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“A glorious morning.” When I read the title of the lead article in the April issue of The Christian Science Journal, I immediately thought of a sunrise I had seen while visiting friends on the east coast of my state several years ago. Living in the western part of the state, I’ve watched many beautiful sunsets, but viewing the sunrise over the large lake was an amazing new experience. In fact, it was one of the brightest scenes I’ve ever witnessed—both the sky and water absolutely gleamed.

To me, this scene illustrated the kind of all-encompassing brightness that Christ Jesus’ disciples must have felt when they discovered their beloved Master had overcome death and the grave. 

As Mari G. de Milone explains in the lead article, this light still comes to us from the ever-present Christ. She writes: “The eternal, incorporeal Christ, Truth, the healing message from God to His beloved children, transforms the darkness into light when we are receptive to it.” And she shares a beautiful healing of a woman’s depression.

Bobby Lewis’s poem, “Put them all out,” speaks of the light of Christ, which outshines the darkness of fear and doubt and reveals our ever-intact wholeness and freedom. And in Douglas Mayer’s testimony, “Healed of breathing difficulty,” he explains how, through his prayer and study, he saw the Ten Commandments “in a completely new light,” helping him understand more clearly who and what God is. This enlightenment brought complete healing.

Glorious light! That’s what each of us is sure to find—and to be filled with—as we explore this issue of the Journal.

Heidi Kleinsmith Salter
Staff Editor