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August 8th, 1915
Received by:James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
I am here, St. Celestia.
I was a Christian woman who was martyred by the fanatic Church
of Rome. I lived in Italy and was a follower of Jesus, but not a
believer in the doctrines of the Romish Church. It was long years
after my death (that) I was canonized by the very church which killed
me. Of course the Pope and officials who canonized me were different
from those who killed me.
I want to tell you that I am interested in your mission and am
trying to help you do the work of the Master. He is the saviour
of mankind and it must be taught in what manner he is their saviour.
Not as the Jesus who died on the cross, not because his blood was
spilled by the Roman soldiers, not because of any vicarious atonement,
but because he brought to the light and knowledge of men the fact
that the Father had after long centuries when He had withdrawn the
great gift of the Divine Love re-bestowed it and taught the way
in which men might become partakers of that Love - even (only) by
prayer and faith. The soul of man is the one thing that enables
him to become like the Father and is the most important part of
man's creation. If men will understand this and learn that this
soul is capable of receiving this Divine Love and becoming a part
of God's Divinity, they will fully realize the mission of the Master
in coming to earth.
Let men abandon the idea that Jesus came as a sacrifice for their
sins. He came as a messenger from God, bringing the Divine Gift
and the knowledge as to how men might obtain that gift. He did not
come to pay any debt which man owed the Father or to appease any
wrath of the Father, because man owed no debt and God had no wrath
towards him. He came as a mediator in the sense that he was a messenger
of light and truth and a shower of the way. Why will men continue
to cling to the old damnable doctrine of sacrifice?
Even in the days of Abraham, God never required a sacrifice for
sin and no sin of man was ever removed by shedding the blood of
a goat or any other animal. To teach and believe such a dogma places
God on the plane of an angry and jealous God and makes Him satisfied
with the trifling thing of having the blood of an animal shed to
appease his anger and remove his jealousy.
God is now and has been from the beginning a God of Love and man
is and has been the object of that Love. But unless man seeks that
Love and opens up his soul to the inflowing of that Love he can
never become reconciled to God. Love cannot be obtained in the soul
of man by anything other than the desire and will of man to have
it come into his soul. God wants only the love of man not his fear
or dread of consequence because of disobedience. So I say let men
know that there is only one thing in all the universe that will
reconcile him to God, and that is the opening up of the soul of
man to the inflowing of the Divine Love and the prayer to God that
such Love may come into his soul.
I do not know that I can say more tonight and will stop, but sometime
I will come again and write further. My home is in the Celestial
Heavens far above the spiritual (spirit) world.
Question by Mr. Padgett.
Well, we are all working with the Master and where he leads we
follow and work also. If you will pray and believe you will most
assuredly. Yes, we all pray for you and our prayers ascend to the
Father with all earnestness and faith. You would be surprised to
know the number of Celestial Spirits who are interested in and are
praying for you. I will surely tell him, but as you say, he knows
it already, but as you wish me to do so, I will and I know that
he loves you too, and wants you to become his true disciple.
I will say good night.
Your friend and Sister in Christ,
St. Celestia
Editors Note. This "saint" does
not appear in any of the lists of Saints, as far as we can determine.
There are three possibilities. The first is that Padgett did not
receive this message accurately and her correct name is different,
or she is indeed a canonised saint of the Catholic Church, but not
publicly announced, and the third is that it was a message from
an imposter. It is unlikely she is an imposter, as it is clear from
the message that she is an advanced spirit, and there is a message
from Jesus that states these saints are who they said they were,
and that an imposter cannot write. Until someone asks the question
again, we will not know the answer.
This message is a composite of two, being published
in Volume III on page 217 and again in Volume III on page 242. For
more details see this page.
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