YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO

 

YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO!

Have you ever felt

EXCLUDED from a group of friends

Or a group of peers

That you really wanted to BELONG to?

I am SURE that you have=I have-we

ALL have-even Jesus was rejected

By his home town and his own people

But OUR God stands with you

He stands with all=he INCLUDES everyone

Even the poor and the “nothings”

YOU COUNT for something

You are SOMEONE=you are INCLUDED

In the kingdom of God

“........God chose the lowly

And despised of the world

Those who count for nothing

….....”                                                                                                                          1 Corinthians 1:28

STAND with God-for he-

Will stand FOREVER with you

“I will declare

That your love stands 

FIRM FOREVER

That you have established

Your faithfulness in heaven itself”                                                                            Psalm 89:2

You COUNT-oh YES you do!=

In the kingdom of God-

And in the world of heaven itself

“You will be hated

By everyone-because of me

But the ONE

Who STANDS FIRM to the end

Will be saved”                                                                                                    Matthew 10:22

STAND FIRM with God-stand firm

With Jesus-He will stand by you

UNTIL the end of time

“Nevertheless-God's SOLID foundation

STANDS firm

Sealed with this inscription:

'The Lord KNOWS those

Who are his'-and-

'Everyone who confesses

The name of the Lord

MUST turn away from wickedness'”                                                                               2 Timothy 2:19

There are NO nothings

There is no one who

Does not matter

In the EYES of the Lord

You are SPECIAL-you are INCLUDED

OUR God is an INCLUSIVE God-

A God who LOVES US ALL

DON'T ever let anyone tell you

That you do not matter

That you are nothing

THESE are the ONES our God

Our Jesus CHOOSES=he keeps us

IN his company=he chooses us

He COUNTS us as special 

“You did not choose me

But I CHOSE YOU-

And appointed you

So that you might go

And bear fruit-

FRUIT that will last-

And so that whatever

You ASK in my name

The Father will give you

This is my command:

LOVE ONE ANOTHER”                                                                                   John 15:16

“But we ought ALWAYS

To thank God for you-

Brothers and sisters-

LOVED by the Lord

Because God CHOSE you as his first fruits

To be saved

THROUGH the sanctifying work

Of the SPIRIT

And through BELIEF in the truth”                                                                  2 Thessalonians 2:13

So WHOEVER you are in this world

YOU COUNT-You are SOMEONE SPECIAL 

In this world

OH YES YOU ARE!-

Forever in Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

1-28-17

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

Ps         1-16-17-2019 and 11-19-20-2020 and 12-18-2025

OPEN TO EVERYONE=IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN TO EVERYONE=IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD

 

Did You KNOW=THE KINGDOM of God=is OPEN TO US ALL?=You don’t  have=

To be CATHOLIC=Or even a CHRISTIAN=You can BE JEWISH=Muslim=or any other

DENOMINATION=Jesus Christ died=FOR US ALL=Whether you are=A BELIEVER OR

NOT=ALL you have to DO=Is LOVE the Holy Father God=and for MY PERSONAL BELIEF=

Jesus is THE KEY=To my very EXISTENCE=COME to God=Come to Jesus=The KINGDOM

OF GOD=Is OPEN to us all=”…….MANY will come=From the East=and the West……..

To the BANQUET=In the Kingdom OF HEAVEN”                                                                                   Matthew 8:11

 

I LOVE the Mass=I love the EUCHARIST=and I love HOMILIES=You can LEARN something

From everyone=and I especially love=THE SIGN OF PEACE=PRETTY much present=In ALL

Christian SERVICES=But Jesus called us=For HIM=and His Father=to LOVE THEM=and I do

LOVE THEM=The KINGDOM OF GOD=IS OPEN=To us ALL!=Who love the ALMIGHTY ONE=

With their whole HEART=and whole SOUL=and who LOVE their neighbor=AS THEMSELVES=

THE Kingdom of God=is OPEN to us ALL!=There is OPPORTUNITY=for each and everyone=

Of us!

 

“Therefore as we=HAVE OPPORTUNITY=let us do GOOD to all people=Especially to those=

Who belong to=The FAMILY of believers”                                                                                            Galatians 6:10

“Be very careful=Then how you live=--------Not as unwise-but as wise=Making the most=

OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY=Because the days are evil”                                                           Ephesians 5:15-16

“Be wise=In the way=You act toward outsiders=MAKE the most of every

OPPORTUNITY”                                                                                                                                       Colossians 4:5

So LOVE YOUR GOD=with 100 per cent of yourself=LOVE ALL PEOPLE=as you love

Yourself=for the Kingdom of God=IS OPEN TO ALL!

 

The CENTURION=in today’s gospel=Was an OUTSIDER=an enemy even to=THE FOLLOWERS

Of Jesus=But IN FAITH=He came to Jesus FOR HELP=for HEALING=and even something more=

Asking Jesus=FOR A MIRACLE=and a MESSAGE OF HOPE=The Kingdom of God=IS OPEN=

To ALL=Who come to the Father IN HOPE=and reach out=for the ABUNDANCE OF GOD’S

LOVE!

“The Lord=will grant you=ABUNDANT PROSPERITY--------In the fruit=of your womb=The young

Of your livestock=And the crops of your ground=--------In the land he swore=to your ancestors=

To give you”                                                                                                                                              Deuteronomy 28:11

“They celebrate YOUR ABUNDANT GOODNESS=and joyfully sing of your

righteousness”                                                                                                                                            Psalm 145:7

“For if=By the trespass of one man=DEATH reigned through that one man=How much more

Will those=Who receive GOD’S ABUNDANT PROVISION=Of grace=and the gift of=Righteousness

Reign in life=Through the one man=Jesus Chrisr”                                                                    Romans 5:17

 

IF Jesus could Love=HELP and heal=and even PERFORM MIRACLES=for those who were

NOT dedicated BELIEVERS and Christians=FOLLOWERS of him=Don’t you think we could

DO THE SAME?

THE KINGDOM OF GOD!=IS OPEN to us ALL!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our FOREVER LOVING=and living=the FATHER GOD=

Of all PEOPLE!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-26-2025=at Mary’s

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sarah Hart

A HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 16^th, 2012

 

 

A HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE

 

 

We all have problems

We all have difficulties

But we can overcome it all

We can keep pace

We can overcome it all

With a heart

In the right place

 

A heart

In the right place

Can give our heart

A shove

A heart in the right place

Can even lead to love

 

A heart

In the right place

Can overcome it all

A heart

In the right place

Can pick us up

Even when we fall

 

We can overcome it all

With

A heart in the right place

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-08-06

 

Ps        Your heart is your CENTER-figuratively-the part that gives you your direction

 

“Create in me a CLEAN HEART-Oh God- and

Renew a steadfast spirit within me”                                                               Psalm 51:10

 

“Above all else-guard your HEART

For it is the wellspring of life”                                                                       Proverbs 4:23

 

GOD WANTS YOU=TO BE HAPPY

 

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

GOD wants you

To be totally happy

That is-FOR SURE

But he may differ

On what he thinks

Might bring about your happiness

He wants you

To FIND your happiness (your joy)

in him

NOT IN

The things of this world

As a matter of fact

JOY-another word for happiness

Is one of the FRUITS

Of the spirit

“BUT the fruit of the spirit

Is love-joy (happiness)-

Peace-patience-kindness-

Goodness-faithfulness-

Gentleness-and self-control

Against such things

There is no law”                                                                  Galatians 5:22-23

“IF you do these things

HAPPY are you 

IF you do them”                                                               John 13:17

God wants you

To be happy

HE REALLY DOES

Are you currently happy?

YES-NO-or it depends

IF you are 

HAPPY in the Lord

Nothing external to you

Can make you unhappy

You can be unhappy

In things or situations

Going on

In your life

But you can still be happy

In the Lord

And in life

“But may the righteous

Be glad

And rejoice before God

May they be happy

And joyful”                                                                  Psalm 68:3

“A happy heart

Makes the face CHEERFUL

But heartache

Crushes the spirit”                                                      Proverbs 15:3

And nothing

Crushes the spirit

Like trying to find happiness

In the wrong things

Things-material possessions

Won't make you happy

Addictions

Won't make you happy

LUST-sexual perversion

Won't make you happy

GOD KNOWS

All of this

So he wants you

To turn to him

God wants you

To be happy

God wants you

To find your joy 

IN HIM

“I have told you this

So that my JOY 

May be in you

And your joy 

May be COMPLETE

MY command is this:

        LOVE each other

        As I have loved you

Greater love

Has no one than this

That he lay down his life

For his friends”                                                                     John 15-11-13

God wants you

To be happy

And the ironic thing is this:

You can only find happiness

In giving yourself away

To a cause

GREATER than yourself

Love God and truly love others

And you will find TRUE HAPPINESS

Robert P. Wallman

July 5th, 2014

Ps       INSPIRED by a message from Pastor Troy Gramling

7-15-14 & 5-21-15 & 8-10-16

and 12-29-18 and 6-12-13-2020 and  12-16-2025

IRELAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 15^th, 2012

 

 

IRELAND

 

 

The land

Of the leprechaun

And the green

It’s our favorite country

It’s called Ireland

 

A day

Of green rivers

A day

Of partying and fun

It’s our favorite day

It is called

Saint Patty’s day

 

The land

Where my ancestors

Came from

The land of God and Church

And where our Saint Patrick

Comes from

 

The land

Of the Irish sweepstakes

The land

Of our favorite country

The land of the River

And Lord of the Dance

It is our favorite country

It is called Ireland

 

The land of

The leprechaun

And the green

It is our favorite country

It is called

Ireland

 

It is called

IRELAND

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-15-11

 

Ps        My grandfather-Patrick J. Murphy was born in the late 1800’s

            On this day-he died in 1961 from colon cancer---I was six and at the time

            Of his death-he was my best friend-it was my first encounter

            With death-I still miss him

 

PRAYER FOR FAMILIES

 

Almighty God and Father,

Help all families to live

As the Holy Family

Jesus, Mary and Joseph,

 

United in respect and love,

Teach us through them

The sanctity of human love,

The value of family life,

And the way to live at peace

With all-That we may share

In YOUR life forever.

Amen.

 

Paul Murphy-no relation

THE KINGDOM OF GOD=IS IN OUR MIDST

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE KINGDOM OF GOD=IS IN OUR MIDST

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT=Speaks of the LORD’S DAY=When the ENEMIES  of God=

Will BE=Brought to justice=And the KINGDOM OF GOD=Will be established=For

EVERYONE to follow=”Many people shall come and say’=’Come let us=Climb

The LORD’S MOUNTAIN=To the House of=The God of Jacob=That he may INSTRUCT

US=In his ways=and we may WALK=in his paths’”                                                                         Isaiah 2:3

 

FORTUNATELY for us Christ followers=We do NOT have  to wait=For the LORD to

Come=For we Know HIS KINGDOM=Is already IN OUR MIDST=The Kingdom of God=

Is COMING AGAIN=But it is ALREADY HERE=In the middle of=ALL OF US==And it is=

IN OUR HEARTS=We do not=Have to wait=For THE LORD!

 

Today=November 30^th=is the FIRST SUNDAY of Advent=and we have MANY OPORTUNITIES=

To FIND JESUS==and his EVER LOVING=God the Father=For their  KINGDOM=is already=

IN OUR MIDST=The Kingdom=HIS Kingdom=Lives in OUR HEARTS!

“I know that=MY REDEEMER LIVES=And that in the end=He will stand=on the earth”         Job 19:25

“For this is what=The High and Exalted ONE says’=’=--------He who LIVES FOREVER=Whose

Name is Holy’”                                                                                                                                                    Isaiah 57:15

“……..The SPIRIT OF TRUTH=The world cannot accept him=Because it neither sees him=

Nor knows him=But you know him=FOR HE LIVES with you=and will be in you”                  John 14:17

 

We FIND GOD=The Father of LIFE and LOVE=all around us=In Mass=In Christian services=

All  AROUND THE WORLD=In our faiths=and we ASK the Lord in PRAYER=and IN SACRED SCRIPTURE=To come INTO our hearts=For the Kingdom of God is IN OUR MIDST=Learn

From him and=WALK in his ways=EMMANUEL=GOD’S KINGDOM=is with us DURING ADVENT=

And every day of the year

 

“YOURS Lord=Is the KINGDOM=You are exalted as head=OVER ALL”                           1 Chronicles 29:11

“Your throne O God=Will last for ever and ever=A scepter of justice=Will be the scepter=

Of your KINGDOM”                                                                                                                                Psalm 45:6

“Truly I tell you=Among those born of women=There has not risen anyone=Greater than

John the Baptist=Yet whoever is Least=IN THE KINGDOM=In the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN=is

Greater than he”                                                                                                                                          Matthew 11:11

 

Dear Lord Jesus=Dear Holy Father God=We PRAY that we pay MORE ATTENTION=to the

SIGNS of your KINGDOM=IN OUR MIDST=and we Pray that=You HELP us to LISTEN=More

Closely and attentively=to the WORDS of your SON=”LISTEN=My sons(and daughters)=to a

Father’s instruction=PAY ATTENTION=and gain understanding”                                            Proverbs 4:1

Dear Jesus Our Lord=and Holy Father God=Your KINGDOM=LIVES in our hearts=and LIVES

FORVER in this world=IN OUR MIDST!

 

In Jesus’ name=and IN THE NAME=Of our FOREVER LIVING=FOREVER LOVING Holy

Father God=The alpha and The OMEGA!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-25-2025=AT MARY’S

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jonathan F. Sullivan

HANUKKAH=WHAT IS IT?

 

 

 

 

 

 

HANUKKAH---what is it?

(a brief explanation for us Christians

And HAPPY HANUKKAH! to my Jewish friends)

 

 

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday

Commemorating the rededication

Of the Holy Temple ( the Second Temple)

In Jerusalem

At the time

Of the Maccabean Revolt-second century BCE

 

It is also known

As Chanukah-Chanukkah-Chanuka

Or the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

 

The story of Hanukkah

Is preserved

In the books of the First and Second Maccabees

And are NOT part of the Hebrew Bible

 

The festival is observed

By the kindling of the lights

Of a unique candelabrum

The nine-branched-Menorah

 

Adding one additional light

On each night of the holiday

Progressing to eight on the final night

 

The typical Menorah

Consists of eight branches

With an additional raised branch

 

The extra light

Is called a shamash

And is given a distinct location

Usually above or below the rest

The purpose of the shamash

Is to have a light available for use

As using the Hanukkah lights themselves

Is forbidden

 

The historical significance

Of the Maccabees

Is the MIRACLE

Of the ONE-DAY supply of oil

Miraculously lasting eight days

And allowing the Maccabees

To successfully rebel

Against Antiochus IV

 

So a BIG HAPPY HANUKKAH

To BOTH my Jewish and Christian friends

 

Robert P. Wallman

12-10-12

 

&  12-7-15