The Pope and The Urantia Book

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I want to talk about the Pope,
the Catholic Church, and the

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Urantia Book in this episode of
the Urantia Radio Podcast.

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We'll get to that in a moment.
I do want to say thank you for

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making me a part of your
listening, and I hope that I can

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impart on you some inspirational
words and ideas as I tried to do

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in every podcast where we
attempt to explain or expand

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upon the truths contained in the
Urantia Book.

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I also was very engaged, as many
of you probably were, in

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watching all the ceremonies and
the selection of the new Pope,

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and it's very exciting.
I'll draw some early conclusions

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it it is exciting and noteworthy
that the Pope comes from

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Chicago, which many know that
the Urantia Book was birthed in

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the same city.
In fact, the Urantia Book was

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published 28 days after the
birth of Pope Leo.

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Pope Leo was born September, I
think it was the 14th in 1955.

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The Urantia Book was published
on October 12th, which is

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Columbus Day 1955, so there's
some interesting comparisons

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there.
I've had it told to me that Pope

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Francis was aware of the Urantia
Book and may have actually read

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the book.
And this comes from several

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different sources.
So with the fact that Pope

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Francis knows this new Pope and
actually hand selected him in

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many ways that led to his
succeeding the Pope, it is, it

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is not without countenance that
we can maybe think this Pope

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knows about the Urantia Book.
Another observation as I was

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watching just before they
announced the new Pope and the

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sun was setting and you were at
Basilica Square or Saint Peter's

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Square, the Basilica, and the
sun was setting.

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And it was a nice picture.
And I saw these interesting rays

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of sunlight that we're peaking
as the sun was setting in in the

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western sky.
And I couldn't help but to

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wonder if there were celestial
hosts that were standing nearby

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observing the entire ceremony.
I wonder what thoughts they

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might have.
And then a couple of days later,

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I was thinking about how the
Catholic Church and doing some

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of my research on how the church
is structured because I'm not a

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Catholic.
I, I wasn't raised in

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Catholicism.
And I got curious about how

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their hierarchy is set up and
how far it goes back and just

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kind of fascinated by the whole
structure.

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And this morning when I woke up,
I, I, I had this yearning to

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read Paper 35 and paper 35
delves into the local universe

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and how Michael and the Divine
Spirit has set up his family and

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together in cooperation with the
Trinity, there are a

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hierarchical order of sons who
each have different duties in

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different positions of structure
throughout the local universe,

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of which Michael is what you
might call the Pope.

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So I want to read to you
something that I produced that

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sort of delves into the
providential hand that we see in

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Catholicism.
And the only reason I say the

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providential hand, it is because
it is truly the only global

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religion that traces its roots
back to Christ, Michael, Jesus

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Christ.
And so for that reason alone, I

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would imagine that the celestial
overseers would, would, would

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take special interest in the
growth and evolution of the

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Catholic Church.
So in my paper, which I have

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called it the Echoes of Divine
Hierarchy, A Comparative

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Analysis of the Sons of God and
the Catholic Church structure.

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So let me share with you some of
my thoughts.

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The organization of divine
personalities in the Arantia

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Book, particularly in Paper 35,
outlines A detailed and

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purposeful hierarchy of
celestial beings known as the

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Sons of God.
These sons, Creator sons,

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magisterial sons, and Trinity
teacher sons, function within a

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divine administration that
closely parallels the

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hierarchical framework of the
Catholic Church.

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Though vastly different in
origin, celestial versus

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institutional, the resemblance
and structure function or

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structural function and spirit
intent is striking and suggest a

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universal pattern of divine
governance echoed on Earth.

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So at the top of the celestial
hierarchy in the Urantia book

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stands the Creator's Son,
Michael, a coordinate of the

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Paradise Trinity, being the
offspring of the first and

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second person of Deity, Father
and the Son.

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Now Michael rules each local
universe, and in the case of our

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universe, this Michael of
Nebadon identified with the

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Incarnate Jesus of Nazareth.
Now this figure is analogous to

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the Pope in Catholicism.
Consider the earthly Vicar of

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Christ and the Supreme Head of
the Church.

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Both serve as the ultimate
spiritual authority within their

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respective domains, embodying a
direct link to the divine

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Source.
Michael to the Universal Father

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and the Pope to Christ.
Next in the hierarchy are the

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magisterial sons or of Onals,
who function as judicial and

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administrative envoys.
They frequently Incarnate to

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bring judgment, guidance, and
moral renewal to planetary

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civilizations.
This role is mirrored in the

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Catholic Church with the
Cardinals and the bishops, who

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act as guardians of doctrine and
overseers of moral and

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theological discipline across
dioceses and the wider church.

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So, just as the magisterial Son
can Incarnate and work among

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mortals, bishops are consecrated
and sent into various regions to

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administer spiritual and
institutional governance.

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A further down the line, the
Trinity Teacher Sons are

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deployed in in teams to
spiritually uplift worlds

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emerging from isolation and
rebellion.

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Their mission is educational,
inspirational, and

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transformative, akin to the work
of priests and missionaries

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within the Church who minister
to the faithful, teach doctrine,

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and foster community renewal.
Now these teacher sons labor to

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bring celestial truths into
planetary consciousness, a task

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mirrored by clergy who shepherd
their flocks toward spiritual

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understanding and salvation.
In both structures, there's a

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tiered order that ensures
oversight, continuity, and

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clarity of spiritual purpose.
Each tier operates not

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independently but in
coordination with higher levels,

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echoing the notion of Apostolic
succession and hierarchical

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unity.
President in Catholic

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ecclesiology.
Even the auxiliary beings in the

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Urantia Framework, Melchizedex,
Baronda, Dicks, Lananandex have

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counterparts in the
ecclesiastical offices of

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deacons, archbishops, and Canon
lawyers, serving administrative

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and intercessory roles that
support the larger mission.

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Ultimately, this parallel
suggests A deeper metaphysical

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insight that spiritual
organization, whether divine or

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ecclesiastical, is designed to
reflect a divine order.

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The Catholic Church and its
historical evolution and

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hierarchical sophistication may
unconsciously mirror the

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supernal administration of the
universe as revealed in the

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Urantia Book.
The residence between the two

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structures points not merely to
coincidence but to a

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transcendent arch type, a
blueprint of divine governance

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instilled in both celestial and
terrestrial institutions.

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You know, the thought had
occurred to me that at some

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future time, what if, and I'll
leave you with this thought,

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what if the New Jerusalem, the
Temple of God, the temple of the

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Father that we read about in
Revelations and described in the

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Urantia book as well, in that
era of light and life, wouldn't

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it be ironic if that new temple
landed right in the middle of

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Saint Peter's Square at some
future time?

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Now, is this a call for all of
us to become Catholics?

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No, but it is an interesting
distinction when you think about

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the hierarchy as described in
Paper 35.

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And I and I would encourage you
to read it if you haven't done

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so already, and then think about
how Catholic the, the Catholic

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faith represents the divine hand
of Providence.

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All right, before we go, I do
want to tell you I'm very, very

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excited about this and I
actually have a call out for

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volunteers, if you will.
So we've reinstituted the

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Urantia Radio live stream and
you can find it right now at

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urantiaradio.org.
If you look at the menu bar, if

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you go to urantiaradio.org, in
the menu bar, you'll see an icon

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that says Urantia Global 24/7.
That is your portal so that you

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can have live 24 hour a day
streaming radio featuring

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exclusively topics, discussions,
conversations, interviews,

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anecdotes, all about the Urantia
book.

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And I would like to get some
contribution.

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I'd like to have dialogue with
people who might have an idea or

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two or some music maybe they
want to present.

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I want this thing to grow into a
Global Radio station with

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contributions coming in from
around the world.

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Maybe you have an A short essay
you'd like to share and you can

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do that.
If you go to the website, you'll

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see that there's a submission
button on the right hand side of

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the screen where you can click
and you can record anything you

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want.
And I'll do all the editing.

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How's that?
So again, I'm excited.

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We've launched the radio stream
featuring a lot of the material

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that you hear on this podcast
and it's live continuous

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streaming.
So if it gives you comfort to

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listen to the Urantia book or
hear about the Urantia book,

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then you've got something and
you don't have to constantly

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clicking and finding and all
that.

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And it's a component to the
podcast which you can find on

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virtually A zillion different
podcast platforms.

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Obviously, you found one because
you're listening to me and I

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appreciate that very much.
If you want to contact me during

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e-mail or through e-mail,
yourranchbookradio@gmail.com and

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please check out the website and
the live streaming.

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Until next time, a blessed
Mother's Day.

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We're recording this on Mother's
Day.

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And of course, we all know the
importance of Mom.

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Wherever Mom is, that's the home
from the divine Mother to our

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earthly mothers.
Indeed, the truth.

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Until next time.
Thanks again for joining me on

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the Rancho Radio podcast.