UPF Upper Austria celebrates the 4th anniversary of the foundation of the Holy Ground in Mauthausen, Austria

UPF Upper Austria invited to the 4th anniversary of the foundation of the Holy Ground in Mauthausen/Austria on 1 May 2022.

Mauthausen Memorial Liberation Prayer Report to Heaven <This prayer was given by Lee Ki-seong, president of FFWPU of a Heavenly Korea>

Dear Heavenly Parent! Beloved True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind! Today, 3.15 of the sixth year of Cheon Il Guk, April 30, 2018, we would like to offer our sincere gratitude to Heaven for this heavenly liberation ceremony here at the Mauthausen Memorial centering on the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind. We stand here at the infamous Mauthausen concentration camp stained with blood, sweat and tears of thousands of souls, sacrificed under Satan’s sovereignty during World War II, who are crying out and holding unto Heavenly Parent with their bloody hands. Beloved True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind!

Having heard the cries of these tormented souls, True Parents spent countless nights offering dedications for their liberation. Today, finally they have come to proclaim the authority of a true emperor of Cheon Il Guk with holiness and virtue, as the emperor of absolute victory over the whole. (天一國眞聖德皇帝 億兆蒼生萬勝君皇). True Mother has arrived as Heavenly Parent’s only daughter, as the True Mother of humanity. The afflicted ancestors buried here! Be comforted by True Mother’s holy steps! Give praise and glory with joy! Enter your homeland that leads to the eternal life through rebirth! Hyo Jin nim, the loyal son who opens the gates to the garden of the deepest Heaven (深天 開放苑 忠孝開門主); Heung Jin nim, the commander-in-chief of the spiritual world (天總 官); Dae Mo nim, one loyal in heart who offered her body (忠心奉身); the absolute good spirits and the angels! Honor the Heavenly will of True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind! Connect the Mauthausen Memorial with Jeong Shim Won through the highway of true love. Let this day be a day of eternal liberation that leads to the kingdom of heaven! I pray this in the name of Lee Ki-seong, a member of a blessed central family. Aju.

For four years now, brothers and sisters of the Upper Austrian congregation have been meeting every first Sunday of the month to pray at the Holy Ground. Through regular prayer, we want to become aware of the blessings of the establishment of this Holy Ground and increase them.

First Anniversary 2019, an interfaith celebration was held.

On the fourth anniversary of 2022, war has returned to Europe. After participating in the European Service at the Linz Community Centre, this time we took a 90-minute guided tour of the so-called Limoni Tunnels in Linz before the prayer at Holy Ground. During the Second World War, existing cellars were converted into huge, kilometre-long air-raid shelters, drawing on the exploitation of concentration camp prisoners housed in the tunnels for their construction. Around 14 kilometres of underground tunnels are hidden beneath the provincial capital of Linz. It was depressing to imagine not only the inhumane conditions under which the forced labourers had to work here underground, but also how thousands of people seeking shelter had to hold out for hours here underground during the bombing raids.

Dr Balcomb spoke in his sermon about the three key points: Unity - Hope - Miracles. We pray that we can liberate the Heavenly Parents and True Parents as soon as possible and CIG can become real.

In the background, the Staircase of Death and the Holy Ground.