Poems

WAKE!

I prayed for peace, for I had none;I prayed for joy, which had fled.

Always a star leading to Christ

Brilliant but distant,before the wise menon the road to Bethlehem,there wasa star—in Orion, or another constellation?

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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'Twas

The night before ChristmasIs always a very taxing time.

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A choice Christmas

Sometimes when Christmas glitters into viewwe chain ourselves intothe pagan push of shopping,stew of entertaining,and unending fruitless chores.

Enfolded

There's no outside to infinityIt has no edgesand in the radiance of LoveI stand haloed

Spiritual light

Seek it.

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Changing your world

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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The mustard seed

Give me, O Lord, a grain of faiththat it may grow, like the mustard seed,to a sturdy plant of Christlike trustand understanding—where healing truths may come to lodgewithin its branches.

Listening

Are you listening, really listening?

Giving's law

Abundance begets abundance:There is no waythat giving can result in lack.

Unconditional joy

Hug your happiness closeTo your heart.

True greatness

Where is the "little child" we would become,the child the Master said to emulate?

In this Book of books

The searching thought opens a treasure,a storehouse of wisdom's words,a record of our heart ascending.