HONORING VETERANS=and THE GREATEST VETERAN OF THEM ALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORING VETERANS=Saint Martin of TOURS=and THE

GREATEST VETERAN OF ALL=Jesus Christ

 

TODAY=11-11-2026=We OBERVE Veterans Day=For ALL who have SERVED=In military

Service=BOTH men and women=The WORD veteran=Means old or FORMER=and those

WOMEN and men=SERVED their country=in a SELF-SACRIFICING manner=Surviving Threats

And DANGERS=to their lives=They are and Need to BE HONORED and Remembered=”Even

Though I walk in the dark valley=I FEAR no evil=For you ARE=at my side=With your rod and=

Your staff=THEY give me COURAGE”                                                                                                        Psalm 23:4

HONORING all of OUR VETERANS=Men and women=Saint Martin of Tours=Born in the 4^th

Century=and Our SOLDIER OF LOVE=Jesus Christ!

 

HOW FITTING that today is=Saint Martin’s feast day=Who is/was a SOLDIER for Christ=and also

A SOLDIER in=The Roman army=Who after He left the army=Became a Monk=a BISHOP of

Tours=and in the END A SAINT!=MAY we all=Live LIVES of Service and COURAGE=Like our

Veterans=Saint Martin of Tours=and THE GREATEST VETERAN of them all=Jesus Christ!=

“BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS=Do NOT be afraid or terrified=Because of them=For the LORD=

Your God=Goes with you=He will NEVER leave you nor forsake you”                             Deuteronomy 31:6

“BE Strong and very COURAGEOUS=Be Careful=To obey all the law=My servant Moses gave

You=Do NOT turn from it=To the right or=To the left=That you may be SUCCESSFUL=Wherever

You go”                                                                                                                                                               Joshua 1:7

That is OUR SERVICE Women and MEN=From the military=Through out history=STONG AND

COURAGEOUS=That is our Saint Martin of Tours=and MOST of all=That is OUR JESUS==Whose

Weapons were Love=Kindness and Forgiveness=ONE MAN Against the WORLD=HONORING HIM=

And ALL of our VETERANS today!

 

“But now the Lord declares’=’FAR be it from me=Those who HONOR ME=I will Honor=But those

Who despise me=Will be disdained’”                                                                                                   1 Samuel 2:30

“You have made then=A  little lower=Than the ANGELS=and crowned them=With

Glory and HONOR”                                                                                                                                               Psalm 8:5

“Be Devoted to=One another in LOVE=HONOR one another above yourselves”             Romans 12:10

That is who our MEN and WOMEN=of the SERVICE were and ARE=Along with Saint Martin=and

ALL those other Saints=and Most of all=OUR Jesus Christ=along with OUR HOLY FATHER GOD!

LIVING a life of SERVICE for all=HONOR HIM!=HONOR THEM!

 

Just like Soldiers=Jesus Left his home=Heaven=TRAVELED to a distant land=Earth=and he

FOUGHT with=Love and Kindness for all!=He freed Humanity=and in doing so=Was WOUNDED

And Killed in BATTLE=Like many of our soldiers=But he was VICTORIOUS=and by his VICTORY=He

Did SAVE US!=We are saved!

“SALVATION is Found in=No one else=For there is NO other name=under Heaven=Given to

Mankind by which=We Must BE SAVED”                                                                                                      Acts 4:12

 

HONORING our Women and our men=Of the Military=Saint Martin of Tours=and our Savior

Jesus Christ=as well as OUR EVER LIVING=Ever  Loving=and ALWAYS Victorious=Our Holy

Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-11-2026

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. James McKarns