Scattering Angels

Today I read a passage titled These Perspicuous Verses by Baha’u’llah. These verses can be found in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf pages 131-134 and also in the Ishraqat pages 117-119. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 22nd Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers of Ecstasy on pages 52-53.

We are back in business after a long break. Hopefully all of our technical difficulties are behind us. Today I read a short passage from the Kitab-I-Iqan by Baha’u’llah, pages 90-92, the 21st Hidden Word from the Persian from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah, and a prayer from Prayers of Ecstacy (Kalimat Press) by Abdu’l-Baha, pages 73-74.

Today, on the eve of the 9th Day of Ridvan, I read from the Kitab-I-Iqan, pages 33-43. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 21st Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by the Bab from the Baha’i Prayer Book on page 128-129.

Today I read from Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, XIV, pages 27-35. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 20th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, II, pages 4-5.

Today I read a passage by Bahá’u’lláh from Baha’i World Faith pages 129-133. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 19th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for unity by Abdu-l-Baha on page 234 of the Baha’i Prayer Book.

Today I finish reading the Tablet to Dr August Forel from the original Persian text first published Cairo 1922. This translation taken from The Baha’i World Volume XV pages 37-43. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 18th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for teaching by Bahá’u’lláh from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 194-195.

Today I delve into the first half of a Tablet to Dr August Forel written by Abdul-Baha. The original Persian text was first published in Cairo in 1922. This translation was taken from The Baha’i World, Volume XV pages 37-43. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 16th and 17th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations from Baha’u’llah on pages 232-233 numbered CXLIV.

Today I read a Letter to Martha Root signed by Abdu’llah and translated by Dr Ali Kuli Kahn, August 1935 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Wilmette. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 15th and 16th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh on pages 118-119 numbered LXXII.

Today I read a passage you Bahá’u’lláh from Baha’i World Faith, pages 64-68. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 11th, 12th, and 13th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by Bahá’u’lláh for the Fast from the Baha’i Prayer Book page 280.

Today I read a letter from the Universal House of Justice dated March 1, 2017 to the Bahá’ís of the world, a passage by Shoghi Effendi from Baha’i News, no. 13, dated September 1926, a passage from Vignettes from Abdu’l-Baha by Annamarie Honnold page 69, and a passage from Abdu’l-Baha in Their Midst by Earl Redman, page 164. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 9th and 10th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with the prayer for the Intercalary Days by Baha’u’llah.