April, 2010
Arlington Prayer Station Invitation “Purification”
The good LORD pardon every one that setteth his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification that pertaineth to holy things. (Judaism / Christianity, Kesuvim (Writings), Divrei HaYomim (Chronicles)) Abstention from all evil, Cultivation of the wholesome, Purification of the heart; This [...]
On Earth Day
On one hand the fact that Earth Day exists is a testimony that there is a problem with the way we treat Mother Earth. One the other hand a single day is not enough — no more that having a Father’s Day is enough to appreciate fatherhood. But we need to start somewhere. My steps [...]
First Day of Ridvan: Purification
Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification when, on that first day of Ridvan, We shed upon the whole of creation the splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 47) From the notes of Kitab-i-Aqdas: first day of Ridvan: This is a reference [...]
Arlington Prayer Station Invitation “Paradise”
Oh, thou soul which art at rest, Return to thy Lord, pleased, and pleasing him: Enter thou among my servants, And enter thou my Paradise. (The Qur’an, Sura 89 – The Daybreak) Haste ye to enter into Paradise, as a token of Our mercy unto you, and drink ye from the hands of the All-Merciful [...]
Arlington Prayer Meeting “Compassion”
Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont. (Judaism / Christianity, Kesuvim (Writings), Tehillim (Psalms), 119,156) But God is the best guardian, and of those who shew compassion He is the most compassionate. (Islam, The Qur’an, Sura 12 – Joseph, Peace be on Him) There is no one, O my Lord, [...]
Arlington Prayer Station Invitation “Resurrection”
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. (Holy Bible, John, 11:25 – 26) Say: Whose is all that is in the Heavens and the Earth? Say: God’s. He [...]
