First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge, California

Wednesday Meeting Readings

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Overcoming world hunger
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Bible
  1. Matt. 5:6

    6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

  2. Ex. 16:2-5 the, 13-15

    the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

    3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

    4Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

    5And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

    13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

    14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

    15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

  3. James 2:8, 15, 16

    8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

    ... 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

    16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

  4. II Cor. 8:14 at, 15

    at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

    15As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

  5. Phil. 4:19 God

    God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

  6. Matt. 4:1-4

    1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

    2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.

    3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

    4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

  7. Matt. 15:32-38

    32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

    33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

    34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

    35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

    36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

    37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

    38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

  8. Matt. 25:34 Come, 35 (to 2nd :)

    Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

    35For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:

  9. John 5:20 the, 36 the

    the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

    the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

  10. John 14:10 4th the, 12 (to 2nd ;)

    the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

    ... 12Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;


Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy

  1. SH 518:15-19

    The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth 18his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another’s good.

  2. SH 25:31

    The divinity of the Christ was made manifest in the humanity of Jesus.

  3. SH 325:7

    Jesus gave the true idea of being, which results in infinite bless-9ings to mortals.

  4. SH 570:23-24

    Those ready for the blessing 24you impart will give thanks.

  5. SH 517:30-31

        Divine Love blesses its own ideas, and causes them to multiply, — to manifest His power.

  6. SH 133:9-10

    In the wilderness, streams flowed from the rock, and manna fell from the sky.

  7. SH 206:15

        In the scientific relation of God to man, we find that whatever blesses one blesses all, as Jesus showed with the loaves and the fishes, — Spirit, not matter, being the 18source of supply.

  8. SH 60:29-31

        Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, 30and happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul.

  9. SH 234:4

        Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love — be it song, sermon, or Science — blesses the human family 6Crumbs of comfortwith crumbs of comfort from Christ’s table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty.

  10. SH 442:22-25

    Christ, Truth, gives mortals temporary food and clothing until the ma-24terial, transformed with the ideal, disappears, and man is clothed and fed spiritually.

  11. SH 388:12-16, 22

        Admit the common hypothesis that food is the nutri-ment of life, and there follows the necessity for another Sustenance spiritualadmission in the opposite direction, — that 15food has power to destroy Life, God, through a deficiency or an excess, a quality or a quantity.

        The fact is, food does not affect the absolute Life of man, and this becomes self-evident, when we learn that 24God sustains manGod is our Life. Because sin and sickness are not qualities of Soul, or Life, we have hope in immortality; but it would be foolish to venture beyond 27our present understanding, foolish to stop eating until we gain perfection and a clear comprehension of the living Spirit. In that perfect day of understanding, we shall 30neither eat to live nor live to eat.

  12. SH 461:1-4

        I do not maintain that anyone can exist in the flesh without food and raiment; but I do believe that the 3Proof by inductionreal man is immortal and that he lives in Spirit, not matter.

  13. SH 248:8

    Immortal Mind feeds the body with supernal 9freshness and fairness, supplying it with beautiful images of thought and destroying the woes of sense which each day brings to a nearer tomb.

  14. SH 326:3-14

        If we wish to follow Christ, Truth, it must be in the way of God’s appointing. Jesus said, “He that believeth Loving God supremelyon me, the works that I do shall he do also.” 6He, who would reach the source and find the divine remedy for every ill, must not try to climb the hill of Science by some other road. All nature teaches God’s 9love to man, but man cannot love God supremely and set his whole affections on spiritual things, while loving the material or trusting in it more than in the spiritual.

    12    We must forsake the foundation of material systems, however time-honored, if we would gain the Christ as our only Saviour.

  15. SH 530:5

        In divine Science, man is sustained by God, the divine 6Principle of being. The earth, at God’s command, brings Divine providenceforth food for man’s use. Knowing this, Jesus once said, “Take no thought for your life, 9what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,” — presuming not on the prerogative of his creator, but recognizing God, the Father and Mother of all, as able to feed and clothe 12man as He doth the lilies.

  16. SH 507:3-6

    Spirit duly feeds and clothes every object, as it appears in the line of spiritual creation, thus tenderly expressing the father-6hood and motherhood of God.

  17. SH 9:5-14

        The test of all prayer lies in the answer to these 6questions: Do we love our neighbor better because of Summit of aspirationthis asking? Do we pursue the old selfish-ness, satisfied with having prayed for some-9thing better, though we give no evidence of the sin-cerity of our requests by living consistently with our prayer? If selfishness has given place to kindness, 12we shall regard our neighbor unselfishly, and bless them that curse us; but we shall never meet this great duty simply by asking that it may be done.

  18. SH 440:15-16

    Now what greater justification can any deed have, than that it is for the good of one’s neighbor?

  19. SH 8:22-24

    If we turn away from the poor, we are not ready to receive the reward of Him who blesses 24the poor.

  20. SH 487:25-26

        The Apostle James said, “Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.”

  21. SH 17:5

    Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;

From the Christian Science Hymnal
Hymn 46: “Day by day the manna fell”
Hymn 203: “O Father, may we bear each hour”
Hymn 598: “Where you're going”