Seonghwa Ceremony for Petra Margarete Schonwald-Hill - Message from European FFWPU President, Rev. Young Shik An

As President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Europe and representative of our Founders, Father and Mother Moon, I want to express their deep appreciation for your 40 years of dedication to God’s providence in this earthly sphere.

You served on the International One World Crusade in Europe and Japan and with the Washington Times, in addition to your pioneering in Germany and later, along with your dear husband Philip, your Hometown work in the United Kingdom and support for the providence in Slovenia as National Messiahs.

Our European Family Federation recognises and values the faith and service of such devoted Blessed Families and calls future generations to follow in your footsteps as filial children to God, our Heavenly Parent, whose heart and will have been so vividly revealed by our beloved True Parents, who called you to His service.

I want to offer the sincere condolences of our European Family to Philip, Christabel and all your family, knowing that they are so very proud to celebrate your life today along with the community whose love and respect you have won. May this message allow you to feel our heart as we bid you farewell from this Physical World and may our prayers speed you on your way to your eternal home along with our True Father in the eternal Spirit World.

As True Parents teach us:

When we are bound together in true love, we can be together forever, continually rejoicing in each other’s company. The attraction of true love brings all things in the universe to our feet; even God will come to dwell with us. … A life lived for the sake of others, a life of true love, is the absolute prerequisite for entering the kingdom of heaven.

Dear Petra, thank you for your love and life for others - now liberated from your exhausted physical body may you continue your devotion in a new and joyful freedom.