The Way Of The Spiritual Leader - 140 Chapter 2. The Work Of A Minister Section 1. Minster And Prayer 4) Prayer Vigil 5. Jesus and His Prayer Vigil
Jesus had many prayer vigils, and the people who worked for heaven in the past also prayed hard in order to fulfill their great missions. Without a life of prayer, they could not have reached their level. You may not know when your prayers for God's Will will be realized. Neither do you know whether or not your prayers will be answered. Still, you should have patience to wait. (104-111)
Even Jesus did many prayer vigils. So did he do many fasting prayers alone in the lonely place. . . I am still leading such a life of prayer although I am living with Mother. Otherwise, I always feel like being crushed. (94-157)
After becoming a standard-bearer, if you shout out with all of your energy, the time when we are living is that your shouting will be heard not only on earth but also in heaven. In this sense, certainly, our time is better than that of Jesus. Jesus prayed all night at the Garden of Gethsemane, but no answer was given to his three prayers. There was no response to not only from his people but also from Judaism. However, our time is now different. We are living in the age in which responses can be given not only in the nation but also in the world only if we pray desperately at the risk of our life. We are living in such a time.
Therefore, if we stay up all night and pray, we should do it for our church members. If you do it for yourself, you will become like Peter. Did Jesus not have prayer vigil for the sake of the nation and the world? Even at the time when he was destined to face a death, he did not worry about his own life but for his disciples and the people of Israel. That is why God could have compassion over him, and he could be resurrected from death. This you must understand. Now is such time.
Now is the time when we, the Unification Church members, should do a prayer vigil as Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane, but it should not be done for ourselves, but for our people and all humankind. The group of people who shed tears and do a prayer vigil for this will not perish.
The person who is determined to go a path of death together will not perish. That turning point will be the final judgment that promises a resurrection. It will not be a way of perish. Although it may appear to be, it will be rather a chance to stimulate a resurrection that can endow a motive for life. (60-30) |