Saturday- the Sabbath
This is the Day of Saturn, the 7th day of the week.
Seven is completion, enfoldment, rest, assimilation.
Christ when He came to Earth 2000 years ago at the dawning of the
Piscean Age, brought forth the new light of a
New Day to the Earth. A new Age dawned (Pisces).
The days shifted too for prayer & recollection.
We shifted from the lawful sign of Saturn (Saturday).
To the golden solar light of the Sun (Sunday.)
No longer based on the Saturn (restriction) principle but on the Solar (the Sun) Principle.
Saturn in the Arabic language means “He who despairs.”
And the ones within matter, unable to be released were/are in despair.
In releasing the spirits (us) entombed in matter,
the Christ taught the supremacy of Love (task of the Piscean Age) over the Law
(task of the Aries Age).
An earthquake shook the world when the Christ Jesus died on the Cross
And when He dies they heard Him say,”It is finished,”
The veil was rent in the temple from top to bottom.
And the earthquake rocked the land & there was lightning & thunder.
The earthquake was caused by the change of atomic vibrations in the Earth.
At the death of the Christ, the World Teacher, the atomic vibration of the Earth changed.
At each of the Initiations (birth, baptism, transfiguration, death, resurrection) there is a freedom that happens, a shaking loose from the confines of matter.
This freedom needed preparation. This is why we had/have the 40 days & nights of Lent.
It takes that amount of time to prepare one’s vehicles (personality) for freedom, for
the influx of more Light into our bodies. This same “preparation” takes place during the Autumn season – during Advent as we prepare for Winter Solstice.
After His Crucifixion the Christ Jesus entered into the Earth to redeem those “caught & imprisoned in the realms of darkness.” And to lift up those who could not yet step upon the Path of Return. There was great rejoicing in the inner world. The Christ was “transmuting” matter into Spirit. Earth is a place of the densest of matter.
This was also an Initiation for the Earth – earth itself is the densest of the four elements – fire, air, water, earth. The Christ recognized the Spirit (the fire, the light) at the heart of & within all of matter.
This “recognition” is still a task to be undertake by humanity. The Earth Spirit awaits our awakening and our recognition. This is what the phrase means – from death to immortality. Christ raised up everything & everyone, providing the opportunity to move from death (caught forever in matter – the Involutionary Arc (downward) – its culmination being death – and what the Forces of Materialism & Evil work with) to immortality – the Path of Return (Evolutionary Arc (upward), working with the Forces of Light.
The Christ says to the waiting ones in the nether world…
‘I am here to be your messenger from God,
Who for your sake I have become your son. …
God, the Father, says to me….
I order you, O sleeper, to awake.
I did not create you to be a prisoner in hell.
Rise from the dead, for I am the Life & Son of the Father.
And I have come to take you home.”
(CCC, §635, citing an ancient homily for Holy Saturday).
The Christ, in “renting the veil” gave all of humanity a new choice that humanity didn’t have before. The “door to Spirit” opened, the Path of Return to the Father (from the Mother) was revealed.
On Holy Saturn, this is the teaching given by the Christ in the
inner worlds.
Holy Saturday, day & night, is a time of Initiation.
These are the last days of the Christ Jesus (2 Beings) in the outer world. The events recapitulate the Initiatory ceremonies of the pre-Christian Temples. His Coming foreshadowed them but His new work was “renting the veil of the Temple.” And thus a new power was released into our Earth globe at each stage of the Initiatory process.
As we walk with the Christ Jesus & relive these events throughout the solar year, we ourselves become “Christed” (directed by the Light of the Soul & the Love & Will of the Father). And we too become a center through which the vivifying resurrecting forces of the cosmos work through us. And we become helpers in world regeneration.
The entire season of Spring, and especially through Passion Week & the Easter festival season, is overseen by Archangel Raphael, the Angel of Healing. Archangel Raphael heals us from the darkness that separates us from Paradise. He opens us up to the reality of the Soul, so that we may see & know and be directed by the Light. He heals our wounds, he ministers to our spirit, and the spirit of all of humanity within the tomb. This great Angel prepares each of us for Resurrection.
We keep the hours, day & night of Holy Saturday.
At midnight, everyone is Baptized in the Temple
At sunrise, we walk toward Galilee. The flowers bloom.
We contemplate this day in quiet.
Together, in the Ashram garden.
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Reciting the 2nd Great Invocation given to humanity in 1940.
The Invocations (3) are Mantrams of Direction for humanity.
We recite this together in the darkened Temple.
We visualize this…
The Great Invocation (1940)
“Let the Lords of Liberation issue forth.
Let them bring succour to the sons of men.
Let the Rider from the Secret Place come forth,
And coming, save. Come forth, O Mighty One.
Let the souls of men awaken to the light.
And may they stand with massed intent.
Let the fiat of the Lord go forth: The end of woe has come!
Come forth, O Mighty One.
The hour of service of the saving force has now arrived.
Let it be spread abroad, O Mighty One.
Let Light and Love and Power and Death
Fulfill the purpose of the Coming One.
The WILL to save is here.
The LOVE to carry forth the work is widely spread abroad.
The ACTIVE AID of all who know the truth is also here.
Come forth, O Mighty One, and blend these three.
Construct a great defending wall.
The rule of evil NOW must end.”
Love, Risa
Each of us will be called to serve the world in the coming times.
Our work together here is our preparation.
Every son/daughter becomes the Son & Daughter of God.
Each of us will be the grace of healing for those in need.
As we shift from Pisces to Aquarius, to the new era.
We will bring with us all the saving graces of healing & Saviorship
to the new world. Those who can help are being gathered together now. Pluto will be transforming us in order that we are ready to Serve when needed. Each of us will be called to serve (Pisces) in ways we can’t even imagine. We stand willing. Remaining in these day in a state of Joy, our refuge & protection. Choosing Joy. Sun in Aries.
We will meet at midnight in the Temple, when the Paschal candle is lit. And the Resurrection Festival begins. Om
Graphic – Fra Angelico (1450)
Releasing those imprisoned in matter.
Christ in Limbo on Holy Saturday
