On Advent

Beloved: Hold fast the season of Advent in your hearts so that you may find the hidden glory concealed therein. As the Lord is born in the midst of winter's darkness, so are hope, faith, and love out of penance. The alchemists refer to penance by another word, and that is "putrefaction." In the acknowledgement of our own disobedience and the understanding of God's mercy and justice we may experience that love of which mystics speak - the blazing fire that does not burn. The love we find through the process of decay is bittersweet, an intoxicating poison that corrodes and enkindles. In an instant one feels both bliss and grief. It is a love full of desperation and longing and submission. But in those moments, however brief (as they often are), God lays a gentle hand on our hearts and coaxes out our shut-up stores of love. The result is the birth of a New Man, born out of the Virgin's womb, which is the vessel of personal consciousness which we all bear.

Yea, He is the Savior, Yeheshua, Christ the Lord, thy Holy Guardian Angel, thy Confessor, and thy Beloved. 

Therefore, beloved, pray through this Advent season that you may be a suitable vessel for the Lord your God. Make in your heart room for Him, for without Him you are truly lost and despairing. There is only one hope, and that is in Him - I do swear this to you in love and confidence. Reflect upon yourself and your disobedience toward Him, for disobedience is the root of all sin. Pray for the fear of the Lord to fall upon you so that you may come to tread His path with conviction and sincerity. Fear not the petty dictates of man, but listen to words of Him, who is the Father's beautiful and wise Son, who shall instruct you in the paths that are right and who will guide you away from the paths that are wicked. And though in God's great justice these are different for all, He does perform these deeds for all people, and for that we do bless His holy Name, forever and ever, Amen. There is no greater love than this, my brothers and sisters, and so offer Him your greatest thanksgiving. There is no greater joy, no greater bliss than to offer praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord your Creator, He who hath fashioned Heaven and Earth out of nought, and He who calls out your name in gladness so that you might be saved from the wickedness of your ways. For he who believes he is without sin is a liar. Amen. These things of old have been written for they are the truth and the truth is undying. Give not the tongue of reason your ear so that it may not pollute your interior understanding and illumination. For the Lord in His mercy speaks to you at all times but you have not the ears or the hearts to hear Him because you are too distracted by Because, which is nothing other than the knowledge that is most convenient at that time to know. Because and its twin Reason are not of the Truth because they are transient. They do pass away with the procession of time, but there is the Truth that remains forever. Know instead that there is reason and reason, just as there is love and love. The one is perceptive and adaptable, the other is rigid and blind. 

Therefore, take heed and repent. Reflect. Meditate. Call upon Him who is your Savior - His name is known only to your innermost heart, and it is a name you will thirst for, a name you will say in fervor and adoration and utmost praise. His name shall be the most beautiful word you will ever know because it is the name of your God, and nothing will be more true or right to you that it. Beloved, there is nothing I can say or do to make you believe, and this is my greatest sadness. I can only point you in this path and swear to you with all my soul that these words are most true and important. There is no cure for all this endless grief until the World is wrapped up in love and understanding of its Creator. All other sadnesses are comparatively small and brief for this sadness is as old as Creation itself, and shall last until its End, and it is so for all people. But take great hope, for there is plentiful Redemption, and there is plentiful love and joy available for all. Know and trust that we all do have a God who works for and through us because His love and zeal is so immense that no barrier, not even space or time, can ever separate these forces from us and our lives. 

Celebrate this Advent season with humility, penance, and love. Always act with love, for all acts are irrelevant if they are without love.