Prayer Station
Tribute to Mr. Ian Semple at the Prayer Station
I met him only once, during my pilgrimage to the Holy Land, back in 2006. Today, Mr. Ian Semple, former member of the Universal House of Justice, passed away. As I was getting ready for the Prayer Station tonight, I saw on Facebook the release from Baha’i News. A friend had re-posted it along with [...]
The joy of live music!
What a joy live music is! Last night we took advantage of the Kennedy Center’s free tickets for a concert of the National Symphony Orchestra performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 featuring Leonidas Kavakos on the violin, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”. And tonight we hosted our [...]
Prayer Station with Friends
And remember Allah’s favour unto you: How ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. (Islam, The Qur’an, Sura 3 – The Family Of [...]
Prayer Station “Divine Blossom”
What a wonderful way to complete a day in which challenges were left behind and pure joy was embraced when seeing my beautiful girls, even if very briefly after their school. Back home, it was great to see Marite for the first time since she declared her Faith in Baha’u’llah a few weeks ago, back [...]
Prayer Station for Japan: Teo Torriatte
Let us cling together as the years go by Oh my love my love In the quiet of the night Let our candle always burn Let us never lose the lessons we have learned Teo torriatte konomama iko Aisuruhito yo Shizukana yoi ni Hikario tomoshi Itoshiki oshieo idaki These comforting words of Queen’s gorgeous song [...]
Prayer Station Invitation “Divine Protector” for the people of Japan
For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong men: for thou art a God of the afflicted, an helper of the oppressed, an upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of them that are without hope. (Christianity, Deuterocanonical Apocrypha, Judith) All that is in Heaven and all [...]
Reunion of hearts
My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart. This is the home of light; whosoever enters here must become illumined…. (Abdu’l-Baha) What a joyous [...]
Musical Prayer Station and house concert with pianist Aphrodite Mitsopoulou
From amongst all mankind hath He chosen you, and your eyes have been opened to the light of guidance and your ears attuned to the music of the Company above; and blessed by abounding grace, your hearts and souls have been born into new life. (Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 34) Dear [...]
Citizens of the World
Last’s nights Musical Prayer Station with John Albertson and his talented daughters was truly delightful. Both girls sang sweet prayers and played on the piano, at first solo and then accompanied by their dad. After an intermission for refreshments, John Albertson shared with us a diverse selection of acoustic pieces for classical and jazz guitar. [...]
Light up the darkness
I just saw “I Am Legend” with Will Smith, in which he explains who Bob Marley is by saying: He had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate… literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people’s lives. When he was scheduled to [...]
