Hidden cozied up to Betelgeuse, a bright red star in the constellation Orion, astronomers may have finally found the giant star’s long-sought companion. This close-orbiting partner, first postulated over a century ago, matches some predictions and adds another piece to the puzzle of the mysterious supergiant star.
Our Milky Way galaxy consists of gas, dust and billions of stars. They trace out its spiral arms and form its central bulge, while a supermassive black hole resides at our galaxy’s center. But on July 16, 2025, astronomers from the National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory said they’ve found a giant molecular cloud – a gaseous region of star birth made mostly of molecular hydrogen – that was previously hidden from our view. The molecular cloud lies at a transition zone between the quieter galactic disk and the more extreme central region.
Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated scientists. These dark patches on the Sun’s surface can persist for days or even months, but until now, researchers couldn’t fully explain why they remained stable for such extended periods.
A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has finally solved this centuries-old puzzle. An international team of scientists, led by researchers from Germany’s Institute of Solar Physics, developed a revolutionary new method for analyzing sunspot stability that reveals the delicate balance keeping these solar features intact.
Saturday, July 26, 2025
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Lector: Rev Greg klinedinst
Cantor: Rev. Harold Boulette
Reader: Claudia Grady
Sunday, July 27, 2025
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
The Cathedral Church of the Americas
Leave: 4:45
Gate: 5:30
Service Starts: 5:45
Sunrise: 6:00
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Barbara Whitney
OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the End Times: Rev. Shane Grady
Church of the Christian Churches: Claudia Grady
Wednesday, July 30, 2025, Noon
Chapel of the Holy Child
RC Peter Foust
Friday, August 1, 2025, Confirmation of Divine Law
The Cathedral Church of the Americas
Leave: 5:00
Gate: 5:35
Service Starts: 5:49
Sunrise: 6:05
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Barbara Whitney
HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
This past Saturday’s readings were from the Gospel of John (Chapter 1) and The Book of God’s Revelation, The Seal of God’s New Law (pp.158-161). Click here to read the first scriptural reading, and click the audio button below to hear the reading from our Second Advent scripture.
Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.
In Light+,
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“The new form of worship introduced by this Pharaoh was simple enough. Outwardly, it had all the symbols and ceremonial beloved by the people, with sufficient substance in it to attract the spiritually inclined. It could have formed a fitting gateway to the Path of the True Way, another light guiding men along the road to the embarkation port for Truth. Behind the symbols and ceremonial, the Pharaoh worshipped the Spirit behind the Sun, the Spirit of Light and Life as a direct, fully conscious member
outflowing from The Great God Behind All. The king, however, being cut off in the midst of his instruction, perceived the road but dimly. There is little doubt of his genuine desire to bring the True light to the people, but he was not wise enough to know, firstly, that one who brings light must be one in whom light burns brightly, and secondly, that the multitude cannot be exposed to its unveiled brightness with impunity. The king, severed from his weaknesses, could have been a truly great ruler, a steady light before the eyes of men, the guide to a new age for the people of the land. But he was one
who cast heavily on both arms of the balances.”
-The Kolbrin Bible (MAN:34:44)
The Pharaoh is not the same one mentioned in previously posted quotes. He is the son, or grandson, of that Pharaoh. He introduces a new religion to the people that is based on worshiping the Spirit found in the Spiritual Sun. Because this Pharaoh didn’t complete his training in the Mysteries, what was taught in this new religion was not the complete path to enlightenment, though it was a definite improvement over the materialistic religions of the previous Pharaoh.
It wasn’t just important to give the people a religion with symbols and ceremonies they were familiar with, but that the symbols and ceremonies were one that promoted real spiritual growth. As the quote says, this religion could have formed a gateway between the false religions and the complete Spiritual teaching of the real Mystery Schools.
There is much confusion about this with modern historians. Most of them take the simplistic approach of saying that if the people were taught to look toward the sun, they were sun worshipers. This quote makes it clear that they were not worshiping the physical sun, or even the Spiritual Sun, but were worshiping the Spirit behind (or beyond) the Spiritual Sun, which is God. You can think of it like this: the Spiritual Sun acts as a portal or window between the physical world and the realm of Spirit, where God and the Angels dwell.
While the Pharaoh tried to teach the full mysteries to the general population (probably not including slaves), the quote makes it clear that it is actually a good thing that he didn’t know enough to do that. To expose people to the Great Light of God before they are ready for it can frighten them to turn away from the Light, or even worse, to use the Light for evil purposes. That is why a true spiritual school, much like the Great Mystery Schools of ancient times, accepts people on a trial period and teaches only limited Truth until their trial period is over, and they are ready to move to the more advanced teachings. Even today, some people don’t understand this and drop out of their spiritual training after a year or two, so they get limited results. To get the complete results, you need to stay with the training to the end.
Two black holes have collided in a merger that could revolutionize our understanding of black hole growth.
Named GW 231123 after the date it was recorded on 23 November 2023, it’s the most massive black hole collision we’ve seen yet, resulting in an object heavier than 225 Suns.
Previously, the most massive black hole collision produced an object 142 times the mass of the Sun.
One of the greatest mysteries facing scientists today is the Hubble tension: the fact that our different methods of measuring the universe’s expansion produce different results. And a study announced today has an intriguing answer.
The research says that Earth might be located inside a billion-light-year-wide void of low density, encompassing many millions of galaxies. If so, the gravity of the higher-density regions around this void would pull matter outward. And that means space would appear to be expanding faster in our local area.
Scientists are constantly finding new ways to look at things, and that’s especially true for objects that represent an outlier of their specific type. Adjectives like “biggest”, “brightest”, or “fastest spinning” all seem to attract scientific studies – perhaps because they’re an easier sell to funding agencies. No matter the reason, that means we typically get a lot of good science on specific objects that represent their particular class of objects well, and a new paper from Ozcan Caliskan from Istanbul University in Turkey hits that nail on the head when it comes to the most massive known white dwarf star.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Lector: Rev Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Cantor: Rev. Shinobu Fuelling
Reader: RC Robert Roy
Sunday, July 20, 2025
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
The Church of New Pentecost
Leave: 4:30
Gate: 5:25
Service Starts: 5:37
Sunrise: 5:52
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Barbara Whitney
OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Universal Theocracy: RC Robert Roy
Church of New Philadelphia: Rev. Noriko Roy
Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Noon
Chapel of the Holy Child
RF Robert Petrovich
Friday, July 25, 2025, 9:00 am
Chapel of the Roses, Steamboat Priory
Rev. Noriko Roy
