Dear Fellow Members of The Mother Church,
What a privilege and a blessing it is to write to you from Paris, France, and to feel so near to each member of our worldwide Church. As our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, explains: “. . . time and space, when encompassed by divine presence, do not separate us” (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 110).
In these challenging times, as spiritual watchers for humanity, we need more than ever to be united in watching together and in persistently knowing that divine Mind is the only cause and the only lawmaker governing man and the whole universe harmoniously and permanently. It is encouraging to remember “that tribulation worketh patience” (Romans 5:3). As we read in Galatians: “Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (6:9). The need is never to dive into the daunting global challenges but to look up to Spirit not down to matter, recognizing the allness and supremacy of God. As we stand with patience and perseverance with the fact that divine health, purity, and perfection fill all space, we recognize that man is spiritual and perfect, the beloved child of God, fully pure, free, and secure.
