CLERGY BLESSING
THE BLESSING OF
MARRIAGE CEREMONY
A mature man and a mature woman receive the Holy Wine Ceremony (communion for a couple) and Holy Matrimony as a couple to receive God’s blessing of marriage.
The marriage will be eternally blessed on Earth and in Heaven with God’s blessing to fulfill the 2nd Great Blessing — Multiply.
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Holy Wine Ceremony
The Blessing of Marriage Ceremony
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MARRIAGE
“The holy wine ceremony has the same meaning as Holy Communion did for receiving Jesus. In Holy Communion, you eat bread and drink wine symbolizing Jesus’ flesh and blood. This means that since man fell, he must receive a new body. In the same way, this holy wine ceremony is done because fallen man has to go in the direction opposite that of the fall.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
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Holy Wine Ceremony
Holy Communion As a Couple
For an engaged couple to prepare for blessed marriage
For a married couple to re-dedicate their marriage under God’s Blessing
For a widow or widower whose spouse went to the spiritual world
For a single individual to receive protection to prepare for blessed marriage
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Holy Wine Ceremony
“In the spirit world there have been no married couples until today… Receiving the single Blessing is a condition for a future relationship between you who are on earth and your bride or bridegroom who is already in the spirit.”
Cheon Seong Gyeong P526 #50 (11.07.1978)
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
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Holy Wine Ceremony
Holy Wine Ceremony
The Blessing of Marriage Ceremony – Holy Matrimony
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Holy Matrimony
For an engaged couple to be blessed in marriage
For a married couple to re-dedicate their marriage under God’s Blessing
For a widow or widower whose spouse went to the spiritual world
For a single individual waiting to be blessed in the spirit world
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
1. We affirm God as the source of all Blessing.
2. Through the love and commitment for Blessed marriage, the husband and wife will pledge to God to be absolutely faithful to each other with fidelity and to never divorce.
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
3. The couple pledges to God to raise and educate children to keep their purity before their marriage.
�4. The couple pledges to God to teach others to receive the Blessing of Marriage and the family.
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
Once you are blessed, your spouse becomes the owner of your love and you become the owner of your spouse’s love!
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
“The wife hath no power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his body, but the wife.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:4
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
“‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied ‘that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?
So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.’”
— Matthew 19:4-6 (NIV)
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart”
— Matt 5:27-28 CSB
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for her.”
—Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
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Blessing of Marriage and Family Pledge
“…let every one of you…so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
— Ephesians 5:33
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
the New Blessed Marriage
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
Attendance and studying the True Family Values Education seminars and understanding the meaning of the Blessing of Marriage.
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
2. Holy Wine Ceremony
At the Last Supper, Jesus gave bread and wine symbolizing his body and blood saying, “this is the blood of the New Testament..” We take communion as individuals, likewise the grace of Jesus Christ covers us only as individuals.
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The Blessing of Marriage
2. Holy Wine Ceremony (cont.)
In Matthew 26: 26-28 we read, 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
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2. Holy Wine Ceremony (cont.)
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
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The Blessing of Marriage
2. The Holy Wine Ceremony (cont.)
Now we are entering the long awaited age of the return of the Lord. Jesus has anointed True Parents to expand God’s grace beyond the individual to the Couple.
In the Holy Wine Ceremony the couple drinks from only one cup. We are blessed as a couple and our lineage becomes one with Christ. This is a change of blood lineage.
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
3. The Offering of Thanksgiving
Tithing and offering is a spiritual and very essential aspect of spiritual life. By making a small offering of your material blessings, you set the condition that God can count all of your material as being offered to God and then your marriage will be secure.
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
4. The Blessing of Marriage Ceremony
The Blessing of Marriage is the ceremony to join man and woman together with the blessing of God as children of God’s lineage.
You are joined together and from that point on you are no longer seen by God as two individuals but rather as one couple in God’s Image - Male and Female.
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
5. Chastening Ceremony
The misuse of love throughout history has resulted in the mistrust and resentment between men and women that we see today.
The Chastening Ceremony provides an opportunity to restore any personal sexual past, and begin to correct the historical relationship between men and women…
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The Blessing of Marriage
5. Chastening Ceremony (Cont.)
…Just as the angel struck Jacob’s hip and through his thigh out of joint, this is a symbolic ceremony in which each partner strikes the other three times on the hip as a small condition to reverse the historical sexual immorality and the abuse of our bodies…
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The Blessing of Marriage
5. Chastening Ceremony (cont.)
…Each partner pledges to never strike the other again, and not to hurt one another in any other way. Completing this ceremony opens the door to God’s forgiveness and grace, and is conducted shortly after the Marriage Blessing Ceremony as the foundation for the next step.
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The Blessing of Marriage
6. 40 Days of Purification
Throughout the Bible, God used the number forty to separate mankind from sin. There were forty days and nights of rain during the Flood Judgement, Moses received the Ten Commandments after 40 days on Mt. Sinai, and Jesus spent 40-days in the Wilderness…
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The Blessing of Marriage
6. 40 Days of Purification (cont.)
…Through the Forty-Day Holy Separation Period, the couple abstains from sexual intimacy during the forty days after the Marriage Blessing Ceremony in order to separate the couple from the history of self-centered love, and become a Blessed Couple of true love…
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The Blessing of Marriage
6. 40 Days of Purification (cont.)
…For married couples who are renewing their marriage through the Marriage Blessing, this period offers them an opportunity to restart their conjugal relationship with God at the center. Couples have been very grateful for this period of abstinence, experiencing a new depth in their relationship.
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
7. Three-day ceremony of starting
the New Blessed Marriage
The Three-Day Ceremony of Renewal is the final ceremony to begin the journey as a Blessed Couple. Through this ceremony, the couple will begin their conjugal life by reversing what was lost through the misuse of love throughout history…
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
7. Three-day ceremony of starting
the New Blessed Marriage(Cont.)
…This ceremony invites God’s presence into the intimate sexual relationship with prayer and sincerity. Through symbolic ceremonial steps, each partner gives spiritual rebirth to their spouse as an original man and an original woman…
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Holy Conditions to Complete
The Blessing of Marriage
7. Three-day ceremony of starting
the New Blessed Marriage(Cont.)
…With God’s blessing and presence, the couple’s conjugal life can develop into one of total freedom in which the partners can love each other in joyful spiritual and physical oneness.
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“Marriage can be said to be a ceremony which allows you to open the door of a palace of happiness and enter into it. Therefore, marriage is the biggest event for humankind. Love transcends time and space and it is the greatest thing for humankind.
Marriage is a ceremony that reveals and confirms this greatest love.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
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Interreligious and Interdenominational �Blessing of Marriage 2001
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Interreligious and Interdenominational �Blessing of Marriage 2001
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Interreligious and Interdenominational �Blessing of Marriage 2001
ACLC Pastors Officiating the Blessing
Dr. Luonne and Mrs. Marie Rouse – ACLC
City of Refuge Church – Hosted by Bishop Noel Jones
Pastors’ Couples Rededicate their marriages through the Blessing
Peace Starts With Me – City of Refuge - April 6, 2019
Peace Starts With Me – Blessing
MGM GRAND - Las Vegas – June 22, 2019
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MARRIAGE CEREMONY
Clergy at the
Cosmic Blessing
October 14, 2009
Dr. and Mrs. Reid
give a testimony
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Clergy at the
Cosmic Blessing
October 14, 2009
Atlanta — Clergy at the Cosmic Blessing via satellite
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Clergy at the
Cosmic Blessing
October 14, 2009
Texas — Rev. and Mrs. Hayes
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CLERGY AT THE
COSMIC BLESSING
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Atlanta — Rev. Gloria Wright with a photo of her husband
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Rev. Kafu and Mrs. Norman Direct Descendant of
King Kamaehamaeha
FATHER AND MOTHER MOON RECEIVE THE
ROYAL ROBES OF
THE KING
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HOLY WINE CEREMONY
Rev. Kafu and Mrs. Norman
Direct Descendant of
King Kamaehamaeha
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HOLY WINE CEREMONY
Rev. Kafu and Mrs. Norman
Direct Descendant of
King Kamaehamaeha
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Blessing at the UN in 2000
World Peace
Blessing Ceremony
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The National Parents’ Day
United States Congress passed National Parents’ Day on the 4th Sunday of July under the Administration of President Clinton.
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The National Parents’ Day 2014
Honored on Capitol Hill by U.S. Congress, the “Parents of the Year” from every state
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The National Parents’ Day 2014
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International Marriage Blessing Ceremony
Korea
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International Marriage Blessing Ceremony
Annual International Blessing of Marriage Ceremony
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Significance of
the Intercultural
Marriage Blessing Ceremony
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Significance of
the Intercultural
Marriage Blessing
Ceremony
Not a ceremony of one religion or denomination
Expresses the ideal of one family under God
A ceremony dedicated to
saving the nation and the world
�Transcends boundaries of race, religion & nationality
Offered to existing couples & those wishing to marry
Blessing Ceremony�October 3, 2015�Las Vegas, NV
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
October 3, 2015 Blessing
40 years of
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s work for Christianity in America
40 years of
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s work for Christianity in America
1920 | Born in North Korea |
1965 | Came to America to establish 55 Holy Grounds (50 States) in 43 days |
1971 | Came to America to be a spiritual doctor and fire fighter: God’s Hope for America Tour in 50 States |
40 years of
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s work for Christianity in America
Focused on 3 Points:
Christianity, Anti-Communism & Youth
| |
1974 | Madison Square Garden Rally |
1976 | Yankee Stadium Rally, Washington Monument Rally |
1982 | Madison Square Garden Blessing of Marriage – 2075 Couples |
1993-2004 | Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon did numerous International speaking tours throughout the World and America. |
40 years of
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s work for Christianity in America
2000 | American Clergy Leadership Conference ( ACLC) was established |
2001 | 50 States Speaking Tour in 50 days |
2002 | Interreligious and Interdenominational Blessing of Marriage |
2003 | 120 American Clergy did 120 Countries Tour on behalf of Rev. Moon |
2009 –2012 | Last project in America: Building International Peace Education Center(IPEC) in Las Vegas |
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40 years of Rev. Sun
Myung Moon’s work for
Christianity in America
2011 | Called 172 American Clergy to Korea: He gave his mission to the Pastors to be passed on |
2011-2012 | Education of 13,000 Clergy in America |
2012 | Sept. 2nd Rev. Sun Myung Moon passed onto the Spirit World |
The History of the Blessing Marriage
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The Blessing of
Marriage Ceremony
1960 | Rev. Sun Myung Moon & Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon’s Blessing of Marriage |
1960 1961 | 3 Couples 33 Couples |
1962 | 72 Couples |
1963 | 124 Couples |
1968 | 430 Couples |
The History of the Blessing Marriage
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The Blessing of
Marriage Ceremony
1971 | 777 Couples |
1975 | 1,800 Couples |
1982 | 8,000 Couples |
1988 | 6,500 Couples |
1992 1995 1997 1998 2000 ~ | 30,000 Couples 36,000 Couples 4,000,000 Couples 360,000,000 Couples 400,000,000 Couples |
Salvation through the Holy Marriage Blessing
All people are fallen due to original sin, and it is True Parents' fundamental mission to save them. The centerpiece of this mission is the providence of the marriage Blessing, which eradicates original sin and fallen lineage. The marriage Blessing is the ceremony through which the evil lineage stained by Satan, is converted to the lineage of goodness rooted in God. It is the important ceremony that restores the order of love with God at the center, and eradicates the disordered love engendered by Satan through the Fall. The providence of the marriage Blessing, under the auspices of the True Parents, is the starting point for realizing the ideal of one family under God
Salvation through the Holy Marriage Blessing
The marriage Blessing ceremonies began with 3 couples on April 16, 1960. Then the 36 Couples, 72 Couples, 124 Couples and 430 Couples were blessed on the tribal and national levels. Through the next several ceremonies, including the Blessings of 777 Couples, 1,800 Couples, 2,075 Couples and 6,000 Couples, the holy marriage Blessing became an international event. At the 6,500 Couples Blessing, largely between Korean and Japanese spouses, for the first time the majority of the couples were international. From the time of the 30,000 Couples Blessing, the Blessing expanded to a global scale, with the inclusion of simultaneous international satellite Blessing ceremonies. With the 360,000 Couples Blessing Ceremony, through which True Parents' love initiated the age of the realm of good lineage, the way was opened for the marriage Blessing to include individuals in the spirit world. On November 29, 1997, with the first spirit world marriage Blessing ceremony, performed as part of the 40 Million Couples Blessing Ceremony, True Parents established the cosmic realm of the Blessing and began to liberate the spirit world.
Salvation through the Holy Marriage Blessing
Hand in hand with the marriage Blessing, True Parents carried out the pure love movement and the true family movement on an extensive scale. These seek to offer fundamental solutions to the global problems of youth immorality and family breakdown. The ideal world of creation can be realized only when the pure love tradition sets the standard for the order of love among young people and then expands to transcend religion, nation and race. In other words, God's Will can be realized when the marriage Blessing expands, gains popularity and takes root as the central tradition in society.
Salvation through the Holy Marriage Blessing
True Parents have made it clear that blessed families need to be concerned about and live for their tribe, their people, their nation and the world before their own family. When a blessed husband and wife honor each other as the person who stands in the position of God, they set the example for those around them. As such, blessed families are to take the lead in the restoration of their tribe, their nation, the world, and all of heaven and earth. True Parents organized them into trinities and emphasized that the couples in each trinity need to live together in the same house, experiencing the love of brothers and sisters. They are to establish the tradition of community life through which all people can live together and love one another, transcendent of nation, race and religion.
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“The family is the school of love. It teaches us how to live in the world, which is nothing but the extension of the family.
People can deeply understand the joy of parenthood when their first baby is born. Likewise, we can only understand God’s happiness at the creation when we give birth to our own sons and daughters...”
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“When children are young they can’t comprehend parental love, but they come to understand it later in life when they have a family and begin raising their own children.
Then they understand, ‘So this is how my parents loved me when they were raising me.’ Therefore, the day your child gets married is a day of glory, and the day your child has a child of his or her own is a day of glory.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“Love is supposed to grow, but it cannot grow properly unless God’s love is present. Two people may love each other, but if they lose God’s love between them then in the end they will have nothing to sustain their relationship.…”
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“ The perfection of a man and woman’s love is the perfection of the universe. The day this love was broken, the universal order was destroyed and the vertical world was broken. Therefore, you must know how important marriage is from the providential viewpoint. Through true love, man and woman gradually get closer to the center of the eternal world…”
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“Love is the power that strives for oneness. Why does a man long for a woman, and a woman long for a man? It is because only through a woman can a man possess God, and only through a man can a woman possess God. In other words, when a man and a woman become one in love, God is in the midst of them.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“Man and woman centering on God will unite into one in the center. Man and woman centering on God, giving and receiving love, will become one and will give birth to sons and daughters. Sons and daughters who are born as the fruit of love, through give and take action centering on parents who are one with God, will produce the four position foundation
(God, husband, wife and children).”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
“A happy family is one in which the husband comes home after work and discusses with his wife everything that happened to him during the day, and plans new areas to pioneer with her.
A happy family is one that strives continuously to discover new things. When parents set such an example, the children want to contribute too;
they will gladly align themselves to making such a family.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
SIGNIFICANCE
OF MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY
CROWN OF GLORY
A POEM WRITTEN BY REV. SUN MYUN
MOON AT THE AGE OF 16
Crown of Glory
When I doubt people, I feel pain.
When I judge people, it is unbearable.
When I hate people, there is no value to my existence.
Yet if I believe, I am deceived. If I love, I am betrayed…
CROWN OF GLORY
A POEM WRITTEN BY REV. SUN MYUN
MOON AT THE AGE OF 16
Suffering and grieving tonight, my head in my hands, Am I wrong?
Yes I am wrong. Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely, even those who hate you…
CROWN OF GLORY
Crown of Glory
Wipe your tears away and welcome with a smile.
Those who know nothing but deceit,
And those who betray without regret.
O, Master, the pain of loving. Look at my hands.
Place your hand on my chest. My heart is bursting,
such agony…
CROWN OF GLORY
Crown of Glory
But when I loved those who acted against me,
I brought victory.
If you have done the same things,
I will give you the Crown of Glory.
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
CROWN OF GLORY
Crown of Glory