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“O Lord, my
God and my Haven in my distress! My Shield and my Shelter in my
woes! My Asylum and Refuge in time of need and in my loneliness
my Companion! In my anguish my Solace, and in my solitude a loving
Friend! The Remover of the pangs of my sorrows and the Pardoner
of my sins! Wholly unto Thee do I turn, fervently imploring Thee
with all my heart, my mind and my tongue, to shield me from all that runs
counter to Thy will in this, the cycle of Thy divine unity, and to cleanse
me of all defilement that will hinder me from seeking, stainless and unsullied,
the shade of the tree of Thy grace. Have mercy, O Lord, on the feeble,
make whole the sick, and quench the burning thirst. Gladden the
bosom wherein the fire of Thy love doth smolder, and set it aglow with
the flameof Thy celestial love and spirit. Robe the tabernacles
of divine unity with the vesture of holiness, and set upon my head the
crown of Thy favor. Illumine my face with the radiance of the orb
of Thy bounty, and graciously aid me in ministering at Thy holy threshold.
Make my heart overflow with love for Thy creatures and grant that I may
become the sign of Thy mercy, the token of Thy grace, the promoter of
concord amongst Thy loved ones, devoted unto Thee, uttering Thy commemoration
and forgetful of self but ever mindful of what is Thine. O God,
my God! Stay not from me the gentle gales of Thy pardon and grace,
and deprive me not of the wellsprings of Thine aid and favor. ‘Neath
the shade of Thy protecting wings let me nestle, and cast upon me the
glance of Thine all-protecting eye. Loose my tongue to laud Thy
name amidst Thy people, that my voice may be raised in great assemblies
and from my lips may stream the flood of Thy praise. Thou art, in
all truth, the Gracious, the Glorified, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.”
—Bahá’í Writings
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