In a Reading Room, you have a sense that God is to be explored, to be known.
ONE DAY, I was passing by the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Norwood, and I thought, "I don't know that much about Christian Science, but I do know a little bit about Mary Baker Eddy. I think I'll go in there and read the Bible Lesson." I had absolutely no qualms about it, even though I'm a Catholic, and I go to daily mass and receive the sacraments. For the most part, I'm a seeker; I want to see, more and more, the face of God—and how people perceive Him. I found that the Christian Science Bible Lesson Mary Baker Eddy devised was very significant in my life that day. And I felt an inner peace. I found God during that Bible Lesson, just as I find Him in all creation, because God exists everywhere.
When I first walked into a Reading Room in Boston, I was drawn to the fact that people who are Christian Scientists depend totally on God and view God as being in charge of all the areas of their life. I admired that. I firmly believe that God always answers our prayer, that He promises to be with us, always, no matter what. And that's what I continually pray for, over and above everything else—that God will always be with me no matter what I'm going through. And that sustains me. It gives me peace, and it gives me the ability to forgive whatever I think needs forgiveness in my life.
