Happy 55th True Parents’ Day!

th Happy 55 True Parents’ Day! 3.1 HC Year 2 of Cheon Il Guk ~ March 31, 2014

Beloved True Parents, Thank you for your abiding love. Thank you for showing us the way.

May your hearts delight remembering the hope of Heaven upon your engagement and Blessing!

View a video of True Parents’ Holy Blessing followed by the Blessing of the first three Blessed Couples, True Father speaking, and pioneer witnessing activities here. Duration 14:20

Happy celebrations of True Parents’ Day!

참부모의 날 Cham-bu-mo-ui Nal True Parents ’ Day

참 부모 의 날 Cham bu-mo ui Nal True Parents ’[of] Day

Following the ceremony in Korean traditional garments, True Parents held a second ceremony. True Mother wore a white wedding gown and True Father wore a white suit with gold trim.

True Parents’ Day honors our beloved True Parents’ engagement. True Parents’ Day is observed on 3.1 HC (the 1st day of the third lunar month — March 1st lunar) in honor of the day our beloved True Parents’ engagement in 1960

Photo of True Parents circa 1960 True Father said the following on March 27, 1960 (1960 3.1 by the lunar calendar), the day he and True Mother were engaged:

“Becoming an Offering” Sun Myung Moon March 27, 1960

There is something the church members need to know. As I’ve already told Mother Hak-ja this morning, once we have gone beyond a certain stage in working for God’s great providence, there will be people who can claim to be in the position of the children and others who will be given responsibilities from God as leaders. The people who are given responsibilities as leaders, however, have their own birth parents. Be that as it may, God does not regard the birth parents as the parents. He is hard-hearted when it comes to establishing this new heavenly providence. In other words, we need to march forward with a standard of heart never before seen in history. Therefore, there may be people who are close to those established leaders, like their friends or parents, and whether they are Unification Church members or not, they may come and ask for favors to place their sons and daughters or their relatives in high places. I will not allow that to happen. I will not allow anyone to come in through the back door. That is why I summoned Mrs. Soon-ae Hong today and told her to make a solemn commitment. She has pledged that she will live from now on as if she has no connection whatsoever to Mother Hak-ja. I may also make others commit to the same. This is because Mother Hak-ja must first be established in her position in order to set the condition for the generations to come. So I told her to be prepared for anything because she may be asked to do anything during the next three years. As you can see, you need to be prepared to go to such lengths to establish God’s will. That is why you, the other members, should not think of Mrs. Soon-ae Hong in secular terms as the mother of some# body or other. From God’s viewpoint, He does not recognize her as the mother at present. God has to stand in such a position. Therefore, I hope you will not think of her in those terms, and treat her accordingly. Only when such a standard is set up from the beginning can it serve as an example to the coming generations and the people who might wish to come in through the back door. Soon-ae also needs to be prepared for that. Do you understand? [Yes.] We have come a long way and suffered much to find the path of our faith, but all our suffering has been for the providence. Now that we are on the way to achieving God’s will, no matter what hardships may come our way, we need to face them with grateful hearts and do our best to go beyond the standard set by God. Do you understand? [Yes.] You have promised to move forward with gratitude no matter what you are asked to do, and I hope you will keep your promise.

Blessed True Parents’ Day! Listen to the tune of this song beautifully played on guitar here.

Song of the Banquet

Pure new life that once was sown within the garden’s fertile soil, Sprouting seed has now become a blossom of heavenly loveliness. Father above, Lord of all, shower your blessing upon This holy day, bond of love forever more! Hallelujah, Glorious Day of Joy!

Fairest flowers of the meadow, tender buds of perfect form. Now receive the gift of life and dance in the joy of eternal spring Heavenly host, men on earth, join us in praising this day; Bless us to share, love’s communion faithfully, Hallelujah, Glorious Day of Joy!

Hushed we stand in awe before you, ready now to give our pledge, To attend and serve completely with an unchanging eternal love. Glorious King, mighty God, fill with your blessed grace, This dearest one; holy banquet of our love. Hallelujah, Glorious Day of Joy!

Overflowing with your love as dawn proclaims eternal life, Earth and heaven come surround the glorious Parents of mankind, Gather around, sing the song, fragrant the love of the Lord; Tell all the world, Spring has come eternally! Hallelujah, Glorious Day of Joy!

The Korean traditional garments True Parents wore at their Holy Wedding Ceremony in 1960, now cared for at the Exhibition Hall for the display of articles used by True Parents at Cheongpyeong

True Mother, wearing an orange jacket, and Kwon Jin Nim and Sun Jin Nim, who are standing next to her, view this exhibit on August 22, 2013, the day the artifact museum opened.

True Parents’ Day 1973

True Parents’ Day 1984

On Parents’ Day in 1984, at one gathering, True Father spoke to representative couples and church leaders, not to the general membership.

Col. Bo Hi Pak: “Father asked me to read this letter of revelation which was received from Korea. Recently, a series of revelations have been coming; this is number 14. The letter was written to Mother.”

Dear Mother: This revelation was given by God through the angels on March 25, 1984, from 9:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The representative angel spoke in the name of True Parents and his name is M.K.L. God is sending His spiritual waves. He is saying, “Please receive and record this.”

“My dear, beloved Unification children, for so many thousands of years I did not have a foundation on earth. But now because of True Parents, I can communicate and have a foundation. Oh, joy! With every 365 days, the dispensation is being consummated. I would truly like to be with you; I miss you and love you very much.”

God declared, “My joy is the True Parents on earth, who came to restore the relationship between true children and Heavenly Father. Without their contribution, there could be no joy and no foundation. Now the time has come for everyone to become true children of the True Parents. For this reason and upon this foundation, Parents Day has been installed. On this joyful day, we are gathered together in celebration. There were so many tears, so much agony, in order to restore this day of joy. However, even after this restoration, why is there so much chaos and confusion in our world? And why, even within the Unification Church, is there so much disunity and commotion?”

God is showing His displeasure and saying, “There are many seeds of complaint which will bear fruit in an evil way, and many of the members will be hurt.” For a while God was silent. Then He said, “Because of lack of faith, the realm of indirect dominion will become more invaded by Satan. It is not easy to come to earth; earth is like a desert and the time which passes here is a most bitter period. Only because of the Blessing of Heung Jin, is direct dominion now being attempted. In spirit world there is now law and order; certain discipline is now established. True Parents have become the forefathers to mankind on earth and they have liberated me from agony caused by Satan. The accomplishment of restoration of history is so tremendous; I want to shout out three cheers. Upon the eternal foundation of the dispensation, those who are blessed by the True Parents are my children. In your life, you should not be in the position only to pay indemnity. You should not live that way anymore, with indemnity always coming upon you.”

The medium asked, “What do you mean, God, when you say that?” The angel said to me, “I still have no clear understanding about that. It is to facilitate the way of the restoration.”

God said, “Although you children of mine think you are following the way of filial piety and loyalty, I can divide you into two primary groups. The first group is composed of those who are falling apart, due to faithlessness; you are becoming the victims of faithlessness. The other group is those who are standing upon absolute faith, going strong and bold with faith. When faithlessness prevailed during the time of Moses, Moses struck the rock twice – and because of that, he could not see the completion of the return to Canaan. By the same token, Unification children could be in that position. Without understanding True Parents’ enormous responsibility, you should not be in the position to strike the rock twice – that is, to fault the True Parents. Do you know how difficult it is to be the Lord of the Second Advent, to come and fulfill that responsibility? You have no idea how difficult that mission is. The eternal truth is such that parents always try to suffer for the sake of their children; and children want to suffer themselves in order to help their parents to become happy and comfortable.”

Then I saw a certain group of people among those who are following the True Parents and who are blessed by them. These people are leveling certain accusations and criticisms about the things the True Parents are doing, the method they are using to lead. How can you say that is the true way of life for the true children on earth? I am deeply agonized over such a situation. In order to unite the entire world, you must have a complete philosophy or worldview, which is Unificationism.

Then God said through the angel, “True Parents’ mission is so extraordinary and there is so much ground to cover, that they are absolutely busy accomplishing their task. Even if none of you follow them, I and the True Parents together will consummate that task. However, as long as humanity needs salvation, how can you not

follow the path of True Parents? Now True Parents have been installed here on earth and four of the True Children have been blessed. All of them have been elevated to the True Parents’ level. There are many Blessed children who have also been elevated to the parents’ level. Now, from the individual level, to the family level, to the society level, national and worldwide level, we have such a tremendous foundation of love. We are now ready to move forward to the ultimate goal of fulfillment. True Father’s mission is very lonely and difficult. Not only can he not look after you, but he does’t even have the time to take care of Mother or the True Children. Some of you may criticize the True Children – some of them do not speak Korean or do not seem to have achieved spiritual maturity. But these things do not mean that True Parents’ family deserves accusation, not at all. The solutions for any problems in the True Family, if any are needed, will be achieved by me, in consultation with the True Parents. As Blessed members of the Unification Church, you should be united and support such solutions. Use wisdom, as well.

Mother has always fulfilled her dispensational role of following Father’s path absolutely. However, after the ascension of Heung Jin, Mother was in deep agony due to the human pain of losing her son so prematurely. Father was concerned, in a way, about Mother; but he was able to embrace her with his deep love.

The United States must liberate True Parents through this court battle. By doing so, they will show that the fallen angelic world is restored to the side of God. America will become a nation that will show the rest of the world the path of restoration, in the name of God and the True Parents. This is America’s opportunity at this time – to give the True Father total vindication.

True Parents have united the three ages – the Old Testament era, the New Testament era, and the Completed Testament era. Therefore, you must now offer yourself to True Parents and be ready to be a total offering for the fulfillment of this unity. There is one point of which we must be careful. As long as Hoon Sook, the wife of Heung Jin, lives here on the earth, she must maintain her absolute purity and live up to the standards of purity of the Completed Testament era. There must be no departures in this realm from absolute, God-centered history. This is the most important condition for Hoon Sook.

Some of the personalities from the Old Testament era will want to be saved by making a relationship with Hoon Sook. Certain mediums or spiritualists may be in the position to mislead Hoon Sook. However, True Father has indemnified all need for any sort of hidden dispensations; everything can be clearly understood. And Hoon Sook must maintain absolute purity here on earth. The True Parents must be working with the three periods – Adam’s era, Jesus’ era, and the Lord of the Second Advent’s era; they must unite these eras, both internally and externally. That will become the backbone of world restoration. That has been fulfilled by the True Parents; so now you, my children, must bring faith and life to the world. Where there is conflict, forgive with love. Where there is division, you must unite upon the dispensation and the will of God. Where there is despair, give hope.

Parents Day is now celebrated. Those four couples of the True Parents’ family who have received the Blessing must be totally centered upon the True Parents. Also, all the members of the Unification Church must be centered upon these four Blessed couples in order to go over this dispensational hill. The Messiah came to the earth and achieved the victory of installing the True Parents. The entire world has come against this foundation, trying to deter the forward march of the True Parents. However, by the year of 1985 the opposition will subside. That will be a time for decisive victory. Centered upon the True Parents, you will become the heavenly race of true children, united into one. You will have one final hill to go over on the worldwide level. The victory will be achieved and the greatest difficulties will have subsided by 1985.”

Then God raised His arms and said further, “Today is Parents Day, created upon the goodness of the True Parents and the True Children. For eternity and evermore, you shall be blessed within me. You shall serve and attend the True Parents in absolute loyalty.”

Then God went into His throne. This is the end of the revelation.

True Parents’ Day 1987

True Parents’ Day 1989

True Parents’ Day 1990 On this day, True Father said:

I declared in Pledge Service this morning that the accomplishments of True Mother, who represents womanhood, have given women of the world complete freedom. They can take a more front line position to unite and restore women of all nations. Women must become truly heavenly instruments.

Another thing which I declared at Pledge Service was that I am the first founder of the Unification Church and Mother is the second founder. Women can now stand side by side with the men. If Mother alone should visit one of the Unification Churches around the world, no one can say, “Why did Mother come alone? Where is Father?” Because Mother, all by herself, represents and is the founder of the church.

If I had to proceed alone from here, God’s dispensation would go forward. If Mother had to proceed alone, the same is true. God’s dispensation will be consummated! The outside world is talking about Reverend Moon being seventy years old. People ask, “Who is going to be his successor?” But I tell them there is no need to worry because Mrs. Moon, our True Mother, is only 47 years old! And after us there are the True Children to carry on God’s Providence.

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