Please Let Us Make A Nation Of Hope

Beloved Father!
When we ask where in the world
there is a nation where you can dwell,
and where among humankind,
there is a people whom you can lead,
we realize that
you still have not been able to meet
that kind of nation or that kind of people.

We know through the Principle
that before the nation exists,
there must first be a people,
and before the people exists,
there must first be a tribe,

and that it will not do
for my individual self
to be below the standard of perfection
in order for there to he a family,
or for a family
to be below the standard of perfection
in order to form a tribe.

When we consider how many of your children
who do not have a nation are on this earth,
we understand that,
although there are many people on earth
who relate to you and call you their Father,
there are not many people who are awake
and struggling to find the nation
and people for which you are longing and hoping.

Even though on this earth
you do not have a nation,
a people, a tribe or a family,

when you have beloved sons and daughters
who are able to receive
everything in your heart
instead of that nation,
instead of that people,
instead of that tribe,
instead of that family,

we know that because
of such sons and daughters,
through the connecting of such individuals,
in your presence,
the nation of hope begins,
and the people of hope
and the foundation of hope in daily life unfold.

Please allow us
to determine once more at this time
to become sons and daughters
who are able to stand
in that kind of position of glory.

We know that while going along
the historical course of thousands of years,
there was not a single day
when you did not long for your beloved children.

When we realize that you had both
a mind of wanting to love
and a mind of wanting
to have those children continue eternally
as the people of your glorious nation,

we come to feel
that your mind of love is infinite
in relation to our unworthy selves today.

The more we feel those kinds of things,
the more we must realize
that you are seeking that nation
and that people
through our minds and bodies.

Offering our lives to you is for the sake of
fulfilling the duty of a loyal person
in relation to that nation.

You have searched for the day
when you are able to manifest yourself
as our father of glory on the earth,
and to clear away the environment of sorrow,
where we have been toyed with by the enemy,
by forming a people of hope.

Therefore, we must become
your sons and daughters
who are able to feel this in reality.

Accordingly, Father,
please bend down
and watch over your children.

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