Prayers
Prayer for Harmony
- In striving to recognize the primacy of Fire and Light. I feel kinship with my Zoroastrian brothers and sisters.
- In striving to obey the Ten Commandments, I feel kinship with my Jewish brothers and sisters.
- In striving to be kind to neighbor and the needy, I feel kinship with my Christian brothers and sisters.
- In striving to be compassionate to creatures great and small, I feel kinship with my Buddhist - Jaina brothers and sisters.
- In striving to surrender myself completely to God Almighty, I feel kinship with my Muslim brothers and sisters.
- In the recognition that wisdom flows from enlightened masters, I feel kinship with my Sikh brothers and sisters.
- In remembering that serving people should be the goal of religion, I feel kinship with my Bahai brothers and sisters.
- In my respect and reverence for Nature that sustains us, I feel kinship with my Native American brothers and sisters.
- In feeling that these and more are all paths to the same Divinity, I feel kinship with my Hindu brothers and sisters.
- In my love and laughter, joy and pain, I feel kinship with all my fellow humans.
- In my need for nourishment and instinct to live on, I feel kinship with all beings on the planet.
- In my spiritual ecstasy with this wondrous world, I feel kinship with the Cosmic Whole.
Inspired by the Parliament of World Religions Composed by Dr. V. V. Raman: at The Cape of Good Hope, SA: 1999
Prayer for Healing
O God my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by the splendors of the Daystar of Thy grace, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants, and by the pervasive power of Thy most exalted Word and the potency of Thy most august Pen, and by Thy mercy that hath preceded the creation of all who are in heaven and on earth, to purge me with the waters of Thy bounty from every affliction and disorder, and from all weakness and feebleness.
Thou seest, O my Lord, Thy suppliant waiting at the door of Thy bounty, and him who hath set his hopes on Thee clinging to the cord of Thy generosity. Deny him not, I beseech Thee, the things he seeketh from the ocean of Thy grace and the Daystar of Thy loving-kindness.
Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. There is none other God save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Gleaned from the Baha'i Scripture
Prayer for healing - Women
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beg of Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is Thy Beauty hath been stablished upon the throne of Thy Cause, and by Thy Name through which Thou changest all things, and gatherest together all things, and callest to account all things, and rewardest all things, and preservest all things, and sustainest all things—I beg of Thee to guard this handmaiden who hath fled for refuge to Thee, and hath sought the shelter of Him in Whom Thou Thyself art manifest, and hath put her whole trust and confidence in Thee.
She is sick, O my God, and hath entered beneath the shadow of the Tree of Thy healing; afflicted, and hath fled to the City of Thy protection; diseased, and hath sought the Fountainhead of Thy favors; sorely vexed, and hath hasted to attain the Wellspring of Thy tranquillity; burdened with sin, and hath set her face toward the court of Thy forgiveness.
Attire her, by Thy sovereignty and Thy loving-kindness, O my God and my Beloved, with the raiment of Thy balm and Thy healing, and make her quaff of the cup of Thy mercy and Thy favors. Protect her, moreover, from every affliction and ailment, from all pain and sickness, and from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto Thee.
Thou, in truth, art immensely exalted above all else except Thyself. Thou art, verily, the Healer, the All-Sufficing, the Preserver, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Gleaned from the Baha'i Scripture
The Twenty-Third Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff--they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
--- Psalms 23: 1-6
Salvation
Show us your mercy, O Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us by your Holy Spirit.
-- Book of Common Prayer 1979
Grant Us Your Peace
O Lord, my God,
grant us your peace; already, indeed, you have made us rich in all things!
Give us that peace of being at rest,
that sabbath peace,
the peace which knows no end.
--- St. Augustine
