The Blessing
True Parents emphasized through the years that their main mission on the Earth is giving the Blessing to God’s sons and daughters. The Blessing is a sacrament in the movement, the holy marriage of a man and woman. The Blessings grew from three to 36 to 430, 777, 1800, 8,000, 30,000, to 300,000 couples and with many more different Blessings added in-between these historic Blessings. Most of these couples were matched by Rev. Moon, chosen for each other by what he could see the other needed. Some were of former enemy countries, or of people who historically have struggled with each other. These were restoration Blessings, to help restore the world’s problems and to give birth to children who could now bridge the two struggling forces.
Blessing Photo Gallery
Robert and Penny Brown Blessing 1982
Paul and Nancy Bulow Blessing 1982
Blessing group
Herbert and Angela Sette Eisenbart Blessing 1982
Simon and Danielle Voelker Blessing 1982
Werner and Debra Seubert Blessing 1982
Joe and Akiko Lee Blessing 1982
Bruce and Keiko Biddle now with Blessing photo
Bruce and Keiko Biddle at Blessing
David Perry and wife 1982 Blessing
Joel and Megumi Lindstrom Blessing 1982
Peter and Catriona Valenta 1982 Blessing
Walter and Annerose Lowe Blessing 1982
Blessing march of couple
AJ and Carol Takhar Blessing 1982
Curtis and Sanae Martin Blessing photo
Curtis and Sanae walking to Madison Square Garden
Curtis and Sanae on NY street
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1982 MSG
Blessing Testimonies
Moonish Glossary
Glossary of Moonish Terms Author's note: This is intended to be an informal guide to help people understand the jargon we - Unificationists, Moonies, family members - use as we tell our stories. It is not to be taken as authoritative, and it is definitely not an...
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Jose Fragosa, prayer at World Trade Center
Jose Fragosa used to go on top of one of the World Trade Center buildings and walk one way around the top praying than reverse course and walk the other way to symbolize making a change in his life. After he got Blessed he did the same, explaining to his wife the...
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Elsa from Nicaragua, joined at 14 years old
(due to technical difficulties, not all her testimony was videotaped) Elsa’s family worked closely with the three missionaries to Nicaragua, and Elsa joined at 14 years old. She moved into the center along with her sister. Twelve years later she was to go to the...
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Katrin McCarthy joined because God is working today
Katrin joined in 1972 in Austria at 19 years old. She met the church and realized that God is working today, even though that was during the time of the iron curtain and with so many people suffering. A year later she came to the United States joining the One World...
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Now, with Keith, we are best friends
I had my idea of who my husband would be, and it was not Keith. He didn’t fit my idea. I could have run away but didn’t. By the time we started our family we were starting to trust each other. Now in our old age, we are best...
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Nancy’s parents disowned her, she needed True Parents
Nancy Makowski shares how she came from her home country of Ecuador to New York in 1976 at the request of her parents who were already in the country. She met a Japanese sister and started hearing the lectures. Soon she quit her job and college which made her parents...
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So different from her husband
Nancy Makowski tells how different she is from her husband, Don Makowski. She has always done witnessing in the church, where her husband did the fish business, MFT, loves playing the guitar. But he has a deep heart. Her children don’t know how they could make it...
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Two Inca brothers are around you
Nancy Makowski explains how an Italian sister who was the national Messiah to Ecuador said the spirits of the two brothers who split between Peru and Ecuador were around her and she has to restore them. So she went to a shrine and read in Spanish but was chastised to...
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The challenges of getting reBlessed
Sam had the challenge of getting reBlessed after his first Blessing was dissolved. He is now Blessed to a wonderful woman from Nicaragua who so far only speaks Spanish. Sam has passable Spanish and is learning it more quickly from his wife, Marta....
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Ernesto and Hiroko Gomez joining church, matching, Blessing
Ernesto and Hiroko Gomez are a MSG, 2,075 1982 Couple. They were matched without a common language and had to have an interpreter, such faith to be married in this way! Hiroko shares how her parents were Christians and helped anyone who came to them. Ernesto tells...
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Hiroko wanted to add Ernesto into Family Registry
In visiting Japan Hiroko wanted to add Ernesto to her family registry, but ran into some resistance because he is not...
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Gomez: National Leaders of Belize
Ernesto was chosen to be the National Leader of Belize and they lived there for nine years. They moved to L.A. in 2010, though they are still the Leaders of...
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Gary and Felicia Jones-Locke share about 30,000 Blessing
In the 1992, 30,000 couple Blessing, most were Matched by photo by True Father. Gary and Felicia shared how going into the Seoul Olympic Stadium was like entering a huge holy temple and they were up front right under True Parents. Gary talked about how he...
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Gary and Felcia share about their upbringing
Both Gary and Felicia come from Catholic background. Felicia’s family have now moved to more evangelical Christian. Gary and Felicia went to Israel with the church and now Felicia’s family members have all gone also to walk where Jesus...
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Gary and Felicia Jones-Locke continued
Continuing the story, Gary is from central England near Birmingham. He felt he was from the worst ancestry but must also have good ancestry. Felicia's mom is very positive and has also been Blessed. Both Gary and Felicia's families deeply respect the church and their...
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Nasser and Ully Zomorod share how they joined and their Blessing
Nasser Zomorod, coming from a Muslim background, escaped from Iran to take part in the Blessing. Nasser shares about living in a cave for six months through the winter to avoid capture leaving Iran. He didn't want to die before the Blessing. Ully Zomord, from...
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Nasser and Ully Zomorod testimony, part 2
This is a continuation of the main testimony from Nasser and Ully Zomorod. Ully’s parents are not religious and accepted Nasser, Nasser’s parents had no choice because Nasser was strong with them. Father said we have to be grateful before Blessing because we can look...
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God told him, “Your wife just joined the church”
Franklin Greenidge didn't feel qualified to go to the MSG Blessing so he declined. The next Blessing candidates had to be younger than 40 years old. Finally Franklin was able to go to the 1992 Blessing. Before that he heard God say, "Your wife just joined the...
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Blessing candidates at MSG by 6am to avoid protests
Sam Harley shares about his participation in the MSG Blessing, but this first Blessing did not last, and then later his Blessing in Korea. Part 2: Sam shares about the second Blessing in the McCol factory, sleeping on 6 foot high stacks of soy...
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Dad gained ideal daughter-in-law
Peter Chen shares how his matching changed his relationship with his dad. His dad is from mainland China and would push Chinese philosophy on Peter growing up. But when Peter was matched to Klara his dad felt he had gained an ideal daughter-in-law. They were so united...
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Our children were the witness
Carol Takhar shares how it was to be matched and Blessed to her husband, A.J., who comes from India, from a Sikh family. But the visit with their children to India was the best witness to our movement, when the family saw how good mannered the children were...
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Matching, going to be brutal
David Rueter, the spiritual son to his wife, Sheri, knew it was going to be rough. But later Sheri helped him restore his relationship to his own father and because of that was put back in the...
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36 Years of Wedded Bliss
Keith McCarthy reads the message from Rev. Kevin Thompson who gave the Sunday Sermon at L.A. Family Church. The Thompsons, Kevin and Masako, were on their way back to the bay area but sent a message to those celebrating the 36th Anniversary at the Du-Pars Restaurant...
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Some memories of the 1275 Couple Blessing
by Sam Harley January 13, 2018 ARRIVAL We arrived in Korea in the middle of the night, and boarded a bus to take us to the McCol factory in Yongin. We arrived in the quiet of the early hours, and the seminary brothers were shown to a large hall at the top of the...
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Making a film about the Blessing
Shared by Stephen Goldberg December 31, 2017 Stephen shares how he was approached by WFWP leader, Emma Reed, to make a film about the Blessing.
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Sam Harley’s second Blessing
Shared by Sam Harley December 31, 2017 Sam was Blessed a second time to a sister who was also in Performing Arts, as he was, though he didn't remember her until they were Matched.
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Sam Harley’s first Blessing to a Welsh sister
Shared by Sam Harley December 31, 2017 Sam shares about his first Blessing to a Welsh sister in the 1982 Madison Square Garden Blessing. She left the church but he was ready to stay with her and welcome her back until he was Blessed again.
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Reaching the zero point
by Sam Harley November 25, 2017 When we were in our separation period (remember those?) I was lecturing in Washington, DC and she was touring Russian students around the States. We would see each other every three months or so, which was normal for that time. So...
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Blessing cleans up nightmares
by Sam Harley October 27, 2017 Some dreams don't come true, some nightmares get worked out and never return. This is a story of how that worked in our blessing. Part I When our first child was born, it was a big moment. I had dreamed of it, prayed for it and it had...
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Unconditional love
Simon and Daniela Voelker share how they were matched, to Simon it was love at first sight, to Daniela it was a direction from Father to be Blessed with...
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All joy is sitting next to you
Don Makowski shares how Father said at the Felt Forum after the Blessing that joy comes from your spouse.
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21 years foreign missionary
Testimony by Wolfgang Schawaller 21 years foreign missionary Born in Frankfurt a. M., Deutschland, on 14-01-1951. German citizen. Joined the Unification Movement in Frankfurt a. M., October 1974. Spiritual Father: Udo Frisch, later adopted by Paul Werner. Blessing...
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Fell asleep at Matching in front of Father
Seiji Tanaka shares how at the matching he fell asleep and was awakened by Father grabbing his hair, then thrusting him at his future wife by the neck.
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The True Story of these Sioux Blessing Couples
by Ron Pine I am the person who invited this group to our Conference. When the Blessing opened for people I convinced them to attend the Blessing ceremony which they did. Shortly afterwards the State Leader Jim Gavin asked Elaine Quiver if they will support a Grand...
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2nd gen couple share about Matching and Blessing
by Matthew and Gloria Love September 17, 2017 Matthew and Gloria, a second generation couple, each share how they were matched, he from Wyoming and she from Spain.
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Looking for that breakthrough in heart
by Matthew Love September 17, 2017 Matthew tells how he yearned to have a deep experience with True Parents and finally at the Blessing he felt that heart.
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I love this church
by Mercer Goldstein August 20, 2017 Mercer shares how her husband brought her in the church and how she loves everyone here. She feels this saved her life and is so grateful.
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What was your name again?
(as posted in familyfed.org) by Alan and Rosa Davies Alan Our matching was on May 13,1979 in the New Yorker Hotel Grand Ballroom. Rev. Moon, our True Father, was about to introduce me to my forever mate. It was late in the day when he called my name. All of the...
read moreBlessed couple share how they need each other
Jose and Akemi Fragosa share how they need each other to keep in line spiritually.
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I found my spiritual teacher
by Malinda Vogel (reprinted from familyfed.org) I feel grateful to have been able to (be) introduced to the Unification Movement in 1979. I was raised Catholic, but I wanted someone to teach me how to put my faith into practice. After meandering through different...
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