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The ceaseless activity of Christ

God’s saving message of the all-pervading nature of divine goodness came clearly through Jesus and remains with us forever.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
– Romans 16:24

The advent of Jesus of Nazareth marked the first century of the Christian era, but the Christ is without beginning of years or end of days. Throughout all generations both before and after the Christian era, the Christ, as the spiritual idea, – the reflection of God, – has come with some measure of power and grace to all prepared to receive Christ, Truth.
– Mary Baker Eddy, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” p. 333

Christ comes, with succor speedy,
     To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
     And bid the weak be strong;
Christ comes to break oppression,
     To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
     And rule in equity.
– James Montgomery, “Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430-603,” No. 458, adapt. © CSBD

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About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

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