Today the course of our lives is a miserable course, and since the living environment is very complicated, we are living in a state of confusion where we are unable to distinguish between good and evil.
We know that heaven struggled in this kind of land in order to pioneer the path of one life, and many prophets came to this earth and died in order to introduce to humankind the aspect of a true person, a true concept, and the true aspect of the cosmos.
The time has come when we must long for his idea which filled his heart and flowed out from the sacred image of Jesus Christ who was able to pray for the blessing of all people even though, among all of the prophets, he came to the earth as the messiah for all people and disappeared worthlessly like a bit of straw on the cross.
We earnestly hope and desire, Father, that you will pardon that despite this being a time when we should disregard ourselves, we have raised ourselves and disregarded all the things of creation, and we have established ourselves and disregarded heaven.
If we want to move towards true minds and true goodness, please let us realize that we are people who are indebted to heaven and earth, and we are a tribe of sin that has been wounded in an inexpressibly savage-looking way in the course of human history. Now since the only things we need are a mind that is able to search for you and fidelity that is able to search for our original selves, Father, please allow us to have them.
We cannot deny that the course of life Jesus lived was a path of miserable tears, and we know that every page of history continued as blood-curdling, bloody battles. We earnestly hope and desire, Father, that you will let us know that we are in the position of the stragglers of universal history who are not able to have anything to be proud of in this age, and cannot clarify anything historical when we establish ourselves. Therefore, since a true leader, a leader who has a true life and a true heart, is needed, we believe that the person whom heaven has sent to humankind is the savior and the messiah.
But please let us grope and consider on our own whether we have the constancy, fidelity, and heart that are fitting before him to go before the person who is the Messiah.
We know that about receiving the messiah, heaven is anticipating that humankind will offer its greatest fervor, its greatest loyalty, and its greatest sincerity, and we know that heaven is demanding burning hearts and absolute devotion which do not take sides with Satan. Now we earnestly hope and desire, Father, that you will guide us to become humble young sons and daughters, who, even if we have not reached such a position, will be able to have at least minds that long for such a position, and who hope for the grace of forgiveness on bended knees.
We have humbly prayed all these things in the name of the Lord. Amen.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
