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| | Heavenly Mother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The doctrine of the Heavenly Mother is attributed to Joseph Smith, Jr. | | | Members of this church generally, though quietly, believe in the existence of a Heavenly Mother; however, they do not usually worship her, and they generally address their prayers to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ. | | | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not formally acknowledge the existence of a Heavenly Mother until 1909, in a doctrinal statement on evolution by the First Presidency marking the 50th anniversary of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, where the doctrine was stated indirectly. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Mother
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| | Heavenly Mother |
| | Though the 1995 reference to “heavenly parents” is difficult to interpret outside the lines of a Heavenly Mother, I agree that it could possibly hold the interpretation that you suggest, that both God and Jesus are referred to as “Heavenly Parents” and the fact that there is more than one creates a plural. | | | In that light, considering the Mormon position on the matter, it would actually be more the case that in terms of LDS theology, the lack of the existence of Heavenly Mother would really be the thing that to throw a monkey wrench into the works. | | | Many other church leaders have argued for the existence of a heavenly mother, simply on the grounds of reason. |
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http://www.filmnote.com/Blog/HeavenlyMother.htm
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| | The Rosary |
| | Heavenly Father, as we offer you this mystery, we pray that we live our lives in conformity with the Gospel, and since we are temples of your Holy Spirit, we pray that you help us to find you as we practice virtue and aspire to be holy. | | | We acknowledge her dignity as the perfect daughter of God, the Mother of God the Son and the Heavenly Spouse of God the Holy Spirit. | | | Heavenly Father, as we offer you this mystery, we pray that we may keep our spiritual eyes fixed on the things of Heaven, we pray that Kingdom of Heaven be enthroned in our hearts as we open them to Jesus and Mary. |
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http://www.dailycatholic.org/rosary.htm
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| | In the Heavens Are Parents Equal? - a question posed by Janice Allred |
| | Calling the prohibition against praying to the Mother in Heaven a fundamental church doctrine shows an appalling lack of knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the scriptures and reveals the political motivation behind Houston's firing. | | | Although she does say in one place that this kind of meditation is prayer for her, it is clearly not prayer as the Church defines prayer and she never suggests that others adopt her practice. | | | Her concept of the Mother in Heaven as she presents it in this speech reflects the orthodox Mormon understanding of the Mother in Heaven. |
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http://www.lds-mormon.com/ja1.shtml
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| | The Watchman Expositor: God the Father and God the Mother |
| | Thus, according to Mormonism, the heavenly Father is a polygamist. | | | The pre-existent creation of men and women is thus, according to Mormonism, the result of a procreating heavenly Father and heavenly Mother. | | | "The stupendous truth of the existence of a Heavenly Mother, as well as a Heavenly Father, became established facts in Mormon theology. |
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http://www.watchman.org/lds/godmom.htm
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| | Written and artistic works by members. |
| | First, it assumes that Heavenly Mother is not mentioned in LDS scripture, when She is. Mosiah 8:20, 2:36, Helaman 12:5, and 2 Nephi 21:2 (all in the Book of Mormon), speak of a Wisdom Goddess closely related to the 32 Paths of the Jewish Kabbalah. | | | A fundamental doctrine of the Church is that of the immaculate conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus. | | | Instead of asking Heavenly Mother who She is and what She does, and seeing Her as a model of true womanhood, the Mormon leadership tends to model Heavenly Mother after the image of Her mortal daughters, who themselves are imperfect representations of a greater, yet unknown, Being. |
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http://northernway.org/membersworks.html
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| | FAIR Message Boards |
| | Although it is not discussed in Church or being solid doctrine, it has not been denied by the LDS Church. | | | Yes, the idea that she is protecting is an innocent idea, but I believe it is nieve that a heavenly mother would not be "permitted" to connect with us because we, mortal beings, may use her name in blasphemy. |
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http://www.fairboards.org/index.php?showtopic=9847&hl=
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| | Mary: Our Heavenly Mother - Catholicism |
| | Mary accepting this role of mother to the church is demonstrated in John´s Gospel by the words Jesus spoke from the cross: | | | By becoming the Jesus´ mother, she essentially became mother to all that he stood for - to the entire Church. | | | For example, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, her Assumption on August 15, her birth on September 8, and the Solemnity of Mary as the Mother of God on January 1. |
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http://www.bellaonline.org/Article.asp?id=340
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| | Journal 2002e.v. |
| | Directing prayers to her, however, is forbidden and those who worship the heavenly mother or pray to her or advocate that others adore the heavenly mother are excommunicated. | | | The summary of what I found is that the Heavenly Mother is not referred to in any official scriptures but her existence is accepted as obvious. | | | Scroll about half-way down the page to the heading "Mother God." This is another anti-Mormon page but has many quotes from Mormon leaders about the Heavenly Mother. |
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http://www.realm-of-shade.com/meretrix/magda/journal/2002/020314.shtml
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| | Christ & the Kundalini |
| | Central to his teaching was the understanding that the feminine aspect of God, God the Mother, was the means by which self-realisation and spiritual evolution to god-awareness occurred. | | | She is often described as a divine mother whose ascent within the spine of the seeker gives them rebirth into mystic/gnostic awareness, the 'divine water' is its nourishing energy. | | | And now shall all the angels of the Earthly Mother serve you and your breath, your blood, your flesh shall be one with the breath, the blood and the flesh of the Earthly Mother, that your spirit also become one with the Spirit of your Heavenly Father. |
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http://www.sol.com.au/kor/8_01.htm
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | We see and are taught of Heavenly Father's plan, His involvement in the world, His hand in all things, but our Mother seems to be absent in all of these teachings. | | | I do know that our lack of knowledge about our Heavenly Mother and Her role can be very painful to women in the Church. | | | I believe one of the things that makes us unprepared for further knowledge of our Heavenly Mother is our views on women, particularly their role in priesthood ordinances and government. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=71281&discussionID=38344
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| | Gospel Chic: The Divine Role of Motherhood |
| | It is truly amazing that our Heavenly Father trusts us women to raise his future generations, that through our actions as mothers we can spread the gospel to distant lands and for many generations. | | | I know that Heavenly Father has a special place in his heart for those who mother—whether they mother their own children or others. | | | I am truly grateful for my Mother and for the many women who have been mothers to me when I was far from my birth mother. |
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http://www.mormonchic.com/gospel/mothers.asp
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| | Heavenly Jerusalem |
| | This is the spirit that reproves this world of spiritual sin, spiritual righteousness, and spiritual judgment, (i.e., reproves this world by the spiritual law of God, see John 16:7-8). | | | From this confession we are shown those who are the spiritual brethren of this apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. | | | For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. |
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http://www.thelivingsword.com/hvnlyjermthr.htm
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| | Fleeing from what is later revealed to be the scene of their crime and the body of the dead mother, the same girls are also seen, albeit in a different guise, to run expectantly toward the mother on the ship, who remains, nonetheless, out of reach. | | | This promise, along with the faith in which it is received by an optimistic Juliet, momentarily vanquishes the previous image of an abandoned child. | | | With each blow from her assailants, the cries emitted by Mrs Parker are matched by those of Pauline, who, in the parallel sequence, stands among the crowd at the dock as the ship departs without her. |
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http://www.genders.org/g42/g42_jay.txt
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| | The Watchman Expositor: Why Not Pray to Heavenly Mother? |
| | A few months ago the 162 Semi-Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint Church was held. | | | Further dissension in the LDS body was echoed by member Martha Pierce who explained that "church leaders have no right to tell women not to pray to a heavenly mother" (Ibid). | | | "Tuscano said Hinckley told women not to pray to a heavenly mother because scripture and teachings by church leaders do not validate the practice" (Ibid). |
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http://www.watchman.org/lds/momgod.htm
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| | References for Mormon and Biblical Beliefs about God |
| | Attempts to tone down the importance of this doctrine are reflected in changes made to the recent edition of the LDS book Gospel Principles, which is used to teach new members the doctrines of their church. | | | Orson Pratt taught that we are not to worship the mother of our spirits although we worship the father...Rodger Clawson, however, pointed out that men as well as women and children crave a Mother in Heaven to worship and 'yearn to adore her'. | | | The Mormon church teaches that we have a Heavenly Mother as well as a Heavenly Father. |
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http://www.leaderu.com/offices/michaeldavis/docs/mormonism/god-refs.html
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| | Mother of the Church, Our Spiritual Mother |
| | In another sense, she is the Mother of the Church, for as the Mother of Christ the Head she is also Mother of all the members of the Church; the Head and Body are one Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12). | | | It means that, because she is the Mother of Christ Who is the Head of the Church, she is also the spiritual Mother of all the members of His Body. | | | She is indeed a member of the Church, insofar as she is a member of the Body of Christ. |
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http://home.nyc.rr.com/mysticalrose/marian10.html
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| | Encyclical AD CAELI REGINAM |
| | Let her churches be thronged by the faithful, her feast-days honored; may the beads of the Rosary be in the hands of all; may Christians gather, in small numbers and large, to sing her praises in churches, in homes, in hospitals, in prisons. | | | In all parts of the world We learn that devotion to the Virgin Mother of God is flourishing more and more, and that the principal shrines of Mary have been visited and are still being visited by many throngs of Catholic pilgrims gathered in prayer. | | | In this matter We do not wish to propose a new truth to be believed by Christians, since the title and the arguments on which Mary's queenly dignity is based have already been clearly set forth, and are to be found in ancient documents of the Church and in the books of the sacred liturgy. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P12CAELI.HTM
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| | Heavenly Mother, God's Soul Companion (Index) |
| | Interview with President Hinckley, including subject of Heavenly Mother and those of the church who have been disciplined because of this topic. | | | Alphabetics: There are about a dozen parallel pages (same page numbers) between (1) the Old Testament lexicon, (2) New Testament Lexicon and (3) English Dictionary surrounding the word "Gold" (code for Heavenly Mother) and surrounding the word "Silver" (code for Heavenly Father) in English, expounding on these facets. | | | Parallels: Heavenly Father and Mother to come veiled in the flesh in the latter days |
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http://www.greaterthings.com/God/HeavenlyMother
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| | Greater Things > Lexicon of Life > Holy Ghost |
| | My personal belief/speculation is that Heavenly Mother is the primary presider over that portion of the office of the Holy Ghost that we typically identify with because it deals with feelings. | | | Yet at the same time, we could presume that Heavenly Mother is not completely right-brain and Heavenly Father completely left, but both have both hemispheres well-balanced. | | | I know that resurrected beings cannot be seen unless they allow you to see them so in fact a resurrected being could be relatively close by us all the time and we only sense the spiritual presence if we are in tune. |
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http://www.greaterthings.com/lexicon/h/holy_ghost.htm
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| | Feminist Mormon Housewives » Earthly Parents —> Heavenly Parents |
| | Our Heavenly Parents sometimes seem far away, but they, too, are cheering for us in all we do, and want to hold us when we need comfort. | | | It was the home thing that did it for me. I have no real idea of what heaven might feel like, but since “home can be a heaven on earth,” I suspect heaven must feel very much like home. | | | Not all children in the church get to experience positive figures in their parents. |
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http://www.feministmormonhousewives.org/?p=383
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| | Heavenly Mother David Art History |
| | Heavenly Mother, heavenly mother, heavenly father, heavenly father, heavenly mother, heavenly mother, heavenly father, father in heaven | | | "Mankind is as Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother once were. | | | Think of the disapproval of taking the name of our Heavenly Father or Jesus in vain and the day of coming consequences? |
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http://www.owensart.com/heavenly_mother.htm
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| | Profetic Voices - On your heavenly Mother |
| | I am simply the Mother of God, and in all of my humility do I wish you to be united to Him in the Eucharist. | | | I shall depart, my dear ones, but I will always be with you as a loving, merciful mother whenever you pray, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. | | | I am your most merciful Mother wishing to console you and to bring you peace by bringing you to my Son Jesus. |
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http://users.skynet.be/courlisius/on_your_heavenly_mother.html
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| | THE LIVING SWORD - TRUE HEAVENLY SPIRITUAL GOSPEL |
| | the heavenly HOLY everlasting spiritual gospel of the One Lord God, whose Kingdom and Righteousness is not of this world. | | | Lord's HEAVENLY Spiritual LAWS THAT ARE IN HIS HEAVENLY OBSERVATORY, HIS CHURCH | | | His heavenly SPIRITUAL wisdom and understanding in all these heavenly things. |
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http://www.thelivingsword.com
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| | THE RETURN OF THE GODDESS OUR HEAVENLY MOTHER |
| | The focus for the last several thousand years have been on God as the Father, and you have sought to embody his dominant virtues and attributes: power, will, wisdom, truth and valor. | | | Your DNA is encoded with divine love, compassion and creativity, as well as the strength, power and the will to create, which were passed on to us by our spiritual parents. | | | Just as surely as you came forth into the world from the cradling warmth of your motherÇs womb, so did we all burst forth as Spirit from the womb of our Divine Mother/God. |
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http://www.lightparty.com/Spirituality/MichaelMessage0300.html
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| | ROBERTO |
| | I do believe that it is possible for the spirits of people who have died to appear to loved ones on earth and perhaps some have assumed, because of their Catholic faith, that what they saw was the virgin Mary. | | | I do know that most of what they say they see would not be consistant with the order of heaven according to what God has revealed to us. | | | However, according to the Catholics, there were other chosen females, known by the catholics as the "virgins" which were supposedly helped by God, our Heavenly Father. |
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http://www.mormonhaven.com/roberto3.htm
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| | Our Heavenly Mother on 11-8-04 |
| | As you face each day remember, there is a Purpose for your life, a logic in everything you do, think and say, because all things you are accountable for to gain the Role, the Way of one day having the privilege to be called 'a Saint'. | | | There is so much The Father wants all who are yet in the living state to learn about, and to acknowledge the Importance of the Future that one day they will be with The Creator and be called 'a Saint'. | | | Even though those who are close to them will not title them a 'Saint', it will be The Heavenly Father's recognition of them in a Beautiful Manner and Way. |
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http://www.talkaboutcrafting.com/group/alt.hvac/messages/219483.html
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| | SHJ |
| | Mary is the beloved Daughter of God the Father, the chosen Mother of God the Son, the Immaculate Spouse of God the Holy Spirit, and the Sacred Vessel of the | | | This is what Mary does to our prayers before she takes them to her Son. | | | John was the only disciple that stood by Jesus during His crucifixion and St. John was standing right next to Mary. |
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http://www.lightweigh.com/mmgrb.htm
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| | Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven |
| | Thérèse lost her mother before she reached ten years of age. | | | While we say the prayers our minds are meditating on the fifteen great events in the life of Jesus. | | | When we are in desperation and we don’t know how to pray, it is a good prayer and is a most beautiful way to keep in contact with our heavenly mother. |
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http://www.frtommylane.com/homilies/years_abc/assumption.htm
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| | Mormon Goddess -- Heavenly Mother Anthology |
| | Was Mary Magdalene the author of the Fourth Gospel? | | | Shekinah the Presence of Diety - discusses the Mormon Heavenly Mother | | | Eliza Snow (acknowledged in the early 19th century church as the “High Priestess" of Mormonism) is portrayed as one of the “sixteen women [who] throughout history search for God the Mother and invite her back into the human family." [Video's Description] |
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http://www.greaterthings.com/MormonGoddess
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| | Two Hearts - Press Releases |
| | As promised, we will keep all of our Heavenly Mother’s children updated on her teachings. | | | Yes, we did feel the emptiness of not seeing our Heavenly Mother, but remained strong in her teaching that everything is willed by our Father in Heaven. | | | For abiding in His Divine Presence, we are united to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Heavenly Court of angels and saints. |
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http://www.twohearts1.org/messages/messages.asp
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| | Jesus Our Eucharistic Love |
| | Saint Maximilian M. Kolbe wanted to convey the thought of this passage when he proposed that all altars of the Blessed Sacrament be surmounted with a statue of the Immaculate Virgin with Her arms extended to invite us all to come eat the Bread that She Herself had made. | | | That Our Heavenly Mother Gives Us The Holy Eucharist is the Bread that comes from our Heavenly Mother. | | | We know, too, that united to the Divinity in the Eucharist there is Jesus' Body and Blood taken from the body and blood of the Blessed Virgin. |
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http://www.fatima.org/jesus/jo-pg106.asp
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| | Loving Mary |
| | On this Mother’s Day, may you experience the love of the most pure and holy Virgin Mary. | | | Sometimes, we forget that the Mother of Jesus is our Mother, too. | | | May this little prayer help you to rediscover your Heavenly Mother who loves you so: |
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http://www.loveoffering.com/loving_mary.htm
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| | Two Hearts As One - Healing Roses Spiritual Significance |
| | In the pink roses, many see the liturgical color in the third week of Advent in which the joy and love from our Heavenly Mother’s Immaculate Heart awaits the birth of her Divine Son. | | | It is the liturgical color of Easter and other solemnities of the Church. | | | With the eyes of faith, it was a sign, a gift to them representing the Sacred Heart of our Lord and the Immaculate Heart of our Heavenly Mother — Two Hearts As One |
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http://www.twohearts1.org/HealingSignificance.htm
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Learn to Love Mary, Our Heavenly Mother |
| | Mary is a model of wisdom and faith. | | | She knows well that only an intimate encounter with the heavenly Father communicates that fire of love which spurs us to come out of our room and follow Christ's call. | | | Dear seminarians, love Mary, our heavenly Mother, during the years of your formation and those of your generous and holy ministry, so that one day you may honour her in heaven. |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2641
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| | NEWS LETTER |
| | The heavenly Mother protects us in this world, as also in the world beyond. | | | By worshipping Her we worship the very life-force. | | | Even if you were to meet God, He is unlikely to tell you to keep chanting His name. |
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http://www.aghor.org/publications/1997_02.html
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| | Vision : Our Heavenly Mother |
| | And, as this occurs, she will be held deeper in the ecstasy that I have caused to be, for without the ecstasy she could not stand in the world, so constantly listening all the day and all the night to what The Father does decree. | | | So, be aware that through this Great Miracle you have been given a Lesson, none to compare, that there are Angels Here in the Holy Heavens, there are Saints Here in these Beautiful Places; and I, your Mother, The Heavenly Mother, expect each of you to arrive Here. | | | So know that today I have handed you purity, for in the fluid you were developed in, it was pure; and so you must return in this pure manner to Him. |
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http://www.themiracleofstjoseph.org/rev9784.html
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| | Nine Virtues News: Our Heavenly Mother, Frigga |
| | Hail Frigga, Holy Mother, be with those who are grieving. | | | What does it mean to have a mother? | | | A mother is greatly knowing about the fate of her children--- in part because the woman, among our folk, has a greater share of the prophetic gift--- in part simply because she knows her children so well. |
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http://ninevirtues.blogspot.com/2005/06/our-heavenly-mother-frigga.html
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| | the leaky pen...: The Heavenly Mother Gets GPS! |
| | Moniang's mother, already believing the rest of their family dead, now broke down, crying, believing that Moniang had also just died. | | | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. | | | In either the trance or the dream, her father and brothers were drowning, and she reached out to them, holding her brothers up with her hands and her father up with her mouth. |
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http://leakypen.blogspot.com/2006/03/heavenly-mother-gets-gps.html
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| | Chinese Valentine's Day |
| | The Heavenly Mother made her work day and night weaving cloth for gods and goddesses. | | | Since the weaver lived all alone, the Heavenly Mother took pity on her and allowed her to marry a cowherd boy who lived on the west bank of the Heavenly River. | | | This angered the Heavenly Mother, so she kidnapped the weaver, took her back across the river, and allowed her to see the cowherd only once a year over a bridge formed by magpies. |
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http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/khsu2/weaver.html
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| | The Mary Foundation: The Truth About Mary |
| | This recording will help you preserve your heavenly mother's honor. | | | Where to find Our Lady in the New and Old Testament. | | | Are you prepared to defend her from lies, rumors, attacks, and misunderstandings? |
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http://www.catholicity.com/maryfoundation/truthaboutmary.html
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