We know that Jesus and God had no respite from sorrow as they related to humankind. When we reflect on Jesus' life 2,000 years ago, we know that he shed tears that others knew nothing about; he lived an outstanding life that others knew nothing about; and he wept bitterly while going through a course of persecution others knew nothing about.
Jesus trod this kind of path, and the many saints who followed behind him were not concerned about walking a path of blood; we know the fact that they struggled forward, not being concerned even about the path of death.
The path to the palace of heaven is the path of the cross. Therefore, please allow us to understand that each one must go to the top of Golgotha carrying his cross on his back, and each must experience persecution, even going to the point of shedding blood on the cross. We earnestly hope and desire, Father, that you will allow us to understand that heaven is looking for people who forget about themselves, who forget about their sorrows, who forget about their pain, and who are giving their all today and tomorrow to go the path of Golgotha.
Oh, Father! Please allow us to understand the sorrow of Jesus who has laid bare his sorrowful heart today in this age. There is no need to know Jesus just as the historical Jesus; the time has come when we must know the modern Jesus within our circumstances. Therefore, please let us become a movement crying out only to heaven, filled only with hearts that will offer our minds and bodies in front of that noble, majestic heart and in front of that love, whether we live or die.
We know that this group is made up of people who have been chased on this earth, people who have been rejected by the religious bodies. We hope and desire that you will allow your sons and daughters who have gathered here to become a movement that can defend that kind of position to the death.
The mind of heaven appeared through the mind of one person and it had prepared a foundation of heart to unite 4,000 years of history, but because humankind destroyed and betrayed that, today humankind is in a wretched 349 state. Father, please change the minds of the many people on this earth who do not know that their sorrow is your sorrow.
Please allow us to become a solitary movement that knows how to weep and build an altar for their sake. We know that Jacob also built an altar in the wilderness, as did Moses and Elijah as well.
We know the fact that among our ancestors who took responsibility for the will of heaven, there was no one who did not tread that kind of course.
Since we desire to become those who inherit their tradition, please allow us to become sons and daughters who know how to build the remaining altar and raise against the fallen city wall and attend to you preparing a sanctuary for you.
We have humbly prayed all these things in the name of the Lord. Amen.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
