Las Vegas Holy Items and Repentance and Resolution papers Burning Ceremony

Sunday, October 2nd was a beautiful and cool morning in Las Vegas when brothers and sisters came to True Parents’ home Cheon Hwa Gung for the special Burning Ceremony and to receive their Holy Items.

This was the next step in the process through which Las Vegas Blessed Couples were to inherit Special Grace from True Mother. (They had already registered and participated in the Holy Wine Ceremony as part of the Blessing on August 19th.)

So now, at 8:30 in the morning, before Sunday Service, each Blessed Couple brought Repentance and Resolution papers to the yard behind. There, a small fire had been set in an open BBQ Grill and couple by couple, each member privately placed their papers in the fire.

They then joined long line of brothers and sisters waiting at the door to True Parents’ home (CHG) where they would receive their Holy Items. Whole families stood quietly together the reverence of this time of heavenly reflection.

Once inside, names were quickly checked at the door and each couple found their Special Grace and New Beginning Resolution certificate and their own beautiful wooden box containing Holy Items, which had been lovingly arranged by alphabet on tables nearby.

After receiving the Holy Items, each couple could then enter the prayer room to multiply their new candles from one of the seed candles, which had been lit and were continuously burning there. They could also offer prayer by couple, from Special Grace and New Beginning Resolution certificate and offer their hearts of gratitude to Heavenly Parent and True Parents for this precious opportunity to make a new beginning.

The final step was to sign Special Grace and New Beginning Resolution certificate. Reflecting on the Burning Ceremony and Receiving the Holy Items, one couple called it “a holy experience”. Two other couples agreed that “ it feels like we’ve come to a new, higher level in our movement” and expressed their hope that brothers and sisters will be able to keep the preciousness of True Parents’ Special Grace in their hearts and go forward with new hope and determination until 2020.