This is the Holiest Night of the Year.
The 12 sided domed Temple on the hill stands luminous.
Its Gates stand wide open.
Waiting for the midnight Sun.
The interior of the Temple illuminates an altar with a cross & white roses.
Disciples and Servers of the world arrive at the Temple.
Stand under a five pointed star of light.
The price of entrance is a crown of thorns.

At midnight bells will ring from the depths of space.
It is the night of a starry interior light.
Streams of spiritual force from the heavens begin to play through the earth. These will continue through to the Twelfth Night.

From Hamlet’s Shakespeare we read:
“…That season comes
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated.
The bird of dawn singeth all night long.
Nothing stirs.
The nights are holy, darkness has no power to charm
So hallow’ed, so holy, so gracious is the time.”

Mary & Joseph approached Bethlehem (house of God’s bread). The city was filled with visitors. It was a time of taxation for the people. Inn after inn was filled. Finally, with compassion and care, one innkeeper, seeing Mary’s suffering, took Mary & Joseph to a stable with animals nearby. There was also a manger filled with hay. No room in the inn, & being birthed in a stable in a manger – the holy child was born for the common people.

A star’s light grows bright in the sky.
The Astrologer Magi Kings are alerted.
They begin their journey west at midnight.
Angels quietly begin to sing.
Nature is still, poised, watching.
Something is stirring in the manger.
Everything is still and quiet.
It is a holy night. The holiest night of the year.
Hosts of Angels begin to surround the field around the stable.
The sacred vigil has begun.
We hear the keynote of the earth sung by the angels…
“Glory to God in the highest.

Angels guard the air.
The mystery of the holiest night of the year has begun.