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    "title": "Poems – Susan S. Collins, C.S.B.",
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            "url": "https://susancollinscsb.com/2025/08/07/poem-gods-heir/",
            "title": "Poem: God\u2019s heir",
            "content_html": "<p><em><strong>Poem by Susan S. Collins</strong><br />\nPublished in the <a href=\"https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/2025/4/127-16/god-s-heir\">April 21, 2025 Issue of the Christian Science Sentinel</a></em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our heavenly Father is to His beloved reflection<br />\nas immortal Principle is to its devoted heir:<br />\never-bestowing.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our forever Mother is to Her cherished child<br />\nas consummate Love is to its adoring likeness:<br />\never-nurturing.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The great Shepherd is to His precious lambkin<br />\nas indivisible Soul is to its radiant representative:<br />\never-leading.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The living Word is to its exultant expression<br />\nas divine Mind is to its magnificent idea:<br />\never-imparting.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unfathomable good is to its luminous celestial<br />\nas omnipresent Spirit is to its hallowed manifestation:<br />\never-unfolding.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The great I am is to His sparkling image<br />\nas eternal Truth is to its impeccable witness:<br />\never-anointing.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Inextinguishable Life is to its vital offspring<br />\nas the infinite One is to His flourishing emanation:<br />\never-renewing.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you,<br />\nGod\u2019s eternal effect, His treasured heir\u2014<br />\nin oneness enduring, in entity complete\u2014<br />\nyes, do claim . . . indeed, proclaim<br />\nyour forever<br />\ninheritance.</p>\n",
            "content_text": "Poem by Susan S. Collins\nPublished in the April 21, 2025 Issue of the Christian Science Sentinel\nOur heavenly Father is to His beloved reflection\nas immortal Principle is to its devoted heir:\never-bestowing.\nOur forever Mother is to Her cherished child\nas consummate Love is to its adoring likeness:\never-nurturing.\nThe great Shepherd is to His precious lambkin\nas indivisible Soul is to its radiant representative:\never-leading.\nThe living Word is to its exultant expression\nas divine Mind is to its magnificent idea:\never-imparting.\nUnfathomable good is to its luminous celestial\nas omnipresent Spirit is to its hallowed manifestation:\never-unfolding.\nThe great I am is to His sparkling image\nas eternal Truth is to its impeccable witness:\never-anointing.\nInextinguishable Life is to its vital offspring\nas the infinite One is to His flourishing emanation:\never-renewing.\nAnd you,\nGod\u2019s eternal effect, His treasured heir\u2014\nin oneness enduring, in entity complete\u2014\nyes, do claim . . . indeed, proclaim\nyour forever\ninheritance.",
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