The foundation of our purpose

Purpose is a powerful word. It is one of the utmost importance to the Lancea Sanctum, for it is the nature of our Covenant with God. For all that we are eternally damned, we have been given a purpose in God's creation. I turn this night to the foundation of our purpose, the words that the archangel Vahishtael gave to Longinus. While the word purpose is used regularly throughout the Testament, here is the foundation for all of those references, for this was the moment of enlightenment:

7 “Fear me, Longinus. For I am the messenger of your purpose.
8 “The Damned are many, and they are denied salvation.
9 “But the Damned serve as the sign to humanity of the price of sin, and to make mortals fear and to understand that their lives are brief and full of pain, and they can only see the most pitiful reflection of the glories of Heaven, for they do not see clearly, but see as if through a blurred mirror,
10 and the Damned do not see through the mirror at all.
11 “And it is the lot of the Damned to take the blood of mortals, that mortals might know that they will die, and that their only salvation is in the next life.
12 “And it is your lot to go and give this message to all of the Damned, that they might know God’s purpose for them and rejoice.
13 “Now go, Longinus, and spread the Word to all the Damned.” - Malediction 14:7-13

For all that follows in the Testament, and all the context, nuance, and history that it contains, this is the most fundamental truth, that which all else rests upon.

In God's plan, the Damned exist for the sake of humanity. They are the center piece of his Creation and all things exist in relation to them. Our purpose is to steer them towards the Heaven that we shall never reach. Our method shall be the illumination of the flaws of this world and the certainty of death. We are given to share this purpose with all other Damned, but only so that the purpose may be more broadly fulfilled.

This is not a mission of politics. This is not a duty of love. This is not a purpose of peace. This is a call to focus the eternity that we are given upon humanity and their potential salvation. Let us hold this foundational truth in mind each night as we face a myriad of distractions. If, before each act we make, we ask whether or not it fulfills this purpose, we will find ourselves more fully focused upon that which truly matters. Let all the rest fall aside as mere distraction from our true purpose.

Simon Patterson Gloveli
Inquisitor Generalis de Lacus Magni