Poems

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BLESSED ARE THEY

Donald Heisler

Friendly encounter on this earthly planeReveals expressions from celestial scene.
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ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD

Margery Todahl Blokhine

Not unto Saul alone the challenge came.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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I SAW

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

I saw as mortals see,and there was only loss and anguish there,which filled my heart with long and dark despair.

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INSEPARABILITY

Mary Bell Rhodes

Because we live in Life we cannot part,Though mortal sense insists: "I'm here.
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THE SERVANTS KNEW

Hilda M. Dolman

None but the ChristThe wine of inspiration can impart.
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RETIREMENT

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Tilling the soil?

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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WHAT PRICE VICTORY?

Mary Carter Hodges

Who is to say the victory is not here?
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ETERNAL IMAGE

Jeanne Guerin Bengston

The grandeur of the snowcapped peakgleams, mirrored in the lake:each pinnacle and ridge and massrepeated, for its sake.
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"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM"

Margaret Hovenden Ogden

They jeered at him:"Save thyself," and "Come down from the cross.
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WHO KNOWS?

Helen Oscar Winfield

On that sad dayThree widows reached the parting of their ways.
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THIS QUIET READING ROOM

Ethel Cory Cohen

O quiet room of rest and meditation,Of hope and silent prayer!How very close you are to God,How much you have to share!Your sheltering walls hold treasuresThat lead to happiness,To beauty, and to Love's perfectionAnd protectiveness.
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A DISCIPLE'S PRAYER

William Luce

Dear Father, on the altar of Thy loveI lay my simple offering tonight.