVERANCE

 

=Samuel leads Israel=as JUDGE=Bringing PEACE

During his lifetime

 

THE KEY IDEA=REPENTANCE BRINGS RESTORATION=--------WHEN

The people RETURN to God=He FIGHTS FOR THEM

 

THE OVEALL THEMES

 

=GOD HAS SUPREMACY=Over idols and nations

 

=GOD’S HOLINESS Requires REVERENCE

 

=REPENTANCE leads to=VICTORY AND PEACE

 

=God is FAITHFUL=and HELPS HIS PEOPLE

 

RPW for MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy=4-28-2026=about

6 to 7 PM

 

 

 

 

FISHERS OF MEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 28^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 other 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

Your 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       “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you

            Fishers of men.”

 

            At once they left their nets and followed him”                             Mark 1:17

 

 

Dear Lord, please help us o spread your love, your forgiveness

And your kindness all over the world.

AMBASSADOR'S OF GOD'S LOVE

 

AMBASSADORS OF GOD'S LOVE

Do you know

What an ambassador is

An ambassador is a diplomatic official

Of the highest rank

Sent by ONE sovereign state

To another

As its resident representative

The United States has ambassadors

To Italy, Ireland, Japan

And ALMOST

Every country imaginable 

In 2 Corinthians 5

Saint Paul calls us

“AMBASSADORS of GOD'S LOVE”

“WE are therefore

Christ's ambassadors

As though God

Were making his appeal through us”                                           2 Corinthians 5

That is

Exactly what we are to do

BECOME in this world

Ambassadors of God's LOVE

In other words

A representative of God's love

And to CARRY it

To everyone in this world

And we carry a rank too

The rank of apostle or disciple

Of God in today's world

The 21st century

And we

Don't even have to say a thing

IF we are living right

FOR people will know

We belong to God

AND TO LOVE

Just by the very example

Of our life

DISCIPLESHIP

Refers to the act of following

And learning from a teacher

Especially God or Jesus

And ALL we have to do

To learn from God

Is to pick up the GOOD BOOK

and read about Jesus

And the Apostles

And we too

Will be apostles

By putting what we learn

Into action

This makes us

AMBASSADORS OF GOD'S LOVE

A representative of God and Christ

By carrying the message

To everyone that we meet

And we

Do NOT have to go 

Anywhere special

Just take it with us

Wherever we go

You are

The resident representative

Of God's love

In the world today

You are

AN AMBASSADOR OF GOD'S LOVE

Robert P. wallman

12-17-13

3-3-16

and 1-20-19 and 4-28-2026

NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

There is NO MAGIC FORMULA

In this life=

There is no magic formula

To make things easy

In this world

 

It takes work

IT TAKES LOVE=

Live with love and God=

And with family=number one

In your life=NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

“But as for the seed

That fell on rich soil

 

They are the ones who=

When they have HEARD THE WORD

Embrace it

 

Wit a generous and good heart

And bear fruit=THROUGH PERSEVERANCE”                                                                                Luke 8:15

 

We have to KEEP God

Number ONE in our life

 

To make it

Through all the difficulties

Life throws at us

 

Living with God in our hearts

LISTENING for=and living

The Word of God

There is=NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

We all

Want to bear fruit=in this life

We all want to

BE A SUCCESS

 

But to do so

We must keep=GOD NUMBER ONE

We must keep FAMILY

Right behind it=and we must live

With great perseverance

NO MAGICAL FORMULA!=in this life

 

“And let us=RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE

The race=marked out

For us

 

Fixing our eyes on Jesus=

The pioneer and perfecter

Of faith”                                                                                                                                 Hebrews 12;1-2

 

“…….because you know

That the testing of your faith

PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE”                                                                                       James 1:3

 

In present times

There are many impediments

To keep us

From living a good life

 

But we must PERSEVERE

We must keep on

Living with LOVE-FAMILY-and GOD

By staying in=The Word of God

NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

So read your BIBLE every day

Live lives with morality=

With virtue=self-denial=and sacrifice

STAY IN the WORD!

 

“How can a young person

Stay ON the path of purity?

By living=ACC ORDING TO YOUR WORD!”                                                                                    Psalm 119:9

 

“EVERY WORD of God

Is flawless=he is a shield=to those

Who take refuge in him”                                                                                                        Proverbs 30:5

 

Keep living love=GOD=

Keep living God and family

There is=NO MAGICAL FORMULA!

 

But if you keep doing this

And stay=IN THE WORD

The Lord=will lead you to

THE RICH SOIL IN LIFE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER NURTURING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-16-2022 and 4-27-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Mr. Justin McClain, O.P.

THE GRACE TO KEEP ON TRYING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 27^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

THE GRACE TO KEEP ON TRYING

 

 

 

 

 

Grace for living

Grace for dying

We all need

A little bit of grace

Just to

Keep on trying

 

Keep on trying

To live a life

That is righteous

In God’s eyes

 

To keep on trying

When the world knocks us down

And even when it

Wants to make us keep on crying

 

Grace for living

Grace for dying

We all need

A little bit of grace

Just to

Keep on trying

 

Grace to ask God

To keep on carrying God’s message

From the Lord God above

 

Grace for living

Grace for dying

Grace for the courage

Just to

Keep on trying

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-09-06

 

Ps       Grace is the undeserved love and salvation God gives to us

 

           “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that

             Just as sin reigned in death

             So also grace might reign though righteousness

             To bring eternal life though Jesus Christ our Lord”                  Romans 5:20 & 21

ONE MISSION

 

•  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 26^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

ONE MISSION

 

 

We have one mission

One mission in life

To learn to love God and all others

 

Lord-why is it so difficult

Why is it so hard

People don’t want

To love you as much as we say

 

It’s hard work-to love

When people are being mean and cruel

It’s hard work to keep loving

People who are being rude

 

One mission

One mission to learn to love

One mission

To learn to forgive

Lord-why is it so hard

I think it’s just selfishness

 

It’s just for ourselves

That we don’t want to live

 

One mission-to live

One mission-to forgive

One mission-to learn to live like God

But it’s just for ourselves

That we want to live

 

Lord-please help us

With our mission

And that is

To learn to live like you

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-12-06

 

Ps        “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

 

This is our mission

To live with so much love

So much kindness

So much forgiveness

That people will see the WORD OF GOD come alive in us

THE HEART MOST FULL OF LOVE=FOLLOW HIM!

 

THE HEART MOST FULL

OF LOVE=FOLLOW HIM!

Jesus had a HEART FULL=

Of love=all the more reason

He is=what he was=

The SON of God

He had MORE LOVE in him=

Than any other human being

That ever lived

“We HAVE come to KNOW

And to BELIEVE

In the LOVE God

Has for us”                                                                                                                   1 John 4:16

The IMAGE of a heart

Has long been an image

Of LOVE=and today=

The feast of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Invites us to REMEMBER

The FULLNESS of love

That Jesus had for us

It CALLS us to remember

The OVERFLOWING compassion and

SELFLESS dedication=that poured forth

From the HEART of Jesus

“My HEART-O God-is steadfast-

I will SING and make music

With all my soul”                                                                                                      Psalm 108:1

“LISTEN my son

And be wise

And SET your HEART

On the right path”                                                                                                        Proverbs 23:19

“You breed of vipers-

HOW can you-

Who are evil

Say anything good?

For the MOUTH speaks

What the HEART is FULL OF”                                                                                  Matthew 12:34

And Jesus HAD a heart

FULL OF LOVE

He SPOKE mostly love-

For GOD IS LOVE

The HEART most full

OF LOVE=

The ONE who HEALED the sick

Gave SIGHT to the blind-and-

DID so much GOOD for others

We need to FOLLOW HIM-

In HOW we live our lives-

And LIVE our lives with LOVE

We NEED to FOLLOW the man-and-

The SON OF GOD Jesus=

The ONE who had the

MOST LOVE

“SURELY your goodness and love

Will FOLLOW ME

All the days

Of my life

And I will DWELL

In the hose of the Lord-

FOREVER”                                                                                                                   Psalm 23:6

“COME-FOLLOW ME,'

Jesus said,

'And I will SEND you out

To FISH for people'”                                                                                                        Matthew 4:19-20

That IS still our JOB TODAY

And TODAY=on the FEAST-

Of the SACRED HEART OF Jesus

We MUST REMEMBER THAT-

There is still great POWER

In the SACRED HEART of Jesus

Power to INSPIRE and RESTORE

RELATIONSHIPS with him and God-

HIS FATHER

Let us remember that JESUS' HEART-

Is the ONE MOST FULL OF LOVE

And FOLLOW HIM

Follow him all the WAY HOME

To a RESTORED relationship with him

And God his FATHER

In the name of JESUS the Son

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-7 and   4=26-2026

Ps     INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.

IT'S NONE OF OUR CONCERN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 25^th, 2012a

 

 

 

 

 

IT’S NONE OF OUR CONCERN

 

 

 

 

 

Children and women

Are being molested

Children and women

Are being abused

But what do we care

It’s none of our concern

 

People are living

On the streets

People are having trouble

Feeding their kids

And making ends meet

But what do we care

It’s none of our concern

 

People are getting inadequate health-care

In some cases

No health-care at all

But what do we care

It’s none of our concern

 

Gay and lesbian people

Are being excluded

In every walk of life

What do we care

Isn’t it “in” to hate them

It’s none of our concern

 

Jesus said,

“What you do to the least of my brothers……..”

 

What do we care

IT’S NONE of OUR CONCERN

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-21-06

 

Ps        “Whoever does God’s will

              Is my brother, and sister and mother”                                        Mark 3:35

 

            “And he has given us this command

             Whoever loves God-must also love his brother”                        1 John 4:21

SHALOM-SHALOM=MAKE IT RIGHT TOO!

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHALOM-SHALOM=

MAKE IT RIGHT TOO!

 

I ATTENDED A MASS=a couple of weeks ago=ON DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY!=and

The Monsignor TAUGHT ME=Something I did not know=JESUS often GAVE HIS PEACE=

To HIS DISCIPLES and others=”PEACE I leave with you=MY PEACE I give you=I

Do NOT give to you=as the WORLD gives=Do not let=YOUR HEARTS be troubled=and

Do  not be afraid”=John 14:27

 

SHALOM-SHALOM!=So Jesus GIVES us his peace=But there is also an ADDITIONAL MEANING=

To that and it is=”MAKE IT RIGHT!”=AND THE apostles=DID JUST THAT=By giving UP=their lives=

For JESUS’ and GOD’S LOVE=right after the RESURRECTION!=And we too=CAN be a party=

To that=as 21^st century apostles=By giving up our lives=and LIVING and LOVING for Jesus=

Or at least=Making Jesus’ love and the Holy Father’s LOVE=Part of our lives=”MAKE IT RIGHT”=

Help make Jesus’ love=COME ALIVE=In today’s world=IN the modern world that=WE LIVE IN=

“SHALOM-SHALOM=MAKE IT RIGHT”=as Jesus so often said and DID

“Far be it-from you=To do such a thing=--------To kill the Righteous=with the wicked=

Treating the RIGHTEOUS and wicked alike=Far be it from you!=Will not the JUDGE=Of all

The earth=DO RIGHT”                                                                                                                                     Genesis 18:25

“The precepts of the Lord=ARE RIGHT=Giving joy=to the heart=The commands of the Lord=are

Radiant=Giving light to the eyes”                                                                                                             Psalm 19:8

“LEARN TO DO RIGHT=Seek justice=Defend the oppressed=Take up the cause of the

Fatherless=Plead the case of the widow”                                                                                                Isaiah 1:17

 

So=HOW can we make=God’s love=JESUS’ LOVE=COME alive in today’s world?=The APOSTLES

Continued Jesus’ work=2,000 years ago=as did the Saints=and the CHRISTIAN and CATHOLIC

Churches in today’s world=But we=You and me=have-CARRY that same RESPONSIBILITY=as

21^st century Christian apostles=We CAN=work for it too=”SHALOM-SHALOM=My PEACE I give

To you=MAKE IT RIGHT!”

 

LIVE in Peace  with your neighbor=LOVE the Holy Father God and Jesus=ABOVE all else=Forgive

70x7=and LIVE the BEATITUDES=Also BE INCLUSIVE with your LOVE=and SPEAK=Of God and the

GOSPEL at all times=MAKE IT RIGHT!

“Yet to ALL=Who did receive him=To those who BELIEVED=In his name=He gave the RIGHT=to

Become Children of GOD=--------Children not born=Of natural descent=Nor of human decision=

Or a husband’s will=BUT BORN OF GOD”                                                                                           John1:12-13              

“Do not repay anyone=Evil for evil=Be careful to do=WHAT IS RIGHT=In the eyes

“Of everyone”                                                                                                                                                     Romans 12:13

“Finally brothers and sisters=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”                                                                         Philippians 4:8

 

JESUS BROUGHT His and=HIS FATHER’S LOVE=To the world=For he INFINITELY LOVED=

And does LOVE US=so remember you are=CHILDREN OF GOD=Live in love=and LIVE IN

PEACE=as much as you CAN=Reasonably can=MAKE IT RIGHT!=as you are a 21^st century

Apostle=and a CHILD OF GOD!=”SHALOM-SHALOM”=as our Jesus said and DID

 

In Jesus’ name=and IN the name of=OUR EVER LOVING=Ever living=EVER RIGHTEOUS=

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-22-2026

 

Ps        INSPIRED by a HOMILY by Monsignor Lawrence Dinardo at Saint Peter’s Church=

             On Divine Mercy Sunday=4-12-2026                                                    

SAINT MARK

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAINT MARK

 

 

Saint Mark was an evangelist

But not

One of the original apostles

 

He was the young man

Who followed Christ

After his arrest

And later escaped capture

 

“A young man wearing nothing

But a linen garment

Was following Jesus

 

When they seized him

He fled naked

Leaving his garment behind”                                                          Mark 14:51-52

 

Dear Lord-we pray

That as we follow you

Through our lives

When times become tough

That we do not flee from you

As the other apostles

And Mark did

 

Mark was later

The companion

Of both Paul and Peter

 

Paul and Barnabas-Mark’s cousin

Took Mark on Paul’s first missionary journey

But Mark turned back

For Jerusalem

 

Paul became angry

And his quarrel with Barnabas

Led to Barnabas and Mark
Preaching together in Cypress

 

“Some time later

Paul said to Barnabas,

‘Let us go back

And visit the brothers

Where we preached the Word of the Lord

And see how they are doing’

 

Barnabas wanted to take John

Also called John Mark with them

But Paul did not think

It wise to take him

Because he had deserted them

In Pamphylia

And not continued with them

In the work”                                                                    Acts 15:36:38

 

They had a sharp disagreement

And Barnabas and Mark

Preached in Cyprus

 

Paul took Silas

And headed out to strengthen the churches

In Syria and Cilicia

 

Later

Mark was with Paul

When Paul was in prison

 

“My fellow prisoner Aristarchus

Sends you his greetings

As does Mark-the cousin of Barnabas

(“You have received instructions about him

If he comes to you-welcome him”)                                                        Colossians 4:10

 

And Peter referred to Mark,

“As his son”

 

“She who is in Babylon

Chosen together with you

Sends you her greetings

As does my son Mark”

 

We must remember

That Mark was a good deal younger

Than Peter and Paul

And that Peter

Is probably the SOURCE

Of most of Mark’s Gospel

 

It is believed

Mark suffered martyrdom

Possibly in Alexandria

Of which he was the first bishop

 

The symbol of Mark

As an evangelist

Is the lion

And his feast day

Is April 25^th

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-4-13

 

 

Ps        MISC.        WITNESS        4-25-14 and 4-25-2019

I FOUND MYSELF IN YOU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 24^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

I FOUND MYSELF IN YOU

 

 

 

 

 

When I didn’t know what to do

When I didn’t have a clue

Yes I found myself in you

 

I found myself in love

I found myself in forgiveness

I found myself

Everywhere that there was kindness

 

I found myself

In the heart of a child

I found myself in the smile of a friend

I found myself in the stranger walking by

For God’s sake

We don’t even know

Where they might have been

 

When I didn’t know what to do

When I didn’t have a clue

Yes

I found myself in you

 

I found myself

In the so-called “losers” of this world

I found myself in you

 

You have to remember

There for the grace of God go I

I found myself in you

 

So when I didn’t know what to do

When I didn’t have a clue

Yes

I found myself in you

 

I found myself

In every other human being

In this world

I found myself in you

 

I found myself in you

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-02-06

 

Ps        If you are LOST on this highway of life-a great reading is Luke 15

            Where Jesus tells the Pharisees 3 parables when they ask him

            Why he welcomes sinners and eats with them

 

            He tells the story of ONE LOST SHEEP

            He tells the story of ONE LOST COIN

            And he tells the story of ONE LOST SON

            And his LOVING FATHER

 

And in Matthew 9:12—Jesus tells the Pharisees when questioned

About eating with sinners:

 

“It is not the healthy who need a Doctor

But the sick”

 

But go and learn what this means

 

“I desire mercy not sacrifice”

 

For I have not come

To call the righteous-but sinners”

 

No matter where you are on this journey we call life

No one is so far gone as to be lost to God

 

Don’t give up on yourself because

GOD WILL NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON YOU

            

CARRY IT TO COMPLETION

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

2-28-13

 

 

CARRY IT TO COMPLETION

 

 

For each

And EVERY ONE of us Christians

Our mission-our job

Is the same

 

To bring some measure

OF GOD’S LOVE

Of Christ’s life

Alive in some way

In today’s world

 

For ourselves

And if we are

BLESSED with the opportunity

For someone else

 

God BEGAN a work in you

At Baptism

And will carry it on

To completion-if we let him

 

“I THANK my God

Every time I remember you

In all my prayers

For all of you

I always

Pray with joy

Because of your partnership

In the gospel

From the first day

Until now

 

Being confident of this

That he who began

A GOOD WORK in you

Will carry it on to completion

UNTIL THE DAY

Of Christ Jesus”                                                                                Philippians 1:3-6

 

God began

A work in you At Baptism

 

Maybe you

As I did

Got lost along the way

In your teens-or twenties

 

Don’t worry

It is common

It is called growth

It is called maturity

 

Maybe you

Reconfirmed your vowels

From Baptism

As a baby

Or maybe you

Were born again

And recommitted your life to God

 

For each of us

Our journey is different

 

What is common

Is that

We are all

On a journey

And we all

Have a personal relationship with God

(If we choose to)

 

GOD BEGAN

A good and perfect work in you

And GOD WILL

Carry it on to completion

 

“The fear of the Lord

Is the beginning of wisdom

All who follow his precepts

Have good understanding

To him belongs eternal praise”                                                                    Psalm 111:10

 

“The fear of the Lord

Is the beginning of knowledge

But fools despise wisdom and discipline”                                                 Proverbs 1:7

 

God began

A good and perfect work in you

God will

CARRY IT ON TO COMPLETION

And we know

He will carry

That perfect work in us

THROUGH LOVE

 

“There is

NO FEAR IN LOVE

But perfect love

DRIVES out fear

Because fear

Has to do with punishment

 

The one who fears

Is not perfect in love”                                                                       1 John 4:18

 

Just love baby

JUST LOVE

 

God will

COMPLETE HIS WORK IN US

 

JUST LOVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-25-12

 

Ps      WITNESS      2-28-13 and 9-21-2021 and 6-01-2023 and 4-24-2026

 

1-28-16 and 4-3-2019