The Great Mystery
The Divine Liturgy of the Great Mystery
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The Mystery Meal is on the holy table. We come to God in awe and love, crying aloud with the angels, Holy, Holy, Holy God.
Let us pray.
Peace be with us.
Let us lift up praise and meditation to the Spirit.
Yesu our Saviour, Lord over our souls – you are a priest according to the Order of Melchizedek, you taught us the mystery of ages, Mystery of Mysteries. In ancient times offered by blessed Mithra; of which father Abraham also took part by the hands of holy Melchizedek; administered by holy Zoroaster of the Persians; and was delivered over to us by you, Yesu our Lord, Christ of God. Through your chosen one, twin brother Thomas; you handed down through the ages this Great Mystery to serve for all initiates unto remission of sins, wisdom on the Way, humility and strength to labour in service of God.
Bread, water and wine; body, soul and spirit – upon the banquet table of life.
In the Way of Christ – the Spirit is present here.
We beg to be made worthy of the mystery.By your command, Yesu our Lord, these glorious, holy, life-giving and divine mysteries are set and ordered on the holy table – unto the indwelling of our Lord, the second time from heaven, the coming of Christ, to whom be glory at every season forever. Amen.
Amen. Amen. Let us lift up our spirits to the Mercy of God.
Meditation:
God have mercy (x4)
Christ have mercy (x4)
Lord have mercy (x4)
Hallelujah (x4)
For N, our +Teacher, all leaders of the church, all the clergy, and all the faithful of the priesthood in Christ, help us in our weakness by Your mercy, and make us worthy of Your mysteries.
The lives to offer before You, by this congregation, is Yours for the peace of the world; as a living and holy sacrifice, and for the prosperity, and for the aid of the whole of all lands - that we within the Mystic Body of Christ may be blessed, and filled by Your grace, our God, and Yesu our Lord forever. Amen.
O Lord, make us worthy of the precious Body and precious Blood – your precious teaching and your mystical Way. Also, make this sacrifice of ourselves worthy of acceptance on our day of judgment. Amen.
Amen.
May the grace of our Lord Yesu the Saviour, the power of God the Father, the wisdom of God the Mother, be in communion with our spirits, here, now and forever.
Amen.
Unto You, Father of all, God above all gods, Spirit of all spirit, we offer ourselves.
God, give us great humility - impress love, peace and unity upon our hearts.
O God, Your Energies are worthy to be praised and professed, adored and glorified by all creatures. For You have created the universes and all that it contains.
You fill every creature with Your grace, and save humanity by Your compassionate laws.
O God, numberless holy angels cast themselves down adoring Your majesty; ministers of fire and spirit bless Your name, and together with hosts of deities and divine Energies offer adoration to Your supreme power. Proclaiming and glorifying, they call to each other without ceasing, singing:
Holy, Holy, Holy - O God Almighty
Lift up your thoughts.
Unto You, Creator of all: Father of all spirit, Mother of all soul.
Acts of Thomas 11.42
‘Bread of life, of which whoever eats remains incorruptible. Bread that fills the hungry souls with the blessing thereof, you are he that concede to receive a gift, that you may become to us remission of sins, and that they who eat you may become immortal. We invoke upon you the name of the Mother, of the unspeakable Mystery of the hidden powers and authorities of the Father; we invoke upon you the name of your Lord Yesu.’
‘Let the powers of blessing come, and be established in this bread, that all the souls which partake of it may be washed from their sins.’
Our Lord Yesu said: ‘No person drinks aged wine and immediately wants to drink new wine. New wine is not poured into aged wineskins, for the skins may break, and aged wine is not poured into new wineskins, for the wine may spoil. An old patch is not sewn onto a new piece of clothing, for it would rip apart.’
The mystery of this wine and water is an unspeakable and ever new delight to the spirit. You who are about to partake of this mystery, by the acceptance in heaven of your initiation, are neither new wineskins nor old wineskins but are changing according to the grace of God and your dedication on the Way. This wine is neither new wine or old wine to you but is changed by the unspeakable power of God according to your need.
Approach not the holy table with a deceitful mind, holding any matter in your heart of which you are blinded. As the Donkey witnessed, the demons delight in sacrifices made by deceitful minds. As it was said:
‘And they do what they want, sacrificing to demons and bringing them food, by oils and by wine and water and offering with praises’
And the devil itself witnessed as such when it said: (Acts 7:22)
‘I am refreshed by murders and adulteries and sacrifices made with wine upon altars; and like you convert human beings to eternal life, so I also pervert them that obey me to eternal destruction and torment - and you receive your own and I mine.’
Let us thus duly prepare ourselves to come forward and partake of this mystery with renewed hearts and minds, resolving to commitment on the Way and to approach the Holy Spirit with a good and humble heart, our souls open to listen to the voice in Heaven.
Before we partake of the Holy Mystery given to us as a free undeserved gift, now being on the holy table for our sake, let us in silence acknowledge our sins, and grievances to Almighty God and ask for the grace of correction, and discipline unto repentance.
God have mercy (x4)
Christ have mercy (x4)
Lord have mercy (x4)
Hallelujah (x4)
Upon our true repentance - the Spirit, our true God, absolve and remit us of our sins, and preserve us worthy of these Holy Mysteries, to stand blameless before our Heavenly Parent at our day of judgment.
And may the grace of the Lord Yesu, Christ and Saviour, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now, and ever unto the ages of ages. Amen (+)
‘Come, O perfect compassion; come, O communion of the Male; come, She that knows the mysteries of him that is chosen; come, She that have part in all the combats of the noble athlete; come, the silence that reveals the great things of the whole greatness; come, She that manifests the hidden things and makes the unspeakable things plain, the holy dove that bears the twin young; come, the hidden Mother; come, She that is manifest in her deeds and gives joy and rest to them that are joined to her - come and communicate with us in this mystery which we celebrate in Your name and in the love-feast wherein we are gathered together at Your calling.’
+ Amen.
Draw near and receive the Mystery of Mysteries.
Be still and know that I am God (x3)
You are the Lord that healeth me (x3)
In You O Lord, do I put my trust (x3)
You are the Lord that saves my soul (x3)
Rise and praise God
Our God, we thank you for this great and wondrous allowance towards us.
We glorify You without ceasing, with unveiled faces within Your Church, which has been redeemed by the mystical life revealed by Your son, our Lord Yesu Christ.
We give You glory, honour, thanksgiving and adoration - now and forever.(+)
O God, transform our corruption into the sweet aroma of Your love. May Your sweet love purify us from the stain of forgetfulness of our true home: O Good Shepherd, You went out in search of us and found us when we were lost, and You were delighted when we were found.
In Your mercy cleanse us of our trespasses and sins, both those which we know, and those which we do not know, our God and Father, Holy Spirit, Mother Wisdom - forever.(+)
God has blessed us, with all spiritual blessings in heaven through Yesu our Lord, - He has called us to the Heavenly Kingdom, and has taught us and brought wondrous blessings to us, blessings which never pass away, cease or vanish.
Yesu our Lord, has promised and assured us in his life-giving Sayings (106), “Whoever drinks from my mouth will be like me and I myself shall be that person, and what is hidden will be revealed to that one.”
May God bless our congregation, guard our company and make our people glorious, which came and rejoiced in the power of these glorious, holy, life-giving and divine mysteries.
With the living sign of the cross and the indwelling spirit of our Lord be sealed and guarded from all harm, hidden and open, now, always and forever (+).
Go in peace to love and serve God and all neighbours in need.
The measure by which we love our fellow beings, is the measure of our love or God.
May all go in peace.
Go in peace, show holy love for one another, and serve the Lord. Minister to all in need. In the Name of God: the Father, the Mother, the spirit within. + Amen.