Before and After

the Cosmic Blessing

“International and intercultural marriages are the quickest way to bring about an ideal world of peace”

― Sun Myung Moon, As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen, p 223, (2010)

  • To participate in the Cosmic Blessing, all candidates must complete their Blessing qualifications and register for the blessing in their own region. Only qualified candidates who receive confirmation by the BFD EUME can participate in the Blessing ceremony.

    The candidates will be asked to prepare an attire for the Blessing Day, details will follow with the official memo. To give a short overview of items that will be needed:

    • Dark suit for men, white dress for women

    • Bow tie for men (please wait for the specific color)

    • Blessing ring

    • White gloves, bouquet

    Please understand that all couples should follow the dress code. This is the desire of True Parents.

  • BoB is a seminar designed to support all matched and newly blessed couples in the months before and after the Blessing. We hold regular webinars for the matched / blessed candidates with spiritual guidance and group sharing afterwards. It is a wonderful experience to connect with other couples from all over the EUME region.

    Read more about BoB, sign up and receive updates about upcoming meetings.

  • Each part of the Blessing ceremony has a special significance.

    Go to the Cosmic Blessing Ceremony to learn more.

“The Kingdom of heaven is the extension of family. Respect elderly people as your grandparents, love people of same age as your brothers and sisters and care for the younger ones as you would for your own children.”

― Sun Myung Moon, The Way of God’s Will, p. 174 (1980)

  • It is a tradition that all Blessed Couples receive a trinity after their Blessing. A Trinity consists of 3 couples (trinity) from the same blessing group. True Parents came up with the idea of the trinities where the couples in the same trinity keep in contact after the Blessing to care for and support each other.

  • After receiving the Cosmic Blessing, it is tradition that all couples fulfil a 40-day separation period. This will give the couple time to connect their relationship to God and build up trust and love for each other. We recommend to offer spiritual conditions together as a couple and to consciously invite Heavenly Parent into the relationship in this special time period.

    The Blessed Couples will receive the trinities after the Blessing day and have the chance to meet up during the 40 days as a trinity to get to know each other and share more deeply about certain topics.

    BFD EUME has developed the "Newly Blessed Couples Course" that the trinities can go through in the first 40 days.

    More details will follow in the Level 3 workshop for Matched Couples.

  • This seminar is designed for newly blessed couples. It offers guidance including a testimony from a Blessed Couple explaining how to start an intimate romantic relationship with God, our Heavenly Parent, at the core. It is very important to be conscious about starting family life and to start the first relationship as a couple together with God.

    First generation candidates will also go through a special ceremony called the 3 day ceremony. These couples will receive guidance about the ceremony in the seminar.