Father! Thank you for having protected the destiny of this nation. North Korea attacked the South, and devastated land during the Korean War. So many people of this nation were sacrificed, and even the young men of friendly nations who were concerned for Korea shed their blood here.
We know that this was not a battle due to the political or environmental changes of the age. Rather, it was a decisive battle that came about because the Will you are directing had to anchor in this land. We earnestly hope and desire that you will allow us to feel once again that the time has come when we must be ready and resolute in our deepest hearts.
We know well that your direction in order to establish the starting point for your Will and desire was behind this kind of repeatedly difficult course of suffering that Korea has gone through from the time we attained our sovereignty until now. Therefore, Father, please watch over the future of Korea.
We earnestly hope and desire that you will allow the 30 million people of this nation to become people who see you, Father, and who can go forward to Asia for you. We know that we are too far from being able to do that, so we must shorten that distance. When we consider that this responsibility is ours, all we can feel is embarrassment and sorrow before you, Father, as you watch our inadequate selves and yet have hope.
We know well that our people are in the midst of a history of misfortune which we cannot solve by ourselves. In order to solve this our people must join hands with the powers of Asia and be in accord with them.
Therefore, please unite us all together by linking body to body and mind to mind. We know that we are still responsible for overcoming a path of many difficulties which remain before us. Therefore, we earnestly hope and desire that everything will be accomplished according to the Will which you desire and are directing, Father.
Father! There are children here whom you can call your sons and daughters.
Please allow them to adore you deep in their hearts. And please allow them to take all of your situations into their hearts as their own.
Please let their hearts become one with your heart and let the blessings of adoration shower down on them like rain. And we earnestly hope and desire that you will lead them completely with your strength.
We know that any group that does not prepare for tomorrow but rather seeks only safety and ease in the present day can only fall into ruin.
Therefore, since those of us who have gathered here in this place have done so to prepare the foundation of victory for our descendants and the world of tomorrow, we will have to be able to turn today's sorrow into tomorrow's hope and change today's difficulties into tomorrow's expectations.
In that way, according to your wish, we will prepare the foundation for the victory of your Will, and until we can offer it to you, we will endure and endure. We earnestly request that you will allow us to become the group that fights and fights again, nd remains to the end.
We have humbly prayed all these things in the name of our True Parents. Amen.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
