
By FFWPU Dominican Republic
With the purpose of expanding the blessing to more couples in the Dominican Republic and fulfill the mission of Tribal Messiah, on May 6th, the Heavenly Tribal Messiah of the Dominican Republic held the HYOJEONG Cosmic Blessing Festival that took place at the headquarters in Santo Domingo with the participation of 5 couples and 70 people who accompanied the ceremony.
The ceremony began with the invocation prayer by Pastor Jimenez. Then, Mr. Candido Gomez gave the words of greeting, followed by Mr. Cesar Regalado secretary general of the UPF who was in charge of giving a lecture on the ideal model of couple, the meaning of the blessing ceremony, the ideal model of couple and family for world peace. He commented that to participate in this blessing you do not have to change your religion, but you do have to change your attitude, your character and be a better member of society.
He then explained the six parts of the marriage reaffirmation and blessing ceremony: first the holy wine ceremony, then the holy water ceremony, the promise, the blessing prayer, the blessing proclamation and finally the indemnity ceremony. He thanked everyone for participating in the ceremony.
This was followed by the marriage reaffirmation and blessing ceremony. The Officiating couple entered to the stage after the three assistant couples entered.
The officiating couple, Mr. Pasquale Lai and Mrs. Yoko Lai. The Holy Wine Ceremony followed and the Holy Water Ceremony was conducted by the officiating couple with the help of the ladies present. The vows were made by the officiating couple, as well as the invocation and proclamation of the blessing.
After the blessing ceremony, Mr. Felix Antonio Garcia, pastor of the FFWPU in the province of Santiago, pronounced the words of congratulations.
This blessing ceremony was officially closed with the final photo and then a toast was shared with all the participants.
