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Father! Where Are You Dwelling?

Father!
Today at this moment
in what place are you dwelling?

We have come to know
that you do not dwell
on some kind of throne high in space somewhere,
nor in a place with the tradition
of some kind of glorious culture.

We have come to know
that what you desired
at the time of creation
was to dwell in the mind of a man
who worshiped God and loved God truly,
and to dwell in the mind of a woman like that.

And after coming to dwell in the minds
of that kind of man and woman,
you wanted to tell them,
"You are all my loves!"
and you wanted to meet them
through a new destined relationship.

We have come to know
that when that man and woman
stood in the position
of having the heartistic foundation
of historical ancestors
centered on the destined relationship
of the True Parents,
you wanted to dwell there personally.

Therefore we have come to know that:
you had wanted to dwell
in the center of that family.

We have come to know
that you wanted to love the children
who carne from that destined relationship,
from the blood-relationship
of those kinds of parents.

You wanted to embrace those sons and daughters
with the broad, lofty, and profound touch
of your love.

And you wanted to prepare a place
where you could love
with a tear-filled heart.

The members of the Unification Movement
know well that you wanted to establish
the Four Position Foundation
centered on that family
by having planted deep the root of love
in that kind of family of peace
and those children,
and to establish the foundation
for the blessed land on earth.

However, that has all remained
as grief for thousands
and tens of thousands of years.
We have come to know the fact
that in order to greet the day
in which this kind of foundation
for the blessed land could be laid,
a bitter path of death
has continued for six thousand years.

We know that so many people
have been sacrificed in lamentable,
regrettable and miserable positions.

We know that you called this one being
in order to pay the price for all of this.
Doing that is your love in order to establish
one model man, woman and family.

And we have clearly realized
that it is your hope
to dwell in the families
of all people in all ages
by dwelling as the subject center
in that family.

Therefore, we must become people
who are able to yearn for the touch
of your compassion
and long for your mercy,
even along a path
of ten thousand deaths,

and we must become children
who are able to stretch our hands
out towards heaven,
and shout out calling you "Father"
crazily until our throats burst
and our cells become paralyzed.

We earnestly hope and desire
that you will allow us
to become your children
who are able to prepare to meet the messiah
and to love the messiah
who is coming, while lamenting
that we are people
of the fallen blood lineage
who cannot become men and women
who personally possess
the love you desired.

We have humbly prayed all these things
in the holy name of the True Parents. Amen.

January 26, 1969