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This Sunday is known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for “Rejoice!” It comes from the liturgy of the Catholic Mass for this Sunday which is “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, Rejoice. Let your kindness be known to all.: (Phill 4-4 & 5) In the midst of this time, which traditionally is…
The Roots of the Science of Mind is a transformational course and a fascinating journey through the minds of New Thought luminaries who greatly influenced Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science. Truth lives on through the works of the authors and spiritual pioneers that we study: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Judge Thomas Troward, and Emma…
The second week of Advent focuses on love. We are immersed in Infinite Love. This is the nature of the Divine. Since it is the nature of the Divine, it is also our nature. As Emily Cady wrote, “God is not a being who is loving, God is Love itself.” As the candlelight of the…
Hope was not Ernest Holmes’ favorite word. He writes, “Hope is good; it is better than despair, but it is a subtle illusion and an unconscious compromise…” (p. 49) Yet he also refers to “the Divine hope in us.” (p. 274) When he is moving us from hope it is to faith, to a deep…
Since the 5th century, Catholics – and, later, other Christian denominations – have celebrated Advent. The four Sundays prior to Christmas comprise the Advent season. I find it a lovely and deep time to look within and prepare for the birth of something new in our lives. The word Advent comes from the Latin meaning…