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Universal Peace Federation

The World Peace Blessing Marriage and Family as an Instrument of Peace. Universal Peace Federation. UPF Marriage and Family Series. World Peace Blessing. A media circus? A sacred ceremony? The gateway to Peace?. Who goes to the Blessing?.

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Universal Peace Federation

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  1. The World Peace Blessing Marriage and Family as an Instrument of Peace Universal Peace Federation UPF Marriage and Family Series

  2. World Peace Blessing

  3. A media circus? A sacred ceremony? The gateway to Peace?

  4. Who goes to the Blessing?

  5. Why do leaders of other faiths support and endorse the Blessing

  6. Couples of many faithsparticipate

  7. Why are they there? What do they see of value?

  8. What does Father Moon hope for?

  9. Rev. Sun Myung Moon: His Mission “What I want is to completely wipe away the walls and fences that divide the world in myriads of ways and create a world of unity.” From his recently published autobiographical memoir

  10. Rev. Sun Myung Moon: His Work  I have dedicated my life to building bridges of peace between countries that hate each other and consider each other to be enemies because of ideologies and religion.

  11. What Defines Our Common Humanity?

  12. We All Have a Common Origin. God Allah Jehovah • Common Origin Tao Yahweh Ultimate Reality Great Spirit

  13. Insights About God from the Natural World God’s divine attributes Artist’s character (invisible) Works of art (visible) Creation Recognize the artist’s character through works Recognize God’s divine attributes through creation

  14. Universality of Masculinity and Femininity Man Woman Humans Male Female Animals Plants Pistil Stamen Minerals Positivity Negativity Origin

  15. God Husband Wife Child Establish a Family of True Love • God-centered marriage • Devoted parents • Godly children • Harmonious families • A peaceful world Family Nation World

  16. Family is a Partnership between God and Humanity The starting point of God’s kingdom is not an individual or a nation, but a family of true love. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, God’s Will and the World

  17. UPF believes that family is— The first, most important human institution. A partnership between God and humanity. The school of love. Potentially a sublime instrument of peace

  18. The First Human Institution The family is the most important human institution. Without it we would not exist. Through it we transmit language, culture, ethics, core values - even religion.

  19. The Family Is a sacred partnership. The family---marriage and parenthood--- is regarded as sacred by all world religions.

  20. Family is a Partnership between God and Humanity The sacred partnership of true marriage is constituted both by the will of God and the will of man. Pope Pius XI, CastiConnubi

  21. God Husband Wife Child Child The School of Love In the family we are to learn many different types of love. • Children’s love • Brotherly and sisterly love • Marital love • Parental love

  22. The School of Love

  23. The Human Family’s False Start

  24. Adam and Eve: illicit love Cain and Abel: the first murder The Human Family’s False Start

  25. If all men and women admit that their sexual organ belongs to their spouse, we all will bow our heads and become humble when we receive our spouse's love. Love comes to you only from your partner. Control of the Sexual Organ Sun Myung Moon, “In Search of the Origin of the Universe”

  26. G M W C After the Fall: Corrupt Love The Fall Undermined God’s Ideal X Fallen Nature Loss of Family Ideal Disobedience

  27. Effects of Corrupted Love Continue

  28. The Blessing Movement: Building One Family Under God, One Family at a Time • Affirms the sacred and social value of marriage and family • A public commitment to one universal human family bound together in solidarity and mutual respect, beyond the barriers of race, religion, nationality and culture • Each of us has a “family-building” responsibility----as a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a child---that contributes to the broader task of peacebuilding.

  29. 36 Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony

  30. Marriage Blessing of Religious Leaders

  31. The Founder’s Vision Nevertheless, here is the supreme formula for bringing true peace to the world: bring together children from enemy families and nations for the “World Peace Blessing.”

  32. World Peace Blessing Ceremony at the United Nations

  33. World Peace Blessing Ceremony in Dublin, Ireland

  34. The UPF Founders speaking again to this issue on May 15 (IDF) at the UN in Geneva.

  35. The Blessing Pledge • To be faithful in marriage: no adultery • To raise children and grandchildren to be pure in preparation for marriage • To live for the sake of others as a married couple and as a family • To encourage people of all races, religions, nationalities and cultures to live as one family under God.

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