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To Those Whose Hope Is in His Love:
Compassion, oh, how sweet thou art! The confluence of human destiny, drawn from great skeins of cosmic light, weaves a garment of renewal for the world that is never more apparent than at this blessed season of the year.
The advent of the ever-new is resurgent, uplifting, joyous, brimming with hope. We, the archangels, mindful of the beauty of purity that like a mantle of snowy whiteness covers the barren earth, see in the tiny diamondlike matrices of the frozen crystals the filigree points of light that reveal the wonders of God in nature.
We think of the great hope of the Father of all for every soul who approaches the gates of birth. With what joy the soul trembles momentarily in the chalice before it passes through that gateway into the miniature form of the physical manchild, whose tiny expectant heart waits through the long night for the precious first rays of the golden dawn. Now old things filled with fear are put away, and joy is cherished as an orb of power; the intangible yet luminous faith is about to be made tangible once more, and the hope of fulfillment becomes the fulfillment of hope.
I recall that in my visitation to Mary, I was charged before my contact with her to drink deeply of the draft of universal certainty and hope so that I might convey that hope in my first words " ... Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."1
The preparation of the angelic hosts that goes on behind the scenes is seldom realized by mankind; but then, do those who are not a part of the world's various dramatic companies think of the hours of lengthy preparation, of the careful selecting for the parts, of the learning of the lines, of the endless rehearsals, and then at last of the magic of the moment of presentation?
How few in the world today are concerned with the proper presentation of the Father's desire. Yet I say to you today that the desire of Jesus and the desire of humanity as pertains to true reality are one; hence the song "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" effectively conveys the idea that the desire of the universal Christ is also the desire of the universal man.
" ... Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus."2
Those whose hearts are like stone, those whose feeling worlds, whose total being and consciousness remain unstirred by the virtues and thoughts of heaven, have little idea of all that they are missing; nor do they realize the high cost of their delay in pursuing the things of the Spirit. Yet his mercy endureth for ever.3 And thus with the mere crumbs that fall from the Lord's table humanity is satisfied for a time until, once again, the wolflike passions of the children of darkness take control of the political, religious, educational, and social arenas of the world; and then they realize, all too late, that the saddest words of tongue or pen are really "It might have been the kingdom ... it might have been the kingdom!"4
First the dark ones destroy the faith of men in the divine plan, and then they destroy the faith of the individual in himself. Out of this whirlwind of destruction,5 man emerges with a feeling of utter helplessness and, knowing not which way to go, he impugns the purity of his brother's heart. Thus the mystery of the divine plan that reveals itself in the starry radiance of the Christ-tide is lost behind the clouds of human misery and human carelessness.
This year, we of the angelic hosts have decided to be realists in more ways than one. First of all, we shall reveal the reality of God in all of its dazzling loveliness, and then we shall show the impracticality of mortal activities that in all of these centuries have given so little light to a hungry world, to a world that yearns for the touch of God's reality.
You must understand that the prince of darkness is clever and that, to the innocent of heart, his machinations are almost beyond belief. For example, the children of Belial, masquerading as angels of light, will allow themselves to be caught momentarily behaving very badly but they will do so in a limited way where only a few are able to observe. When those who witness their behavior, out of honor make it known to others, the masquerader will point the accusing finger at the one who speaks the truth and dares to expose the lie. The wolf in sheep's clothing6 will then retreat behind a mask of innocence, concealing the blackness of his heart from the multitudes, his purpose being accomplished through the spread of the poison of hatred against the souls who have the courage to stand for truth and justice.
But I say, fear not; for the Lord is with thee who uphold truth in the world domain, who are courageous enough to consider the protection of the youth, of the aged, and of the divine design in the dazzling whiteness of his purity to be of more worth than all other conditions. These will see to it that the Christ image is preserved not only at the Christmas season but also throughout the year. These will understand that the angelic hosts are messengers of glad tidings to men of good will everywhere, and that we are determined to stand by the side of those who have the courage to uphold the law of love, the law of light, which is the sun of true illumination, and the law of life that values, more than the wayfaring of the little self, the emancipation of the soul as a son of God.
No man can long deceive the powers of heaven, yet heaven must maintain an immaculate concept toward the world; for only God is real, and only justice and goodness endure. When the archangels, therefore, announce the coming of the victorious Son of God who will change the pathway in which the world has elected to walk, you can prepare for the time when men shall study to show themselves approved unto God,7 when they shall master the sciences and the arts as vehicles of Christ wholeness, when they shall found universities of the Spirit whose educators will cherish the lives of the young as a precious trust, when they shall yearn for the presence of the angelic hosts and for the wisdom and the feeling of God's love they impart, when they shall call for the ennoblement of music and the sacred tone of service rendered for the sake of service, and when they shall do all things well in the Master's name.
When all of this shall come to pass, then we of the archangelic level will feel that our work of fashioning the feelings of man in the divine image, in the Christ concept, has at last been begun on a universal scale.
But until men draw nigh unto God with more than their lips,8 these things can never be so. Therefore, I ask that you will hearken to my words spoken to you this season and that you will mold therefrom an intense and fiery image of the living Christ within the manger of your hearts. See all of the hosts of heaven ministering unto your own life as well as unto the lives of all mankind, and see this vision being expanded and communicated to others. Vitalize and lift up the image of the Christ in the consciousness of the millions of earth's evolutions, knowing full well that God is thinking with you as you think with him.
Will you understand, then, the need to reject the darkness? And, throwing up the arms of the heart, will you clasp to yourself the precious secrets of the light itself as the illuminator of the world?
Because the light of God
Is ever his truth,
Because the light of God
Is ever the subtle proof
That men and angels seek
The strength of glory shining meek
Within the mild eyes of the Son -
He whose heart is ever one
With the Father from on high,
Starlike radiance drawing nigh:
I AM the Christ Mass, blazing bright,
Reality of heaven's light.
In purity and truth in Christ-love, I remain