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===Lesson===
===Lesson===
===='''''[[Christmas]]'''''====
===='''''[[Christmas]]'''''====
Gabriel (Jonathan TR): Ministers of light, I greet you. I come to you today to [[prepare]] your [[minds]] for your upcoming holiday, to [[compare]] certain factors that you [[experience]] during these times that are quite similar to [[the master]]'s experience of [[Paper 125 - Jesus at Jerusalem|visiting the temple at Jerusalem during Passover]]. This Christmas celebration is, itself, a [[renewal]], another [[opportunity]] for your [[culture]] and for various civilizations to rekindle the [[spirit]] of [[friendship]] and giving, of extending yourself in [[kindness]] and [[love]] to another, to put away for the time being your own needs to [[focus]] on uplifting others. Yet just as the temple was filled with money changers and profiteering, your season is fraught with similar hectic demands. I ask you during this hubbub of activity to step aside, to retire to the [[Paper 182 - In Gethsemane|garden of Gethsemane]] of your own, to sit on that brow of [Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet|Mount Olivet]] and contemplate that grander picture, to see the [[spiritual]] significance, and to carry your [[comprehension]] of this spiritual significance beyond the calendar event into every day. [[Michael]] lived every day as if it were [[Passover]], the time when the [[angel]] brings its [[blessing]] upon the [[children of God]]. This is evident in his often repeated phrases, that "I do what the Father wills I do," and "I wait upon the hour when I should fulfill His will." It is our [[hope]] that each year increasing numbers of people walk in the wake of [[the Master]], begin to live truly as he lived, in full [[confidence]] of [[the Father]]'s [[care]] and [[guidance]], ever mindful of those higher [[realities]], those [[ideal]] [[values]] which will ultimately uplift [[mankind]] and improve living conditions socially, politically, and economically throughout [[the world]].
Gabriel (Jonathan TR): Ministers of light, I greet you. I come to you today to [[prepare]] your [[minds]] for your upcoming holiday, to [[compare]] certain factors that you [[experience]] during these times that are quite similar to [[the master]]'s experience of [[Paper 125 - Jesus at Jerusalem|visiting the temple at Jerusalem during Passover]]. This Christmas celebration is, itself, a [[renewal]], another [[opportunity]] for your [[culture]] and for various civilizations to rekindle the [[spirit]] of [[friendship]] and giving, of extending yourself in [[kindness]] and [[love]] to another, to put away for the time being your own needs to [[focus]] on uplifting others. Yet just as the temple was filled with money changers and profiteering, your season is fraught with similar hectic demands. I ask you during this hubbub of activity to step aside, to retire to the [[Paper 182 - In Gethsemane|garden of Gethsemane]] of your own, to sit on that brow of [[Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet|Mount Olivet]] and contemplate that grander picture, to see the [[spiritual]] significance, and to carry your [[comprehension]] of this spiritual significance beyond the calendar event into every day. [[Michael]] lived every day as if it were [[Passover]], the time when the [[angel]] brings its [[blessing]] upon the [[children of God]]. This is evident in his often repeated phrases, that "I do what the Father wills I do," and "I wait upon the hour when I should fulfill His will." It is our [[hope]] that each year increasing numbers of people walk in the wake of [[the Master]], begin to live truly as he lived, in full [[confidence]] of [[the Father]]'s [[care]] and [[guidance]], ever mindful of those higher [[realities]], those [[ideal]] [[values]] which will ultimately uplift [[mankind]] and improve living conditions socially, politically, and economically throughout [[the world]].
It was an eventful time when [[Paper 120|Michael bestowed himself here]], yet this is but one birth, though it be the birth of the [[Creator Son]] in human form. How much more striking will it be when all born on this world live as [[the master]] lived! That will be the day of [[holiness]]. That will be the time of [[Light and Life]], peace on earth and goodwill among men. This is your [[duty]] as well as your honored [[privilege]] to promote this [[understanding]] and to [[demonstrate]] in living the [[principles]] that you have come to know through [[faith]].
It was an eventful time when [[Paper 120|Michael bestowed himself here]], yet this is but one birth, though it be the birth of the [[Creator Son]] in human form. How much more striking will it be when all born on this world live as [[the master]] lived! That will be the day of [[holiness]]. That will be the time of [[Light and Life]], peace on earth and goodwill among men. This is your [[duty]] as well as your honored [[privilege]] to promote this [[understanding]] and to [[demonstrate]] in living the [[principles]] that you have come to know through [[faith]].
You are my dear ones in whom I am so well pleased. I will stay with you in your [[hearts]] always and await your beckoning call to me to be of [[service]] to you. Peace be with you all.
You are my dear ones in whom I am so well pleased. I will stay with you in your [[hearts]] always and await your beckoning call to me to be of [[service]] to you. Peace be with you all.
===='''''[[Renewal]]''''', '''''[[Conversion]]'''''====
===='''''[[Renewal]]''''', '''''[[Conversion]]'''''====
Elyon (Jonathan): Greetings, friends, this is Elyon, and we return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Elyon (Jonathan): Greetings, friends, this is Elyon, and we return to our regularly scheduled programming.