Beloved and respected blessed families and members around the world. I am Song Yong-cheon, President of the Heavenly Korea Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
First, I would like to offer my deepest gratitude and glory to Heavenly Parent and the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind for granting us this precious opportunity to unite our hearts, transcending time and space. Today, from our respective locations on opposite sides of the globe, across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, we are gathered together through a single screen. Although our languages, cultures, and backgrounds may differ,we all have the same fervent love for True Parents and our absolute faith in Heavenly Parent. Therefore, at this moment, we are firmly connected in a single realm of heart, transcending all barriers of time and space.
We are standing here at a crucial point where Heaven is pouring down tremendous grace. The “2025 Autumn Hyojeong Cheonbo Great Works,” which opened with the first powerful morning chanyang session on Friday, November 24, is a crucible of grace that has been touching our hearts all the way through to the final day today. On Friday night we offered our earnest desires to Heaven through a tearful Cheonshim Won Special Night Vigil at the Peace World Center. We invested in strengthening our spiritual foundation through the ancestor liberation ceremony, hyojeong offering ceremony, and ancestor Blessing ceremony. Now we stand before Heaven on the foundation of this morning’s chanyang session and ancestor liberation ceremony, united in one heart, transcending national borders, for this global joint worship service. It is my earnest hope that with our participation in the Autumn Great Works, we can all inherit heavenly fortune and share in the infinite blessings prepared for us by Heavenly Parent and Holy Mother Han, True Mother.
At this precious time, when our hearts are burning with passion, I would like to first read a passage from the Bible that can offer our hearts true comfort and solace. It is John 14:27, which promises true peace amidst all the worries and fears of the world.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Beloved and respected blessed families and members around the world,
Today, keeping in mind the message of this Bible passage and True Mother’s words, I would like to spend some precious time together contemplating the question of how to “Open This Era with Our Absolute Heartfelt Obedience” as posed in my sermon title.
Beloved brothers and sisters around the world,
The answer to this question can be found in a truly astonishing and profound place. The strength that sustains our Mother day by day does not come from worldly power or material abundance. Even in the deepest, darkest depths of suffering, what brings a radiant smile to her face is the pure and innocent love sent by her young great-grandchildren. When she heard that one of the great-grandchildren, who was longing to see Wang Omma, had composed a song for her in the energetic Korean “trot” style, Mother’s face lit up as if all her pain had melted away. During her first phone call with the family since she entered the Seoul Detention Center, upon hearing the voices of her great-grandchildren, she beamed with child-like joy and exclaimed, “I am so happy today because I finally had a chance to talk to you on the phone!” Isn’t this the power of true love that the world can never take away? What better evidence could there be of hope that blossoms in the most despairing moments?
True Mother has always lived a life of absolute heartfelt obedience before Heaven. This is the very root of our providence—the reason we are able to stand firm and unshaken today. Throughout the thorny path of her providential course, never once did True Mother utter the words, “I need to take a rest,” or “This is too difficult,” for her own sake. Her entire life has been devoted to a single purpose: to see the Will of our Heavenly Parent fulfilled on this earth. Truly, hers has been a great and noble life.
Brothers and sisters, now it time for us to respond. We must respond to True Mother’s faith, which is based on absolute heartfelt obedience before Heavenly Parent and the pursuit of God’s Will by showing concrete action in our own lives. There is no longer any time to remain in sorrow or anger. Our tears must now become tears of determination, and that determination must lead to holy deeds and practices that will hasten Heaven’s victory. Let us once again engrave deep within our hearts the words, “The greatest form of jeongseong is action.” With renewed courage, let us open wide the hearts that once shrank before the eyes of the world, and step forward boldly to fulfill Heaven’s calling.
As the first step in that journey of practical heartfelt obedience, in response to the earnest direction True Mother personally conveyed to me on October 4 from within her confinement with the words, “The Korean Headquarters must share the essence of the Family Federation with the entire nation,” I embarked on a grand pilgrimage on October 19 across Korea, starting in Busan.
On this path, I am moving forward step by step with the conviction that “one person’s faith can revive a church, and one church can save a nation.” In every district I visit I meet each and every pastor one-on-one, without exception, either in person or online. This is the expression of my sincere belief that true renewal can be accomplished only on the frontlines of the providence, not from behind a desk. I listen deeply, with my heart, to the joys and sorrows of each pastor and the challenges they face in their ministry.
This sacred 50-day course is not one for Korea alone. To our proud members who are here with us today from Japan and the US and everywhere else around the world, I want to say that we here in Korea are truly grateful for the strength we receive through your fervent prayers and heartfelt devotion.
Now is the time for the entire world to respond to True Mother’s example of absolute sincere obedience to Heaven’s Will. Our Heavenly Parent values a single step taken together by a hundred people far more than a hundred steps taken by just one. When each of us takes even one step of absolute heartfelt obedience from our own positions, these steps will come together to form a mighty forward march—transforming the world and hastening Heaven’s victory.
Proud blessed families around the world,
Now we must ask ourselves: When we consider the immense weight of suffering that True Mother bears alone, have we truly been faithful children—standing by her and sharing in that burden? At this moment, we must face the mirror that reflects the truth of our faith and our lives. We must deeply repent for our complacency and unresponsive hearts. We must move beyond the stage of self-reproach and undergo a sacred process of purification, uniting fully with True Mother’s heart. True Mother’s cross is our responsibility. Only when we engrave the meaning of her suffering in our hearts can we truly stand as one united community before Heaven.
However, dear brothers and sisters, these tears of repentance will not by any means be tears that drag us into despair. Instead, just as True Mother has declared, “Through this ordeal members around the world have united as one,” our pain must serve as a crucible for greater unity than ever before. Yes, our tears must no longer be marks of defeat, but the dew of resolution that assures victory. And this resolution must be proven through the following three concrete actions.
The first is prayer and devotion that moves Heaven. When our ten minutes of daily prayer offered at a set time becomes more than a repetition of words—when it becomes a time of devotion filled with our whole heart and soul— that prayer becomes a force that moves Heaven. This kind of earnest devotion becomes the power that mobilizes heavenly armies for True Mother, and for us, it becomes the courage to overcome the world. When our earnest hearts unite as one, the work of Heaven will truly begin.
The second is to testify to the Word through our lives. The “Principle of Creation and the Word” that True Mother has given us with such grace must now go beyond our lips and become the very fabric of our daily living. Practicing this even just ten minutes a day is a good start. Let us consciously live out the Word, even in that short time. As those ten minutes of daily practice accumulate, our families will begin to radiate the fragrance of peace, our neighbors will find comfort through us, and our workplaces will brighten through our presence—creating miracles. This is the living Word, and true witnessing that moves the hearts of the world. When the Word of truth spreads like a fragrance through our lives, the misunderstandings and prejudices of the world will melt away like spring snow.
The third and final point is to become one through passionate love for our community. Let us reach out and take the hands of brothers and sisters when they are weary, and put our arms around the shoulders of our young people who are the hope of the future. When we embrace one another and stand firmly together upon a single solid rock, the world will no longer be able to disregard us. Beloved members! Let us now cast aside our sorrow and put on the armor of resolution. Our repentance is the torch that signals a new beginning, and our prayers are the trumpet sound of a march toward victory. Are you ready? Shall we boldly advance toward the new era of hope that True Mother is opening for us with one heart and one goal?
Beloved members! Each one of us must become an unwavering light that can illuminate this world. When all of these small and sacred lights come together, they will become a mighty torch that can dispel all the darkness of this age. That torch will not only illuminate our path, but will also be a beacon of salvation that can guide countless young souls who are lost, who are wandering without direction back to the embrace of Heavenly Parent.
Brothers and sisters! The providence of True Parents is still alive, breathing, and advancing—and our Heavenly Parent is opening wide the gates of a new era through us!
Beloved family members! I believe your passionate voices have already brought Heaven’s victory to this earth. Today, we have stepped beyond our sorrow and have been gloriously reborn as victorious true children of Heaven.
May the great blessings of our Heavenly Parent and the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind be with you always as you pursue your sacred missions. I offer my deepest gratitude to our Heavenly Parent and our Holy Mother, True Mother, who have granted us all this grace.
Thank you.
This is a summary of the speech given by Song Yong-cheon, President of the Heavenly Korea Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, on October 25, 2025 (9.6 HC, Cheon Il Guk year 13) at the Global Joint Worship held at the Hyojeong Heaven and Earth Cheonbo Training Center during the 2025 Autumn Hyojeong Cheonbo Great Works.
