OLD DAYS

OLD DAYS

 

 

I  HEARD A SPEAKER

WAX ELOQUENTLY

ABOUT HOW GOOD

THE OLD DAYS WERE

 

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

THAT DURING THOSE IDYLLIC TIMES

WE HAD RACE HATRED

AND RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY

.LABOR STRIFE AS WORKERS

FOUGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE

AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS

 MANY WERE HUNGRY

 AND ARE STILL HUNGRY

SIX MILLION JEWS SLAUGHTERED

 AND THE CHURCHES WERE SILENT

 

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN GOOD TIMES

 FOR A FEW

 BUT CHRISTIANITY

IS A COMMUNITY RELIGION

AND IF ONE IS HUNGRY

ALL ARE HUNGRY

 

FRAN A VOLLMER

some thoughts (pope francis)

 

FRANCIS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE INDIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD TODAY. PEOPLE DIE OF COLD IN THE STREETS BECAUSE OF THIS INDIFFERENCE: “IF IN SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOTHING TO EAT, THAT'S NOT NEWS, IT SEEMS NORMAL. IT CANNOT BE THIS WAY! YET THESE THINGS BECOME THE NORM: THAT SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE DIE OF COLD ON THE STREETS IS NOT NEWS. IN CONTRAST, A TEN POINT DROP ON THE STOCK MARKETS OF SOME CITIES IS A TRAGEDY. A PERSON DYING IS NOT NEWS, BUT IF THE STOCK MARKETS DROP TEN POINTS IT IS A TRAGEDY! THUS PEOPLE ARE DISPOSED OF, AS IF THEY WERE TRASH. CONSUMERISM HAS LED US TO BECOME USED TO AN EXCESS AND DAILY WASTE OF FOOD, TO WHICH, AT TIMES, WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO GIVE A JUST VALUE, WHICH GOES WELL BEYOND MERE ECONOMIC PARAMETERS,” (POPE FRANCIS)

 

 

 

 

ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT HERESIES ESPECIALLY IN MODERN TIMES IS THE SEPARATION OF FAITH FROM DAILY LIFE

 

IT INFECTS EVERYONE FROM CLERICS HIDING PEDERASTY, POLITICIANS WHO PUT BEING REELECTED OVER MORAL JUDGMENTS, DOWN TO YOU AND I

 

 

AN ECONOMIST HAS SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE POPE’S STATEMENT

THAT CAPITALISM CAN CURE POVERTY

I ASK IF THAT IS SO WHY DOES IT STILL EXIST

IS IT BECAUSE OF LACK OF WILL.

 

 

THOSE IN CHARGE ARE COMMITTED TO THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.

 

ALL OF US ARE DESTINED TO ASK THE QUESTION

WHEN WERE YOU HUNGRY

NAKED OR POOR

 

CAN WE LIVE WITH THE ANSWER

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER



QUEEN ISABELLA

 

 

QUEEN ISABELLA

FULL FIVE YEARS OLD

IMPERIOUSLY DECLARED

WHILE STOMPING HER FEET

SHAKING HER  FANNY

HAND ON HER HIP

IT MAY BE SO

BUT I DON’T THINK SO

 

ISABELLA

ISABELLA

IN ENGLISH

ELIZABETH

 

BOTH FROM THE HEBREW

ELISHEBA

MEANING DEVOTED TO GOD

 

WHEN ANYONE CALLS YOUR NAME

MAKE SURE

YOU ARE WORTHY OF THAT CALLING

 

YOUR NAMESAKE SAID

SEEK OUT THE UNKNOWN

 

MAY YOU DO ALSO

 

MAY THE GOD TO WHOM YOU ARE DEVOTED

FILL YOUR MIND WITH STARS AND PLANETS

MAY YOU LIVE WITH YOUR HAND GRASPING

FOR OTHER WORLDS

UNTIL YOU FIND HEAVEN

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER

 

 

ISABELLA

GRANDDAUGHTER OF  PASTOR

A TRIP



BE GOOD, DO GOOD

 

 

 

BE GOOD

DO GOOD

 

 

A MINISTER RETIRED

 

GAVE   HIS LIBRARY TO THE CHURCH

 

I’M READING

A BETTER CLASS OF CHURCH HISTORY

 

THE MORE I READ

THE MORE I BELIEVE

THAT CHRIST WAS SERIOUS

WHEN HE SAID

I’LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS

 

I WILL SEND MY SPIRIT TO GUIDE YOU

TILL THE END OF TIME

 

OTHERWISE

THE CHURCH

WOULD NEVER SURVIVE

 

SINCE THE BEGINNING

THERE WAS   DISSENSIONS

 

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

ACTING IRRELIGIOUS

IN CHRIST’S NAME

 

BUT WHILE PHILOSOPHERS ARGUED

MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR CHILDREN

THE BASIC CHRISTIAN TEACHING

BE GOOD

DO GOOD

 

THE CHURCH SURVIVED

 

ALL THE OTHER PARAPHERNALIA OF RELIGION

IS ADIAPHORA

WITHOUT THAT BASIC TEACHING 

 

CHURCH STRUCTURE MAY GO AWAY

WORSHIP METHODS MAY CHANGE

DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES MAY DISAPPEAR

 

TOO MANY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES

AND THEIR SOULS OVER THESE

 

WHAT REMAINS IS

BE GOOD

DO GOOD

WITH ALL ITS IMPLICATIONS

 

IT’S TIME FOR CHRISTIANITY

TO BE KNOWN FOR LOVE

NOT FOR WHAT WE HATE

 

FRANK A VOLLMER



FREE

FREE

 

 

IT PLEASES ME

TO SEE

A BIRD PERCHING ON THE CROSS

ATOP OUR STEEPLE

 

PERHAPS RESTING

FROM A JOURNEY

OR JUST A QUIET MOMENT

 

IT PLEASES ME

THAT HE SEES

IN THE CROSS

A SOURCE OF PEACE AND REST

 

AS IT REMINDS US

THAT THE CROSS

IS A SIGN

OF PEACE AND REST

WON FOR US AT GREAT PRICE

 

GIVEN TO US A NO COST

 

IT REMINDS US

THAT WE SHOULD BE WORTHY

OF THIS GIFT

 

FREE TO US

AS THE PERCH IS TO THE BIRD

 

FRANK A VOLLMER



ACTS 10;34

 

Acts 10:34-36

The Message

^. Peter fairly exploded with his good news: “It’s God’s own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you’re from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open

 

 

 

I LOVE THIS PASSAGE

IT SEEMS TO SAY

WHEREVER GOOD IS FOUND

THERE GOD IS

 

IT BREAKS ECCLESIASTICAL BOUNDARIES

IT PUTS THE LIE TO THOSE WHO SAY

OUTSIDE OF US YOU’RE DEAD

IT RESTORES BENEVOLENCE TO GOD

 

WHO WOULD LOVE A GOD

WHO ONLY PRACTICES HARM

 

THOSE WHO PRACTICE GOODNESS

ARE GOD’S CHILDREN

 

THOSE WHO ARE NOT SO GOOD

ARE GOD’S CHILDREN

 

THOSE WHO ARE DELIBERATELY EVIL

ARE GOD’S D CHILDREN

 

ALL BEING DRAWN

BY THE SAME MAGNET

GOD’S LOVE FOR THEM

 

WHO ARE WE

HIS CREATURES

TO TELL HIM

WHO MAY COME INTO HIS KINGDOM

WHO ARE WE INDEED

 

A QUESTION

IF THERE WAS NO KINGDOM

WOULD YOU STILL SERVE GOD

OUT OF THANKS FOR YOUR CREATION

LIKE CHILDREN

BEING GOOD

FOR A LOLLYPOP

SHOULDN’T WE BE BETTER THAN THAT

 

AND MAKE OUR LIVES

WORTHY OF HIS CREATION

 

FRANK A VOLLMER

 



FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY

..

FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY

 

LET US BEGIN
AS WE BEGIN ALL THINGS

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

 THE SON

 THE HOLY SPIRIT

AMEN.

WEEKS AFTER MY BIRTH
I WAS BAPTIZED
AND GIVEN MY NAME

FRANK ANTHONY

 

I BAPTIZE YOU
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
 THE SON
 THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

 

BY THIS I BECAME A MEMBER OF A CHURCH
FOUNDED BY CHRIST
 MANDATED BY HIM
TO GO OUT
INTO THE WHOLE WORLD
 BRING THEM TO HIM
BY BAPTIZING THEM
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
THE SON
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AMEN

AT THE HOUR OF MY DEATH
MAY SOMEONE SAY TO ME
RETURN SOUL
TO THE LIVING GOD
TO GOD THE FATHER
WHO MADE YOU
TO GOD THE SON WHO SAVED YOU
AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO LED YOU
AMEN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY
 

DEDICATED TO THE TRINITY
THE TRINITY AS WE KNOW IT

IS A MYSTERY OF OUR FAITH.

THE FATHER IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SON

BUT IS NOT THE SON

THE SON IS GOD

 EQUAL TO THE SPIRIT

BUT IS NOT THE SPIRIT

THE SPIRIT IS GOD
AND EQUAL TO THE FATHER
BUT IS NOT THE FATHER

 

I HAVE A BOOK ON THEOLOGY AT HOME
THE ARTICLE ON THE TRINITY
TAKES UP SIXTEEN PAGES
OF SMALL PRINT
TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY

BUT IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO COMPREHEND THE BEGINNING
OR ENDING OF ETERNITY
IT USUALLY MAKES ME
GO TO SLEEP

 

BUT WE BEGIN

ALL THINGS IN THEIR NAME

 

WE ARE BAPTIZED IN THEIR NAME

WE ARE COMMISSIONED

TO BAPTIZE ALL NATIONS

IN THEIR NAME

I PUT IT TO YOU
WE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TRINITY

IT IS A PRINCIPAL OF SCIENCE
THAT ONE CAN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND A MYSTERY
BY STUDYING ITS EFFECTS

USING SUCH A PRINCIPAL
MAN DISCOVERED THE ATOM
LONG BEFORE HE COULD SEE IT
EXPLODE IT
 USE IT TO MAKE ELECTRICITY

 

MAN USED SUCH A PRINCIPAL
TO DISCOVER PLANETS
OUT ON THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
BEFORE THERE WERE TELESCOPES
STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE THEM.

LONG BEFORE WE HAD ROCKETS
MAN KNEW
HOW HE WOULD TRAVEL
TO THE MOON AND BACK.
SO LET US EXPLORE THE TRINITY

 

THE FATHER LOVED US

 SO MUCH

HE SENT HIS ONLY SON

TO SUFFER

AND DIE

FOR US

THE SON OBEDIENT TO THE FATHER
WILLINGLY GOES TO THE CROSS
BUT THE SON TAKES NO GLORY TO HIMSELF
BUT RATHER SAYS
TO HAVE SEEN ME IS TO HAVE SEEN THE FATHER

 

THE SON SENDS THE COUNCILOR
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
WHO COMES
NOT TO DO HIS OWN WILL
BUT THAT OF THE CREATOR
 THE SAVIOR

IF I WERE LOOKING AT A FAMILY
THAT ACTED THIS WAY
I WOULD SAY
SEE HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER

 

THAT IS WHAT THE TRINITY IS

 

A LOVE RELATIONSHIP

 

 TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED

BY BAPTISM

 WE HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED

TO BRING ALL MEN TO THAT RELATIONSHIP

LOVE IS THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE TRINITY
HOW IT SHOULD INSPIRE US TO LIVE.
LOVE IS THE ANSWER

 

I KNOW OF NO PROBLEM
PERSONAL OR WORLDWIDE
THAT HAS BEEN SOLVED BY MORE HATRED

RATHER BE KIND AND LOVING
THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF THE TRINITY

 

KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES
WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE

ONE FOR ANOTHER

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER