Speeches
- Written by: Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke, Joint-President of the World Congress of Faiths, Co-Founder of the Three Faiths Forum, United Kingdom
I appeal to those of you who are young and have your life ahead of you—do not abandon your dream or give up hope. However little we achieve, we and the world are the better for our efforts.
- Written by: Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, Co-Founder, Universal Peace Federation
We can no longer remain in the night but must prepare to greet a new morning, which is the marriage blessing through True Parents. It is the true family movement. The world that all humankind wishes for today is a united world centered on God, which begins from a true family.
- Written by: Bishop Don D. Meares, Senior Pastor, Evangel Cathedral, USA
We will be victorious in Christ Jesus, more than conquerors through the spirit of unity in decreeing and declaring peace for Korea and the world, and not war.
- Written by: Ambassador R. James Woolsey, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, USA
Those of us gathered here today are being called by God to finish the work of building peace and freedom that was begun by Rev. and Dr. Moon.
- Written by: Jennifer Gray, Director of Interfaith Outreach, State of Maryland Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, USA
Religious values are deeply intertwined with the fabric of our daily lives, and every faith organization plays a major role in our communities. It is the responsibility of faith leaders to help improve the human condition. As faith leaders, we are called upon to find creative ways to reach out to those who are suffering.
- Written by: Vicki Tiahrt, Co-Founder, American Prayer Initiative, USA
We, women, know that our faith is a firm foundation. Holy Scripture and even history prove that evil will not endure. Evil will be overcome by prayer, by perseverance and by doing good.
- Written by: Prof. Syafaatun Almirzanah, Professor of Religious Studies, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Indonesia
We realize that we are being challenged to articulate our own religious identities in an increasingly religiously plural setting where others are, in many ways, listening and asking questions of us as we do so. What this means is that whether we like it or not, to be religious today is to be inter-religious.
- Written by: Rev. Seishi Moriyama, Zen Monk, Fukuchiji Temple, Japan
People often talk about unification, or harmonization of religion and science. I think a keyword is “the truth.” Simple logic says that truth is one and consistent, and it naturally brings unification.
- Written by: Wonju McDevitt, Chief of Staff, Founder’s Secretariat
Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon have always taught that world problems cannot be solved solely based on external solutions, emphasizing the need of an internal approach, particularly stressing that knowing God, who is our Heavenly Parent, His Will and the direction of His Providence, to be essential in resolving world problems.
- Written by: Rev. Kyeong Seuk Ryu, President, FFWPU Korea
The hosting of the 2017 Global Rally for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula and the 2017 Interreligious Leadership Conference [is] timely and significant, particularly at this time when multi-directional efforts are needed to overcome the existing structure of confrontation and conflict in order to realize peace within the Korean Peninsula.
- Written by: Dr. Thomas Walsh, chair, UPF International
To restore our world and build a world of enduring, lasting peace, there must be widespread collaboration and partnership. [...] Organizations such as the Mouride Sufi Brotherhood play a necessary and essential role in creating peace and stability in our communities, societies and nations.
- Written by: Qamrual Khanson
Whatever your beliefs and convictions may be, honor your Creator Lord the-God, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen by yourself, right now, right down here on the planet Earth while you are still alive to reap the fruits of Guidance from your own Creator Lord the God.