Article September 11, 2006 Issue

TRAVEL SAFELY WITH PRAYER

with contributions from CANDACE DU MARS

On August 10, British police foiled a terrorist plot to blow up passenger aircraft traveling between the United States and London. In response to this news event, spirituality.com hosted a live online chat with CANDACE DU MARS, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science from Olympia, Washington. Candace has been in the full-time practice of spiritual healing for 19 years. She has also been a Christian Science lecturer and First Reader of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Here are excerpts from that chat, which has been edited for publication.

I'm due to fly to Europe in a couple of weeks. How can I pray to calm my fears?

In the Bible the 91st Psalm talks about being "under the wings" of God. If we think of ourselves as being under God's wings, we are calmed; and we don't have to be so fearful. Certainly these terrorist incidents don't help, but as we see that God is always caring for us, this protects and saves. Knowing that we're one with God, Love, is a prayer that not only benefits us, but also allows us to be of help to others.

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