Celebrating Marriage on a Global Scale
40 Million Couple Marriage Blessing Ceremony on November 29, 1997
“The time for marriage on a global scale has come,” wrote True Father in his book, Cheon Seong Gyeong (CSG). “The 3.6 million couples will establish the liberated realm of the Blessing that is open to anyone.”
On November 29, 1997, forty million couples participated in the 3.6 Million Couples’ International Marriage Blessing -- officiated by True Parents at the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium in Washington, DC, and broadcast live via satellite worldwide. Originally 3.6 million couples were scheduled to participate, but the number grew to such an extent that it became the 40 Million Couples’ Blessing.
True Father said this historic Blessing, which was also part of the 3rd Annual World Culture and Sports Festival, opened the door to blessing those in the spiritual realm for the first time. Dae-mo nim and his son Heung-jin, he said, would begin carrying out Blessing ceremonies in the spirit world on behalf of True Parents.
“The Blessing of 3.6 Million Couples is the completion of the formation, growth, and completion stages. The Blessing of 3.6 Million Couples is being performed centering on the value of the liberated world and everything in it. No national, religious, traditional, or cultural barriers can exist in that world.”
Representatives of the world’s six major religions delivered congratulatory remarks during the ceremony, and a Blessing for people in the spirit world was also conducted. True Father further noted that the 30,000 Couples’ Blessing in 1992 and 360,000 Couples’ Blessing in 1995 set the foundation for the 3.6 Million Couples’ Blessing which ushered in the new global era of the Marriage Blessing.
“Once perfected families are formed in the image of Adam's perfected family, they become the basis for tribal and national perfection,” wrote True Father in CSG. “This lineage is now expanding worldwide through the 30,000, 360,000 and 3.6 million couples...
“We can free ourselves from the realm of lamentation, in which all the things of Creation have been lamenting. We will now be entering the world of the ideal and the age of justification by attendance, where we will be in constant attendance of God and the True Parents.”
Congratulations to the millions of couples worldwide celebrating their 24th Marriage Blessing anniversary today!
You can learn more about the Marriage Blessing here.