| III. Choir | 22 January |
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| Angel of order and lawfulness | Vincent |
The power and authority of the Thrones may be compared to mountains that reach down from Heaven to earth, and that rise from the earth and reach up to Heaven.
The angel whom God’s goodness sets before us today, that we may rightly comprehend the essence of the Thrones in their being and doing, nature and virtue of intercession, is
Saint Aradim,
of the first seven thrones of the third choir, which is above in the Ring of Worship around the Throne of God.
The Thrones are the supreme created bearers of the stream of grace of life from God, which bursts forth, as it were, from the Head of God like an eternally flowing spring and carries the divine Become, the Be, down to creation. These Thrones are three and seven and again three and seven. The first three form the Throne of God above all the heavens, and the first seven tower like mountains with their tops pointing downwards from the Ring of Worship to the earth, carrying the effect of the Divine Word of creation seven-fold to the earth. The second three form the Throne of God in the midst of His creation, and the second seven stand up, as it were, on the earth, as the guardians of what has already become, which they now lead up to the heavenly goal with the force of God’s attraction. A single throne is placed in the midst of these groups like a child among male figures: the Throne of Mary, Saint Aralim Enneth.
Saint Aralim has a task that is impossible for man to fathom: to guide the bundled order and lawfulness into the whole of creation and into each individual creature, and to incorporate all creation into the order, measure and law of God. And not only that: the divine Becoming is also always full of wisdom and truth, virtue and strength, beauty and harmony.
Saint Aradim must also watch over this. We must imagine him to be as mighty as if his immense wings of obedience to God encompassed the whole of creation. He stands up at the Word of God… for the Word, the Son, is the Lord and the Judge of creation. The angel is so great that he acts like a ladder to Heaven, upon which the individual man and the whole of creation may climb in the order and virtue of the Word, up to the steps of the Throne of God. The angel is quite clear, and this indicates to us that his task is a natural demand of us.
If we enter into this clarity, we will experience the beauty and harmony of divine love in ourselves. Let us calmly place all of our inner disorder into the hands of this angel that through his intercession, he may give it into the Hands of Him Who said, “Behold, I make all things new!”
Prayer: Almighty, Eternal God, let us always know Thy will in law and order, that we may fulfill it in all faithfulness and with the power and help of Thine angels, that we may love and praise Thee for all eternity. Amen.