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.

Today’s reading is from a long list of sources beginning with The Kitab-I-Aqdad by Baha’u’llah, pp 73, Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, chapter 77, Guidance on Self-Defence by the Universal House of Justice written to the National Spiritual Assambly of the Bahá’ís of Canada dated 5-26-1969, a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice fo an individual believer on 1-24-1993, Unfolding Destiny by Shoghi Effendi, page 427, Baha’u’llah and the New Era by J.E. Esslemont, pages 169-171. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 7th and 8th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer by Baha’u’llah from the Baha’i Prayer Book, page 236-237.

Today’s readings are from Paris Talks by Abdu’l-Baha pages 173-176 from an Address by Abdu’l-Baha at the Friends’ Meeting House, St Martin’s Lane, London, from Baha’i World Faith page 368 titled Prayer is Indispensable, and from The Kitabi-I-Aqdas by Baha’u’llah paragraph 149. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 5th and 6th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah page 222-223 CXXXV.

Today I read from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, chapters 8 and 9. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 3rd and 4th Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer from Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah on page 156-157, XCIII.

Today I continue reading from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha chapters 6 and 7. We continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 1st and 2nd Hidden Word from the Persian. I close with a prayer for healing by Baha’u’llah on pages 94-95 of the Bahá’í Prayer Book.

Today’s reading is from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha, Chapters 3, 4, and 5. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 71st Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book, pages 131-132.

Today I read the letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 18 January 2019. I continue our reading of the Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 69th and 70th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Baha’i Prayer Book on pages 112-113.

Today I read the chapter titled Habit from Prescription for Living by Ruhiyyih Khanum found on pages 119-125. I continue reading from The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah with the 67th and 68th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by The Bab from the Baha’i Prayer Book pages 128-129.

Today’s reading is from The Promise of World Peace written by the Universal House of Justice in October 1985, pages 3-6. Also a short passage by Tahirih as quoted by Abdu’l-Baha in Star of the West, Volume 10, page 233. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 65th and 66th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer for detachment by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book on pages 56-57

Today I read several passages beginning with the 12th Glad Tidings from Tablets of Baha’u’llah Revealed After the Kitabi-I-Aqdas page 26, Bahá’í World Faith from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, page 195, a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada dated March 22 1937, from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer on June 30 1936, Bahá’í World Faith from the writings of Abdu’l-Baha page 375. We continue reading from The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 63rd and 64th Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha from the Bahá’í Prayer Book on page 22-23.

Today’s reading is from Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Baha chapter 14. I continue reading The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh with the 61st and 62nd Hidden Word from the Arabic. I close with Visitation Prayer for Abdu’l-Baha in pages 327-329 of the Baha’i Prayer Book.