Dear and deeply spiritual sister! At morn and eventide, with
the utmost ardour and humility, I supplicate at the Divine Threshold, and offer
this, my prayer:
Grant, O Thou my God, the Compassionate, that that pure and
blessed Leaf may be comforted by Thy sweet savours of holiness and sustained by
the reviving breeze of Thy loving care and mercy. Reinforce her spirit with the
signs of Thy Kingdom, and gladden her soul with the testimonies of Thy
everlasting dominion. Comfort, O my God, her sorrowful heart with the
remembrance of Thy face, initiate her into Thy hidden mysteries, and inspire
her with the revealed splendours of Thy heavenly light. Manifold are her
sorrows, and infinitely grievous her distress. Bestow continually upon her the
favour of Thy sustaining grace and, with every fleeting breath, grant her the
blessing of Thy bounty. Her hopes and expectations are centred in Thee; open
Thou to her face the portals of Thy tender mercies and lead her into the ways of
Thy wondrous benevolence. Thou art the Generous, the All-Loving, the Sustainer,
the All-Bountiful.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Bahiyyih Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf’; a
compilation prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice’)
