Meaning and Value
In 1960, True Parents opened a new chapter in the history of human salvation through the 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.
In 1960, True Parents opened a new chapter in the history of human salvation through the marriage Blessing.
True Parents said that one should participate in the marriage Blessing ceremony only after working long and difficult to become eligible.
The marriage Blessing includes a series of restorational rituals before symbolically indemnifying the process of the Fall.
By having performed the engagement ceremony of three spiritual children before the True Parents' Holy Wedding, the True Father set the condition that the three main disciples attain an ideal unity with Jesus.
It was at the time of the 72 Couples Blessing that True Father organized the Marriage Blessing Ceremony Committee, which published an explanation of the purpose of the Blessing ceremony.
The International Marriage Blessing Ceremony of 777 Couples was held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on October 21, 1970.
The 6500 Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony was held at the Ilhwa Yon-gin Factory on October 30, 1988.
The 360,000 Couples International Marriage Blessing Ceremony was held on August 25, 1995, at Seoul Olympic Stadium.
According to True Parents, while we are on earth we should liberate our ancestors in the spirit world.
True Parents pointed out in particular that the age of the settlement of blessed families is the age of mother-child responsibility.
True Parents organized blessed families into trinities and asked them to love their trinity more than they love their Trinity and sisters.