Let us have filial affection toward Heavenly Parent and True Parents and become Beacons for the World

B eloved blessed families and members of Madrid Rev. Jack Corley, our Continental Director called me Community, unexpectedly last week and asked me to give the Sunday the many 2nd generation in attendance, and sermon to the Madrid community. That is why I am especially European Regional Leaders here in standing in front of you this morning. Madrid for the Regional Leaders Meeting! And it is my great privilege and honor to have this Good morning! Buenos Dias! opportunity to be once more in this beautiful center of Espacio Ronda. It is very nice to meet all of you this morning. This morning I am going to share with you some of my Actually, Dr. Moon and I also came to Madrid this time to reflections and understandings about True Mother’s heart participate in the European Regional Leaders Meeting. during the commemoration of the 4th Seonghwa Memorial But we are so happy that we could come here again exactly Ceremony, held on 19 August at Cheongpyung. one year after our last visit. I believe that many of you watched the internet broadcast Because last time we visited Spain as a part of our tour as of True Father’s Seonghwa Memorial Ceremony from Special Emissaries, we were very inspired about the Cheongpyung. Spanish mission activities and all the blessed family members’ absolute faith in True Parents and Heavenly Parent. We were especially inspired by the success and The Theme of the 4th Seonghwa Festival unity of the leaders in the Tongil business, and our visit As you know the theme of the 4th Seonghwa Ceremony yesterday confirmed this. was:

‘Let us have filial affection toward Heavenly Parent and What is the meaning of the theme of this year’s True Parents and become beacons for the world. Seunghwa Festival? ‘하늘 대한 효정, 세상의 빛으로’ This means that, instead of observing the heart of filial Dr. Moon and I also took part in the celebrations held in affection internally, we should let it shine with joy and the Cheongshim Peace World Center together with leaders glory like a beacon to the world. from all over the world and more than 20,000 members In short, we all should become beacons, armed with the from Korea and Japan, including the 1,200 second Divine Principle. We all should light the future with a clear generation from all over the world who had participated in vision of True Parents words. We should become torches the Top Gun Workshop. that march forward, lighting the way in the midst of chaos As you already saw the ceremony was so amazing and and darkness. magnificent. I could not help but be moved to tears. I think this word ‘효정’ that was created by True Mother is truly the perfect word which we have to keep in mind toward our True Parents. ‘The Seonghwa Memorial Ceremony was designated as Seongwha Festival’ The significance of True Parents’ lives goes beyond their time on earth. Though True Parents’ mission for salvation This time, the 4th anniversary Seonghwa memorial of the world began when they first came to this earth, that ceremony had a completely different concept. does not mean that their mission and vision have been When the International Headquarters staff first began suspended just because True Father has passed away to the preparing for Seongwha Memorial Ceremony, True Mother spiritual world. said to them: The providence of salvation of humanity and the world, “The 4th Seongwha Memorial Ceremony this year should begun by True Parents, will continue to progress eternally go beyond commemorating True Father’s Seongwha itself. until Heavenly Parent’s providence of restoration is It should be a joyful and glorious festival that celebrates completed. the ‘manifestation of True Parents on earth’ and their And the providence that began from one spot from Korea victorious lives.” will advance, develop and spread out across the world and cosmos. She added: “The leaders and members who take part in this year’s celebrations should take home with them great experiences The time of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. of the ‘Revolution of the Culture of Heart’ as advocated by Now I want to think about the time of Jesus Christ. True Mother. That is why we have to celebrate True Father’s Seongwha as a ‘Seongwha Festival’”. Jesus’ death on the cross was such a great sorrow to Heavenly Parent, so that the Bible said that heaven and earth were covered in darkness for three hours. True Mother’s devotion of her three-year special But Heavenly Parent did not end this incident only in mourning period. sorrow; instead, He bestowed to Jesus Christ the grace of As you all know, True Mother offered special devotions by resurrection, thus transforming it into a miracle of joy and attending True Father through a ‘three-year special jubilation. mourning period’ with all her heart and soul. Therefore, rather than feeling sorrow for the death of Jesus On the foundation of True Mother’s devotion, all blessed as a failure, Christianity believed in him as the Messiah family members in the Unification Movement should no who succeeded by being resurrected. longer think of True Father’s Seonghwa with sorrow and Even though at that time nobody could imagine it, his regret. teachings grew to become a most influential global True Parents came to earth to fulfill the mission of the religion. It was the work of God and not humans. messiah after 6,000-years of history, and have settled down on earth as the ‘True Parents of Humankind, Heaven and Earth’. True Mother’s clear-sighted direction Therefore, True Mother has declared that it is now our It was clear-sighted of True Mother to designate this year’s mission and responsibility to be proud of ‘True Father’s Seongwha celebrations as ‘Seongwha Festival’. Through Providential Victories and Lifetime Achievements’ in front this, the way has been opened for our Unification of all humankind and history. Movement to become a religion of joy and victory. That is why this year’s Seongwha Festival was entitled: The good news of True Parents’ manifestation on earth and propagation of the Divine Principle and True Parents’ “Filial Affection toward Heaven and True Father and words, can be a Heavenly gift to all human beings. become the Beacons for the World”. True Mother said that we should not think: “I was glad I was deeply moved when I saw this title and slogan. True Father was born on this earth, and I am sad that he This term, ‘filial affection in Korean 효정(孝情)’ was has passed away”, because this is a very short-term newly coined by True Mother. When we think about the concept. meaning of those Chinese characters, we can see how deep Instead, we should think, “True Parents have manifested on the meaning is. The term 효정comes from those two this earth during my lifetime”, as a long-term concept. words, ‘filial piety(효도)’ and ‘heartfelt affection(심정)’. And this term clearly expresses more than any other our For then, that fact in itself becomes one of eternal joy and heart toward our True Father. victory.

As we all know, no being can live forever on earth. In working for His dispensation through history, our True Parents have manifested on earth, lived victorious Heavenly Parent chose one people to set the indemnity lives, and have built the foundation for the salvation of all condition in the long course of history, and thus was able human beings and the world of peace. The historic to establish the national foundation for the people of significance of their lives will live on earth and in history Israel. forever. On this foundation, He sent down Jesus Christ, His only Now we, the blessed children of True Parents, and our begotten son. However, the central figures failed to fulfill second and third generations, should make the victorious their mission attending him, and so he had to die on the lives of True Parents a historic fact that shines eternally in cross, leaving behind the promise to ‘come again’ 2000 joy and glory. Then we can everlastingly serve our True years ago. Parents, who will live forever with us. He said he will return and hold the ‘Feast of the Lamb’ The International Headquarters followed these clear- which is the dream of God and the desire of humanity. This sighted instructions of True Mother and beautifully is because, in the fallen world, only by meeting True succeeded in making this year’s celebrations into a Parents can we become God’s children again. Humankind ‘Seongwha Festival’. All leaders and members who cannot do so by themselves, since they cannot go to the attended the celebrations remembered True Father’s great Kingdom of God unless they are reborn through True life with joy, and they shed tears of joy and their Parents’ Blessing. conviction that his life will shine forevermore as an True Parents, long awaited, were finally sent to the chosen immortal star in history was strengthened. people of Korea after 6,000 years. Our Heavenly Parent sent down His only begotten son and only begotten daughter and blessed them in the position of True Parents The construction of the stage and celebrations were of Heaven, Earth and Humankind. amazing. Then what path do we need to choose? In the ceremony, the stage decoration and video displays were extraordinary superb and very professional. The blessed families need to fulfill their mission as new tribal messiahs in order to go beyond the levels of tribe For me, one of most the fascinating scenes was the moment and nation and build a victorious foundation for Cheon Il when True Parents appeared on stage. Guk in the world.” True Mother on earth came up from under the stage on an With these words, True Mother emphasized that such is elevator, and True Father in heaven came down as a vision. our responsibility as we celebrate the ‘Seongwha Festival’ The chandelier signifying the light of Heavenly Parent also today. came down. I believe that this year’s Seongwha Festival, as planned by And these three subjects formed a holy trinity and thus True Mother, clearly revealed the ‘Culture of Heart’ of the symbolically expressed the age of Cheon Il Guk and the Unification Church family. From now on, as our providence progressing with True Mother united foundation grows, we should establish this festival as a completely with True Father and Heavenly Parent in the tradition before the world, and expand it as a proud and spiritual world. glorious event and evidence of True Parents. It was truly a real and moving scene. True Mother presented a bouquet to True Father, which Cheon Il Guk International Leaders’ Conference went beyond memorializing True Father’s Seonghwa and celebrated his life with heartfelt gratitude and glorious The International Leaders’ Conference was held next. victory. True Mother emphasized that, in order to achieve Vision Next, she came up to the podium in front of the stage and 2020, at least seven nations must be restored on the spoke to us. national level, and this victory should be dedicated to True Parents. Therefore, part of this year’s CIG Leaders Conference was True Mother’s words in commemoration of the to select these special strategic nations across the world, Seonghwa Festival and the first 13 chosen nations were presented and shared True Mother said: their strategies and goals. “At last year’s ceremony commemorating the third During these sessions, on one hand I felt happy and anniversary of Seongwha, we entreated True Father thus: passionate to hear their presentations, but on the other hand I was very sorry, because I felt regretful for the situation of ‘’We will fulfill our responsibility on earth. Therefore, we the European movement. Frankly speaking we are not hope and pray that you, True Father will now be free to go and come as you please, and to comfort God, our Heavenly enough to match True Mother’s expectation. Parent, who has been lonely until now, in the eternal Garden of Original Homeland.” Europe is where the completion of the Providence of Here, what is our responsibility on earth? Restoration cannot be abandoned. It is to be proud of and love True Parents, and to make Some time back, True Mother said, “The European efforts to propagate the Will of True Parents so that all the continent, where the 2000-year history of Christianity 7.3 billion people in the world can know of True Parents. unfolded, can be said to be the main stage of our Heavenly Parent’s Providence of Restoration. Therefore, no matter Letting them know about True Parents is the hope of how difficult things may be, we cannot give up Europe”. humanity and the dream of our Heavenly Parent.

She also added, “The six providential nations in Europe body to receive these holy items. As she bestowed the holy must fulfill their responsibilities”. Remembering these items to us, True Mother forgave us on all accounts and words, I came to think how great True Mother’s allowed us to be reborn through her blessing and prayer. expectations of us are. We are so grateful this time that True Mother gave us these Beloved blessed family members! Four Holy Items and gave us the time to repent of how much Europe is not a continent that we can allow to be taken by we deviated from the standard of Divine Principle. These Satan. No matter what indemnity we need to pay, we Holy Items make us re-start our lives on the Foundation of cannot achieve the completion of the Providence without Faith and become the conditions to make the victory of the restoring this continent. Until now, many of our elder Foundation of Substance of Tribal Messiahs. members have filled in the pit of indemnity course through We are people who have been rid of the original sin by True their innumerable sacrifices. They have sacrificed much, Parents’ Blessing. Our children are proud second and third and shed much sweat and blood. generation who were born without the original sin. Even though their sacrifice is still a pain and a heartbreak, However, are there no sins in this world? Can we live in a on the other hand, I think Heavenly Parent has blessed clean house, avoiding all sins in the world? We cannot. We Europe with many wonderful second generation. need to fight and win against the sins in daily life. In the course of doing so, we ourselves become tainted. We Testimony of one proud second generation become contaminated. Therefore, we need to clean our mind and body. This is done through the overall forgiveness of One Sunday in France, I attended the Youth Sunday Service. True Parents with the Four Great Holy Items. A young man who had just returned after finishing this year’s STF program, gave a testimony of his experiences. I was very much moved and filled with hope as I listened to Let us think about the Holy Items. his testimony. The experiences of a nineteen-year old second But would that mean that the holy wine and the holy salt are generation in the one-year STF program were truly amazing. chemicals with which you can automatically cleanse It sounded like he had accumulated many decisive assets in yourself of sin? that one year’s experience that can influence the rest of his No, they are not. They are a condition. life. It was as if he had experienced the 6,000-year The cleansing of sin can only be made possible through your providential history of Heavenly Parent. resolution of the mind and the heart. With that resolution of Moreover, when he was persecuted while fundraising in our mind as our condition, Heavenly Parent forgives us. Canada, he experienced the heart of True Parents who were Our faith and resolution are the conditions for forgiveness. persecuted all their lives. This was an experience he could not have had anywhere else. I love the term, ‘Settlement of Noon’ which was mentioned in True Mother’s prayer. I believe it is truly important in our And when the STF team went on a pilgrimage to the holy daily lives. grounds in Korea, he shed tears without realizing it; I thought this spiritual rapport was a miracle worked by the Naturally, everyone has shadows. Holy Spirit. Depending on how you are aligned with the sun, the length Therefore, he grew up as a proud blessed child of the of your shadow varies. The condition is how you are Unification Church. After realizing his great value, he told a aligned. The condition of receiving the Four Great Holy friend openly and honestly about his experiences, and his Items determines how we are to be aligned with our friend had told him that he loved and respected him even Heavenly Parent who is like the sun to us. more. Not the items themselves, but the heart and resolution with This is our hope and desire; that our second generation have which you receive them, are the condition. this kind of identity. Beloved blessed family members, brothers and sisters! Yes, the blessing we have received is so great and so Let us all live in complete vertical alignment with the sun, so precious. Our views about God, history, values, and that our lives will be free of shadows. humankind, based on the Divine Principle, are truly great. I have already told you that this year’s Seongwha Festival But sometime we are not aware of how great those values was titled, “Filial Affection toward Heavenly Parent and are. When the world learns of our values and our awareness True Parents and become beacons for the world”. What it of history, it will respect us. means is that True Parents want us to become luminous But the fact is that we ourselves are not confident about beings who can rid ourselves of shadows and live in the these values, and some time we hesitate and hide. settlement of noon, with a heart of filial affection toward Heavenly Parent and True Parents. That is why True Mother is telling us that it is now time to reveal the truth. True Mother said, “I wish to go to the bright Kingdom of God together with all of you.” This is the heart of a parent. We should respond to that heart of True Mother and work to The Four Great Holy Items bestowed by True Parents become victorious individuals, families and communities, My dear brothers and sisters! and to restore this nation, Spain. In commemoration of the 56th anniversary of True Parents’ Lastly, I hope and pray that the blessings of Heavenly Parent Holy Wedding, True Mother bestowed the Four Great Holy will be always with you and your families. Items to us. By setting the condition of forty-day devotion, Thank you. Muchas Gracias! we can separate ourselves from evil and unite our mind and