This service is given by one Priest. Two female members, in white robes, will attend by standing on either side of the altar.
The Priest may be assisted in the serving of Communion.
OPENING PRAYER
O
GLORIOUS FATHER, WHO GAVE SEED TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS OF ALL MASTERS, WHO ON THIS DAY WE CELEBRATE HIS RESURRECTION AND VICTORY OVER PASSING INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, AFTER HE HAD PASSED THROUGH THE TRANSITION OF HIS FLESH BODY.
TO RISE OUT OF THE DEPTHS INTO THE LIGHT OF THE CHRISTOS, AND THUS BUILD THE NEW BODY OF LIGHT EVERLASTING.
THIS, THE FULFILLMENT OF THE VIRGIN ARISING FROM THE DEPTHS, SO BY THE PURIFICATION BY THE FIRE, THUS WE GIVE THANKS AND GLORY UNTO YOU, FATHER, AND GLORY TO THE CHRISTOS, AND GLORY TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN WHO BORE HIM, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ENHANCED HIM.
GLORY, GLORY, GLORY, LORD GOD OF ALL.
Song: Christ the Lord is Risen This Day
CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN THIS DAY, ALLELUIA
RISEN TO HEIGHTS MOST GLORIOUS, ALLELUIA
GLORIOUS MASTER, LORD OF EARTH
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA
OUT OF THE FIRE, PURE SOUL SO BRIGHT, ALLELUIA
OUT OF THE DARKNESS, INTO THE LIGHT, ALLELUIA
OUT OF THE MIRE MAN MADE OF EARTH, ALLELUIA
BACK TO THE FATHER WHO GAVE US BIRTH
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA
LET US SING THE GLORIES ON THIS DAY, ALLELUIA
LET ALL HEAVEN RING TO THE WORDS WE SAY, ALLELUIA
THIS IS THE MASTER WITH THE CHRIST ADORNED, ALLELUIA
WHO TRAVELED THE PATHWAYS OF EARTH FORLORNED
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA
GLORY TO OUR LORD OF EARTH, ALLELUIA
TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN WHO GAVE HIM BIRTH, ALLELUIA
GLORY TO THE SPIRIT, ITS TASTE SO SWEET, ALLELUIA
GLORY THIS DAY AS THE ANGELS MEET
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA.
READING BY THE BROTHERS:
HAIL TO THEE, O LORD OF EARTH. HAIL TO THE MOTHER MOST ILLUSTRIOUS, WHO WATCHES OVER ITS BIRTH. BLESSED ARE WE, HIS CHILDREN OF LIGHT, TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL OF REBIRTH AND RIGHT. RAISED TO THE LEVEL ABOVE THE ANGELS, TO ENJOY ALL HEAVENS HERE ON EARTH.
GOSPEL: St. John 20
PRIEST:
IT IS THROUGH THE ATONEMENT, WHICH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN US BY HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE VICTORY OVER DEATH, THAT WE COME THIS MORNING WITH JOY AND THANKSGIVING. THROUGH FAITH IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM, WE OPEN THE WAY TO THE UNIVERSAL LIFE, AND HAVE THE CHOICE TO SEEK THE ILLUMINATION AND THE TRUE CHRIST LIGHT.
IT IS THROUGH THIS RESURRECTION WE KNOW THAT WE, TOO, MAY PRESS THROUGH THE FIERY BODY OF EARTH AND ATTAIN THE BODY OF LIGHT, AND JOIN THE HOSTS ABOVE.
THE JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATED PASSOVER, WHEN THE LORD PASSED OVER THE ISRAELITES, WHEN THEY PUT THE LAMB'S BLOOD ON THE DOOR.
LIKEWISE, THE SELF-SACRIFICE OF THE CHRIST IS THE PROTECTION FOR ALL PEOPLE WHEN THEY RECEIVE HIM.
VERSE:
I AROSE AND STILL I AM WITH YOU. YOU REST YOUR HANDS UPON ME. YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL. GLORY TO THE FATHER AND TO THE CHRISTOS AND TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HERE.
TEXT OF THE SERMON (Preparation for Communion)
THE MYSTIC TRANSFORMATION
OF ALL-BEING
THE FIERY SOUL, PURE AND CLEAR AS GOLD, SEEKS THE STORY UNTOLD. BUT TESTED IN THE FIRE OF GOD, IS THE HUSBAND OF THE NOBLE SOPHIA.
FOR SHE IS THE TINCTURE OF LIGHT, IF THE TINCTURE OF THE FIRE IS PERFECT AND PURE, THEN WILL SOPHIA BE UNITED WITH IT. THUS ADAM RECEIVES AGAIN THE MOST NOBLE BRIDE.
THE BRIDE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM HIM DURING HIS SLEEP, AND WILL TAKE HER INTO HIS ARMS, THIS IS THE NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN.
THIS IS THE BRANCH OF THE PEARL-TREE IN GOD'S PARADISE. BUT HOW THE BRIDE RECEIVES HER GROOM IN HIS CLEAR AND FIERY QUALITIES, AND HOW SHE GIVES HIM THE KISS OF LOVE, THIS WILL BE UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY HE WHO HAS BEEN AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB.
Song: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
COMMUNION
The regular Communion service is celebrated.
BENEDICTION
