Inter-religious Prayer for Peace at the UN International Day of Peace - Munich, Germany

A t the occasion of the UN International Day of Peace 2017 the UPF-Munich invited to an inter-religious peace prayer meeting, and representatives of different religious communities followed the invitation in total twelve praying persons. At the introduction the coordinator of UPF-Munich, Robert Bentele, spoke about the UN and about the meaning of this UN Memorial Day. After that he read some excerpts of the address of the Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. And then especially he spent some time on the motto of this day: “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” Because every human being is first of all an expression of God’s characteristics, the first duty is that everyone shall be treated as such in a worthy way. And that would be a base for lasting peace. The Catholic theologian, Gottfried Hutter, spoke about the After a few further contributions Siegfried Jensen, the conflict in the Middle East and urged all participating parties, Munich pastor of the Family Federation for World Peace and Christians, Jews and Muslims to admit their respective guilt Unification, reported about his visit to another nearly and to advance the reconciliation process in the spirit of the forgotten hotspot of the world, namely the borderline father of faith Jacob (Israel). As a prayer, he recited the between the Greek and the Turkish part of Cyprus, where still Lord’s Prayer especially emphasizing the plea for no lasting peace has been found. forgiveness. He referred to the way of peace, shown by Rev. Moon, first Dr. Alfons Wellenhofer, UPF, lectured about the real spiritual to reconcile with God and to focus on Him, in order to get the power of prayer and that it e.g. demonstrably can be proved that it furthers medical healing processes. Not weak people power to create real peace. pray, but strong people know about the power of prayer and He also concluded the meeting with a profound and vivid use it effectively. He then recited words of Rev. Moon and prayer. presented a Christian/Muslim peace prayer. Every participant lighted a candle at the altar after his Michael Rotter, peace and nature therapist, accompanied us respective prayer contribution and everyone expressed his into the world of Hinduism and presented a peace meditation support for worldwide prayer movement for change and that crosses the whole world with people praying and peace. meditating synchronized for world peace. He chanted a Finally, the evening found a harmonious conclusion with Hindu prayer and for some minutes guided us in an Ohm- butter pretzels and beverages. meditation.