O LORD, AS WE CELEBRATE THE APPROACH OF THE ANCIENT BIRTH OF OUR LORD JESUS, JESUS THE GREAT MASTER.

WHO IN HIS DIVINE BENEVOLENCE TOOK UPON HIMSELF THE FLESHLY BODY OF A LITTLE CHILD, TO BRING UNTO MAN THE NEEDED GRACE AND FORGIVENESS.

THAT HE, MAN, MIGHT LIVE ON THE SPHERE OF EARTH, AND THUS LEARN TO KNOW GOD IN ALL HIS GLORY.

O LORD. WE WAIT WITH BAITED ANXIOUSNESS, AND AS WE OBSERVE THE GREAT SPIRITUAL REALITY ON THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE,

AS THE POWER OF THE GREAT CHRISTOS, THE FIRST-BEGOTTEN SON OF OUR LORD, THE FATHER, INCREASES IN THIS EARTH:

AND AS WE SENSE AND REALIZE THE REBIRTH OF OUR EARTH, AS IT GOES THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF ILLUMINATION-

AS THE GREAT PSYCHIC WORLD UNITES WITH THE OLD EARTH AND PROVIDES THE SUBSTANCE FOR THE NEW SPIRITUAL BODY OF EARTH,

THUS IT IS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD WITH GREAT JOY TO THE COMING OF A NEW GREAT MASTER, PERHAPS NOT AS GREAT AS HE, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST-

BUT ONE IN HIS GREAT MERCY, OR TWO, OR THREE--WHATEVER THOU KNOWEST IS THE NEED OF THE MANY "ME’S."

WE LOOK THEN, WITH AN ASTONISHED GAZE UPON THE GREAT SPIRITUAL MOTHER, OUR BELOVED MOTHER, WITH ALL REVERENCE,

FOR WE KNOW SHE, TOO, FEELS THE GREAT INFINITE CHANGE OF THE EARTH, AND ITS COLOR, TO THE CELESTIAL BLUE.

WE KNOW IN HER COMPASSION SHE SEEKS TO LIFT OUR BURDENS, THAT THE EARTH MAY BE REBORN AGAIN.

THAT THE EMBLEM OF THE CROSS SHALL NOT GO FOR NAUGHT, BUT THE BLESSED TEACHINGS OF OUR MASTER SHALL BE TAUGHT.

THUS IN THE GRAND ARRAY OF NIGHT AND DAY, DO WE AWAIT THE COMING OF THE ADVENT OF THIS AGE, UNHERALDED BY ROYAL PAGES.

BUT WE, THE TEACHERS OF OLD, DO ASSEMBLE LIKE THE KNIGHTS OF MANY STORIES FORETOLD,

TO DO BATTLE WITH THE DARKNESS OF THE AGES PAST--TO BRING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST AT LAST.

DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HEAR OUR PRAYER, THAT THIS SMALL STAR OF EARTH MAY SHINE IN THY CELESTIAL BODY, AND IN MY BROTHER’S AND MINE.