Mystery of
the Holy Grail
Our Lord knew that the Sanhedrin and its following would
reject Him, so it had to be to others ~ the lost sheep ~ that the new covenant
would pass.
Guardianship of the Holy Grail had been given to Joseph of
Arimathea.
Joseph bade farewell to Philip and the faithful
and set off with
his company of twelve for the Sacred Isle of the West.
Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of
God will be taken away from you, and be
given to a nation producing the fruit of it.
~
Matthew 21: 43
In 597 St Augustine of Canterbury wrote to Pope Gregory: In the
Western confines of Britain there is a certain royal island of large extent,
surrounded by water, abounding in all beauties of nature and necessaries of
life. In it the first Neophites of Catholic Law, God hath beforehand acquainted
them, found a Church constructed by no human art, but divinely constructed by
the hands of Christ Himself, for the salvation of His people. The Almighty has
made it manifest by many miracles and mysterious visitations that He continues
to watch over it as sacred to Himself.
The new covenant, superseding the old
covenant of the Jews, was inaugurated by Our Lord in the words which referred
to the chalice that became known as the Holy Grail. The Passover Supper ended
with His injunction
which Christians have ever since observed as the Last
Supper when the Lamb of God replaced the paschal lamb.
Drink from it, all of you; for this
is My blood of the covenant
~
Matthew 26: 27, 28
The true Sangreal is the cup sealed by the Holy Blood of the
Saviour which was entrusted along with its sacred mysteries to Joseph of
Arimathea, who, clothed with the virtues of the risen Christ and the Holy
Grail, was sustained spiritually and physically. The Holy Grail became a sign
of saving grace and wonder to that company which he was elected to take
westward. The cup contained the Saviours Blood and unlimited powers of healing
were attributed to it, but it was also an outward symbol of unity with God as
well as an inward means of transmitting a direct apprehension of God. While the
established Church became absorbed into the pagan pantheon of the Roman Empire,
the Grail Church and its episcopacy with a super-apostolic succession and
extra-valid form of consecrating Eucharistic elements, took root in Celtic
Britain.
By preserving the Body of his Master after the Crucifixion,
Joseph became an instrument of the Resurrection. On Ascension Day the
arch-natural Body was removed from the world, but there remained the Holy Grail
into which the Precious Blood of the natural Body had been received by Joseph.
Later chroniclers would employ the word Sangreal within which lies the words
Saint Grιal (Holy Grail) and Sang Real (Royal Blood). The Gospels of Matthew
and Luke tell us that Jesus was of royal blood.
