05/23/2026
The Holy Family
The ascended masters teach that the family is the basic unit of society, and the Aquarian age is the age of the divine family. The Atlantean origin of the word family is father-mother flames in loving union. The Holy Family from the Bible consists of the child Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph, representing the model of virtue, love, and obedience for Christian households.
Jesus is now the Ascended Master Jesus Christ, the avatar of the Piscean age; the incarnation of the Word, the Universal Christ. He came to reveal the individual Christ Self to all mankind and to show the works of the Father (the I AM Presence) that can be accomplished by his sons and daughters in and through the flame of the individual Christ Self. Jesus also holds the office in hierarchy of World Teacher, which he shares with the Ascended Master Kuthumi.
In the ascended master teachings, we refer to the Blessed Virgin as Mother Mary. After her ascension, Mary was made representative of the World Mother, with a title of Queen of Heaven. Although all ascended lady masters keep the flame for the World Mother as her representative, we think of Mary as the archetype of Motherhood, the Mother of mothers.
Saint Joseph is now known as Saint Germain, the chohan of the seventh ray, the hierarch of the Aquarian age. He is known as a diplomat, expressing the godly qualities of dignity, grace, gentility, poise, and true statesmanship through all who will invoke the seventh ray. He is a member of the House of Rakoczy, founded by the Great Divine Director, in whose Transylvanian mansion the violet flame of freedom is presently enshrined. The name Saint Germain comes from the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning simply “Holy Brother.”
The family is the basic unit of hierarchy; it is the basic mandala of karma. It is an institution ordained by God for the building of civilization. It is the basic unit of life in the Piscean age, in the Aquarian age, and in every age.
In the early golden ages, the father held the focus of the Spirit of God, of his authority and Fatherhood over all. The mother, as the homemaker, held the focus of the Holy Spirit and its descent into Matter, kindling the heavenly energies of the AUM.
Marriage is the most sacred union upon earth. It commemorates, firstly, the union of the soul with the I AM Presence. Secondly, it commemorates the union of twin flames. One of the great joys and purposes of marriage is to bring forth children who can carry on in their mission, even as, through them, we are allowed to fulfill our mission. It is wise to respect the opportunity God gives us to bear children and to rejoice in the opportunity of giving life to those from whom sometime, somewhere we may have taken life.