WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD


Today is the FEAST DAY
Of Saint Clare=whose name
Means=”BRIGHT-CLEAR-LIGHT”=and


In addition to being a SAINT=
My Godchild Stephanie=who was BORN
On August 11th=chose the name of
Clare as her CONFIRMATION NAME


So=SAINT Clare=will always be EXTRA SPECIAL
To me=as IS my niece=and godchild=STEPHANIE


“And keep watch
To SEE
What he will SAY to me.........” Habakkuk 2:1


And let us always KEEP LOOKING
To see the LIGHT=for Jesus
Told us=
“WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD”


“You are the
LIGHT of the world


A town on a hill
CANNOT be hidden
Neither do people


Light a lamp
And put it
Under a bowl


INSTEAD they put it
On its stand
And it gives LIGHT
To everyone
In the house


In the SAME way
Let your LIGHT
SHINE before others


That they may see
Your good deeds
And GLORIFY your Father
In heaven” Matthew 5:14-16


YES=like Jesus said=
WE are the LIGHT
Of the world
And we should
SHINE=SHINE=SHINE


The question is:
HOW much LIGHT are we
GOING to throw out?


There are SOME days that I
Feel so GREAT=I feel like
The SUN=or a flashing
NEON LIGHT=shining the GOSPEL
For all to see


We are THE LIGHT
Of the world


Then there are OTHER days
That I feel=ONLY like a
FLASHLIGHT=shining in the CORNERS
Of the room=in the house
FOR MY FAMILY


Or a street light shining on
The street=for the
NEIGHBORS to see


The point is: we are the LIGHT
Of the world=and WHATEVER light
We have that particular day
We are to SHINE FOR OTHERS


“In him was LIFE
And that life
Was the LIGHT
Of ALL mankind


The LIGHT
SHINES in the darkness
And the darkness
Has NOT overcome it” John 1:4-5


Well whatever LIGHT that we are
We CAN SHINE for others
Even it it is just putting
A little light=in a
HOPELESS SITUATION


Saint Clare=our
“BRIGHT CLEAR LIGHT”


Help us REALIZE
We are
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD


In Jesus' name=and in the name of the DIVINE FATHER=
THE TRUE LIGHTS=OF THE UNIVERSE


Robert P. Wallman
8-10-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.

SAINT CLARE

WITNESS




8-11-13




THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION-SAINT CLARE




She was born in Assisi, Italy
But nothing is known
Of her early life


At 18
She was so moved
By the teachings of Saint Francis
She became
One of his followers


She renounced
All of her possessions
And took the habit of a nun


She then
Joined the religious life
And Francis offered her
And her companions
A small house
Next to the church at San Damiano


She became the abbess
Of a community of women
Who lived
According to the rule
And spirit of Saint Francis


This group included Clare, Clare’s mother
Two of her sisters
And some wealthy members from Florence, Italy


Their way of life
Was one of extreme poverty
And austerity
They lived entirely by alms
And renounced all rents


Like the Franciscans
The “Poor Clares”
Spread to other parts of Europe
Especially Spain


Clare lived in Assisi
Her entire life
And was considered
One of the great contemplatives
Of her generation


She adopted Francis’ ideals
Including his love of nature
Which continued
Long after Francis’ death


For the last 27 years of her life
She had various illnesses
And was sometimes bedridden
But she never lost her devotion
To the other nuns
Or to the town of Assisi


She was canonized
Two years after her death
And the Poor Clares
Continue to today
As a contemplative order
Still distinguished by the ideals
In which it was founded


Today-August 11^th-is her feast day
And she is considered to be
THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION


Robert P. Wallman
August 9^th, 2012


Ps Today-is my niece Stephanie’s 19th birthday
She took the name of Clare as her confirmation name WITNESS 8-11-14
8-10-18

THE WHOLE WORLD

THE WHOLE WORLD


I WONDER if Jesus
Always knew
His MISSION was
THE WHOLE WORLD


BASED on the reading
In Matthew today
Maybe not


Nevertheless he answered
The CALL for the NEED
In this world


“Oh woman=GREAT is your faith!
Let it be done for you
As you WISH” Matthew 15:28


A Canaanite woman=in utter DESPERATION
Makes a scene
And CRIES OUT to Jesus
On behalf=of her daughter


Jesus first IGNORES her
And then he PUBLICLY rebukes her


“I was sent ONLY
To the LOST SHEEP
Of ISRAEL” Matthew 15:24


If it had REMAINED that way=
TODAY=we would be sheep
WITHOUT A SHEPHERD


But the woman PERSISTED
In her request
And in doing so
She seems to INVITE Jesus


To reconsider and ENLARGE
His mission
Regarding who is INCLUDED
In the reign of God


THANK GOD for this woman
And her daughter=
Thank God for US=
Thank God=FOR THE WHOLE WORLD


That Jesus ANSWERS those of us
In need=


For each and EVERY ONE of us
Jesus has ENLARGED his mission
To INCLUDE all of us


“For God so loved
The WORLD
That he gave


His one and ONLY SON
That WHOEVER believes in him


Shall NOT PERISH
But have eternal LIFE” John 3:16


Jesus came for us
For the NEEDS
Of the WHOLE WORLD


“........that God was RECONCILING
The WORLD to himself=in CHRIST


NOT COUNTING people's sins
Against them........” 2 Corinthians 5:19


“And his commands
Are not burdensome


For everyone BORN of God
Overcomes the WORLD


This is the VICTORY
That has overcome the WORLD=
Even our FAITH” 1 John 5:4


Jesus was a DEEP THINKER


And after LISTENING to
This woman and her dire need=
NOT to mention us=and ALL
Of our dire needs


He decides to EMBRACE
The world and GIVE his
HEART=not to mention
HIS BODY=for the EVOLVING KINGDOM
And the ENTIRE WORLD


In the names of Jesus=and his EVER-LOVING FATHER=
Who are the LIGHT OF THE WORLD


Robert P. Wallman
8-9-18




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

GOD'S LOVE DOES NOT FADE AWAY

GOD'S LOVE DOES NOT FADE AWAY




Everything in life
FADES AWAY-or perishes


ALL that is-EXCEPT
God's love
GOD'S LOVE
Sustains me
Through every situation


“The Lord sustains
The humble
But casts the wicked
To the ground” Psalm 147:4


Even trees
Planted near a flowing river
Change their colors these days


Autumn reminds us
That leaves do fade


But God's love
NEVER FADES AWAY
He evens sustains
The fatherless
And the widow


“The Lord
Watches over the alien
And sustains
The fatherless and the widow
But he frustrates
The ways of the wicked” Deuteronomy 10:18


GOD'S LOVE
Does not fade away


Those that live
Off of God's word
Will never perish


“My sheep
Listen to my voice
I know them
And they know me


I give them eternal life
And they shall NEVER perish


No one can snatch them
Out of my Father's hand” John 10:27-28


We may die
But we will find
ETERNAL LIFE
By LIVING off the WORD OF GOD


God's LOVE
Never fades away


And while
We may not find
earthly glory
We will find heavenly glory


And we will find
GOD LIVING INSIDE OF US
And that gives us peace


And the Lord our God
OUR SHEPHERD
Will lead us home
To that glory


“And when
The chief SHEPHERD appears
You will receive
THE CROWN OF GLORY
That will NEVER FADE AWAY” 1 Peter 5:4


And that crown of glory
IS GOD'S LOVE
LIVING inside of you


God's love
Inside of you
THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT
EVER FADE AWAY


Robert P. Wallman
2-9-14




7-12-15 & 8-9-18

SAINT DOMINIC

SAINT DOMINIC




Saint Dominic
Is the founder
Of the DOMINICANS


Their official title
Is ORDER OF PREACHERS
And states accurately
What Dominic
Had in mind


A WORLD-WIDE order
Dedicated to promoting
On a community basis
The things
That would make GOOD preachers:
Holiness-deep study-and SOUND DOCTRINE
And familiarity with the SPIRIT


Dominic was born in 1170
And was the youngest
Of four children
And he was an innovator


He was born
In Spain
And took after his mother
THE BLESSED Joan of Aza


He was EDUCATED
By his uncle
And his first seven years
As a priest-were uneventful


Dominic led
A life of prayer-penance-and study
Until 1205
When he and his BISHOP offered themselves
To Pope Innocent III
For mission work in Russia


But the Pope sent them instead
To convert the Albigenses
In southern France


He was 35
And would have
Only 16 years of life left


He was a man
Of vision
Of energy
And GREAT personal charm


He felt
That those who preceded him
Were ineffective-because their life style
Was too high and too soft


HIS PREACHERS
Would live on alms
Carry books-but NO MONEY
And offer the Albigenses
An ideal


The first Dominicans were women
Consisting of Albigensian converts
And in 1215
After ten years of preaching
Dominic organized his preachers
Under the rule of Saint Augustine


Five year later
He held the first general charter
And drew up the constitution


A year later-in 1221
Dominic died


Saint Dominic’s feast day
Is August 8^th
And the motto of the Dominicans is:


“To contemplate
And to SHARE with others
The FRUITS of contemplation”


Robert P. Wallman
8-13-13
Ps WITNESS 8-8-14

MY ROOTS ARE IN GOD AND FAMILY

MY ROOTS
ARE IN GOD AND FAMILY




WHERE are your roots
What gives you LIFE?
What SUSTAINS YOU
In life


The ANSWER
To all those questions-
FOR ME
Are in God and family


GOD GAVE me life
Once-at birth
And numerous times thereafter-
In countless medical emergencies
On my birthdays


“NOW CHOOSE LIFE
So that you
And your children
May live


And that you
May love
The Lord your God


Listen to his voice
And hold fast to him


For the Lord
IS YOUR LIFE


And he will give you
Many years


In the land
He swore to give
To your fathers
Abraham-Isaac-and Jacob” Deuteronomy 30:19-20


CHOOSE GOD
CHOOSE FAMILY


Outside of God
it is MY FAMILY
Who has SUSTAINED me


My parents and sisters
For accepting me
FOR WHO I AM


My nieces
And my extended family
(and all of my friends)


“Consequently
You are no longer
Foreigners and aliens


But fellow citizens
And GOD'S PEOPLE
And members of GOD'S HOUSEHOLD” Ephesians 2:19


You are MEMBERS
Of the household
Of God's own family


GOD is your adopted father
Jesus is your adopted brother


And the ROOT of God
LIVES INSIDE of you
Inside of all of us


IF you haven't been active
In being a part of GOD'S FAMILY
It is time to start


Between BELONGING to God
And the family
I was born into
I FEEL
Like God gave me
EVERYTHING that I need


MY ROOTS
Are in God and family


“I Jesus
Have sent mine angel
Unto these things
In the churches


I AM THE ROOT
And the offspring of David
And the beginning and morning star” REVELATIONS 22:16


BECAUSE I belong to God
Because I belong to Jesus
Because of the love
OF MY FAMILY


I continue to GROW in love


Because my ROOTS
ARE IN GOD AND FAMILY


Robert P. Wallman
11-21-14


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




3-17-15 and 8-8-18

REACHING OUT=FOR THE GRACE

REACHING OUT=
FOR THE GRACE


There are a number
Of accounts in the GOSPELS
Where people REACH OUT
For healing=just by
TOUCHING=Jesus' garments


What FAITH!=REACHING out for
The GRACE OF JESUS


“People brought to him
All those=who were sick


And BEGGED him
That they might touch
ONLY the tassel
On his cloak


And as many-as touched it=
WERE HEALED” Matthew 14:35-36


The healing touch of Jesus=
REACHING OUT for the GRACE!


In Luke 8=there was a woman
Who reached out
For Jesus' cloak
In a crowd


He didn't see her
But he felt the power
LEAVE his body


And he called out=
“WHO TOUCHED ME?” Luke 8:45


She must have been AFRAID
But she was brave
And came forward


HOW ABOUT US? Do we have
The COURAGE to come forward?
Are we BRAVE enough to
ASK for his healing?


To ask for a TOUCH
Of his GRACE?


“Out of his FULLNESS
We have
All received GRACE
In place of GRACE
Already given


For the law
Was given through Moses


GRACE and TRUTH=
Came through Jesus Christ” John 1:16-17


“Now Stephen=a man
Full of God's GRACE and power


Performed great wonders and signs
AMONG the people” Acts 6:8


“The GRACE
Of the Lord Jesus
BE with you=
My LOVE=to all of you
In CHRIST JESUS. Amen.” 1 Corinthians 16-23-24


In ALMOST every case
Jesus said their FAITH
Had healed them


In our deepest afflictions
We must REMAIN
OPEN to the possibility
Of GRACE in this world


It IS in our afflictions
That we REACH OUT
To Jesus for HEALING


That we reach out
For the GRACE of Jesus


“So they set out
And went from village
To village


PROCLAIMING the good news
And HEALING people everywhere” Luke 9:6


Maybe that is all we
Have to do=REACH OUT in HUMILITY


For the GRACE of God, Jesus,
And the apostles=
For the TRUE HEALING=in this world


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
8-6-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jessica Mesman Griffith