Category: Sun Myung Moon Sermons

Longing for Eden

Genesis 2:1-25

Sermons of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Volume 6

May 24, 1959, Former Church Headquarters

Prayer

Father, please allow us to feel how You lamented over not having had even one original person who could see the original world. Father, please permit us to think about Your sorrow over not having had one day in which You could rejoice with humanity, even though we have inherited Your original nature. Please grant that we may experience Your sorrow directly and personally in this hour. We ask this sincerely.

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The Person Who Will Serve the Grieving Father

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermons of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Volume 6

May 24, 1959, Former Church Headquarters

Prayer

We know that Heavenly Father resides in a world of infinite patience and endeavor. We know the heart and will of the Father. You have dealt with all human sin since the first ancestors. We cannot help bowing our heads in shame before You. You have walked a path of great effort and perseverance to uncover beings of the original creation.

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Longing for Eden

Sermons of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Volume 6

Genesis 2:1-25

May 24, 1959, Former Church Headquarters

Prayer

Father, please allow us to feel how You lamented over not having had even one original person who could see the original world. Father, please permit us to think about Your sorrow over not having had one day in which You could rejoice with humanity, even though we have inherited Your original nature. Please grant that we may experience Your sorrow directly and personally in this hour. We ask this sincerely.

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The Grieving Father, Son and Daughter as They Try to Establish the Kingdom of Heaven

John 14:1-24

Sermons of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Volume 6

May 17, 1959, Former Church Headquarters

Prayer

Distressed in the stormy sea of death, we human beings are sinners who cannot be trusted. We realize that we cannot raise our heads in front of Heavenly Father, who has striven, been wronged, and fought on throughout the providence for countless years to bring about the day of glory. Please liberate the six thousand years of history, a period like that of Israel’s slavery and suffering in Egypt.

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Let Us Be Persons of Forbearance

Sermons of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Volume 4

Matthew 24:1-14
Former Headquarters Church
Seoul, Korea
May 11, 1958

Prayer

The time now is similar to when the Israelites were in confusion 2,000 years ago. It is the time when the Messiah must come. We know that in such a time as this it is difficult to distinguish between the true and the false. There have been many teachers who toiled in the course of history in the past. Men have attended many leaders. However, today we are losing the center of mind which we can rely on.

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