Prayer1970s Prayers

We Are Ashamed of Our Immature Way of Life

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We are ashamed of our immature way of life, not knowing of Your existence.

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Second National CARP Meeting in Korea

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Father,

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We are ashamed of our immature way of life, not knowing of Your existence. We should honor the opportunity to kneel down before You, calling you "Father", even more than our own lives.

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How can we ever repay You for establishing this humble race, in such miserable darkness, in such a barren desert-like world, for allowing us to gather, drinking in Your words? We should be grateful beyond all imagination.

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As we stand before Your Will, let us re-determine ourselves to become true sons and daughters. Let us become the ones who have no choice but to love God. Let us be the ones who cannot sleep until we see that world that You search for. We were born for the sake of God and our lives are for the sake of mankind. Please allow us to become the sons and daughters who live according to this holy providential content.

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Where could these CARP students go in the future? Please let them be grateful for offering their lives for the sake of the boundless world of Heaven. Instead of searching for their own happiness, let them be the sons and daughters who can pioneer the foundation of happiness for all people, looking to Heaven for their life support. Let us also stand before this race and the people of the world in a subject position, and I pray that we can be sons and daughters who can receive the love of Heaven.

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Please don't let us waste this time. We know that the year 1970 is calling us. We should hear the sad outcry of every race of this miserable mankind who is willing to welcome us with open arms. Armed with the banner of victory and liberation, we should go through the barrier of death, centering above on Heaven's desire, and below, on all the people. I pray deeply that we may utterly feel this as our mission.

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We are grateful for Your allowing us who have such little value to become a part of Yourself, and for giving us the name "object" who can represent Your love.

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I pray that we may become Your loving sons and daughters, praising our Parents and following that path solemnly, leaving behind us that tradition of the heavenly relationship.

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Through this morning's talk, please let them be bonded into an unforgettable family. I pray that they may be perfected sons and daughters with whom You, Father, will be pleased -- those who will find the purpose of their lives to possess the original attitude, and those who will praise the heavenly relationship.

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I know that in this year of 1970, we have to expand the Unification movement worldwide. For that purpose, I know that there must be many of your sons and daughters who will spread the word of blessing to all people, with the spirit of every race behind them. Therefore, I also feel the need for many who are very learned.

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You have prepared many young people in this world. I pray that we can put our utmost sincerity and effort into fulfilling the goal before us, fearing that when we fail such a mission, these young people will face a period of disgrace.

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I pray that all the blessings and the will of the providence will open to the hopeful frontier and their lives, stimulating them so that they can be sons and daughters who will march forward toward the point of victory of peace. I pray for all these things in the holy name of True Parents.

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Amen.

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    New Morning of GlorySermon · 22 Jan 1978 · ¶ 253…in the Unification Church. The rest of the world is crumbling so quickly that soon it will have only this way of life to rest upon.
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    Breaking the BarrierSermon · 10 Dec 1978 · ¶ 54…religions, which have emphasized the spirit of sacrifice. The true religion emphasizes self-denial and the sacrificial way of life. To live that life, you must willingly face many tribulations and sufferings.
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    Our Present PositionSermon · 16 Dec 1979 · ¶ 179The Unification Church way of life is not just ours, but the universal way of life and God's way of life. If a spanking is inevitable, you might as well get it over with and let other people be inspired by your…
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    Victory of GodSermon · 9 May 1982 · ¶ 249After you have been habitually living this way of life, you don't have to try anymore. You just live. When your life on earth is consummated, you will enter the…
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    Who Goes The Way Of Indemnity?Sermon · 29 Jan 1984 · ¶ 1Belvedere It is generally understood that religious people must follow a difficult way of life.
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    How Well Do You Know Me?Other · ¶ 21Therefore, good and evil are clearly manifested in the religious way of life.

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APA 7

Moon, S. M. (1970, October 3). We Are Ashamed of Our Immature Way of Life [Prayer]. True Parents Legacy Archive (J. Auror, Ed.). https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/we-are-ashamed-of-our-immature-way-of-life

MLA 9

Moon, Sun Myung. “We Are Ashamed of Our Immature Way of Life.” True Parents Legacy Archive, 3 Oct. 1970, https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/we-are-ashamed-of-our-immature-way-of-life.

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Moon, Sun Myung. “We Are Ashamed of Our Immature Way of Life.” Prayer, October 3, 1970. True Parents Legacy Archive. https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/we-are-ashamed-of-our-immature-way-of-life.

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@misc{moon1970,
  author = {Sun Myung Moon},
  title = {We Are Ashamed of Our Immature Way of Life},
  year = {1970},
  month = {oct},
  howpublished = {True Parents Legacy Archive},
  url = {https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/we-are-ashamed-of-our-immature-way-of-life},
  note = {Prayer}
}
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Text bySun Myung Moon, Founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
TranslationWorking translation from the Korean. Official editions are reproduced verbatim.
Editorial scopeTexts are not abridged or paraphrased. Paragraph numbers are stable for citation. Report an error