"Rain down, then, upon us, O my God, that which beseemeth Thy grace and befitteth Thy bounty. Enable us, then, O my God, to live in remembrance of Thee and to die in love of Thee..."

Prayer by Baha'u'llah



Rain Down Upon Us

"Try with all your hearts to be willing channels for God’s Bounty. For I say unto you that He has chosen you to be His messengers of love throughout the world, to be His bearers of spiritual gifts to man, to be the means of spreading unity and concord on the earth. Thank God with all your hearts that such a privilege has been given unto you. For a life devoted to praise is not too long in which to thank God for such a favour."

'Abdu'l-Baha
Paris Talks, p.67-68

Try With All Your Hearts

(Chinese)
Ren zhi zi a! Wei ni xinling de xiyue er xinwei.
Zheyang ni cai peijian wo, yingzhao chu wo de shengmei.

O SON OF MAN! Rejoice in the gladness of thine heart, that thou mayest be worthy to meet Me and to mirror forth My beauty.

Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah (Arabic #36)

Ren Zhi Zi A (Hidden Words Arabic #36)

Prayer by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 

"O Thou kind Lord!  Sanctify my heart from all attachment, and gladden my soul with tidings of joy.  Free me from attachment to friend and stranger alike, and captivate me with Thy love, that I may become wholly devoted to Thee and be filled with fervid rapture; that I may desire naught but Thee, seek no one except Thyself, tread no other path besides Thine, and commune only with Thee; that I may, even as a nightingale, be spellbound by Thy love and, by day and night, sigh and wail and weep and cry out, 'Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá'!"

Chords: 
G C D

Even as a Nightingale

From the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh (The Seven Valleys)

"O My brother! A pure heart is as a mirror; cleanse it with the burnish of love and severance from all save God, that the true sun may shine within it and the eternal morning dawn. Then wilt thou clearly see the meaning of “Earth and heaven cannot contain Me; what can alone contain Me is the heart of him that believeth in Me.”

Chords:
Am E7 F C

A Pure Heart

O Lord, O Lord
Thou art the Remover of every anguish
And the Dispeller of every affliction

Thou art He Who banisheth every sorrow
And setteth free every slave
The Redeemer of every soul

O Lord, O Lord
Grant deliverance through thy mercy
And reckon me among such servants of Thine
As have gained salvation


A Prayer by the Bab

He Who Banisheth Every Sorrow - 11:6:17

O Divine Providence
All existence is begotten by Thy bounty
Deprive it not of the waters of Thy generosity
Neither do Thou withhold it from the ocean of Thy mercy

I beseech Thee to aid and assist me 
At all times and under all conditions
And seek from the heaven of Thy grace Thine ancient favor
Thou art in truth the Lord of bounty 
And the Sovereign of the kingdom of eternity

Baha'u'llah

All Existence - 11:6:17

O Lord!  Strengthen my back, enable me to serve Thee with the utmost endeavour, and leave me not to myself, lonely and helpless in these regions.  O Lord!  Grant me communion with Thee in my loneliness and be my companion in these foreign lands. 

A prayer by 'Abdu'l-Baha

Sacramento 2017

O Lord, Strengthen My Back - 11:8:17

Thou art, in truth, He Whose mercy hath encompassed all the worlds, and Whose grace hath embraced all that dwell on earth and in heaven. 

Who is there that hath cried after Thee, and whose prayer hath remained unanswered?

Where is he to be found who hath reached forth towards Thee, and whom Thou hast failed to approach?

Who is he that can claim to have fixed his gaze upon Thee, and toward whom the eye of Thy lovingkindness hath not been directed?

I bear witness that Thou hadst turned toward Thy servants ere they had turned toward Thee, and hadst remembered them ere they had remembered Thee.

All grace is Thine, O Thou in Whose hand is the Kingdom of Divine gifts and the source of every irrevocable decree.

Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, page 254

"O ye beloved of the Lord! Strive to become the manifestations of the love of God, the lamps of divine guidance shining amongst the kindreds of the earth with the light of love and concord.
All hail to the revealers of this glorious light!"
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p 28



A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

O Ye Beloved Of The Lord

灵性之子啊!
我首要的忠告是:
永葆一颗纯洁,仁慈,
和意气风发的心!
亘古,永恒与生生不灭的王国就属于你!
-巴哈欧拉

Pinyin:
Língxìng zhīzǐ a!
Wǒ shǒuyào de zhōnggào shì:
Yǒng bǎo yī kē chúnjié, réncí,
Hé yìqìfēngfā de xīn!
Gèngǔ, yǒnghéng yǔ shēngshēng bù miè
de wángguó jiù shǔyú ni

Translation:
"O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting."
-Bahá’u’lláh

A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

Ling Xing Zhi Zi A

"He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!  O God, my God!  Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge.  None have I sought nor any will I seek save Thee; no path have I trodden nor any will I tread but the path of Thy love.  In the darksome night of despair, my eye turneth expectant and full of hope to the morn of Thy boundless favor and at the hour of dawn my drooping soul is refreshed and strengthened in remembrance of Thy beauty and perfection.  

He whom the grace of Thy mercy aideth, though he be but a drop, shall become the boundless ocean, and the merest atom which the outpouring of Thy loving kindness assisteth, shall shine even as the radiant star."
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá




A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

He Is The Compassionate

"O ye homeless and wanderers in the Path of God! Prosperity, contentment, and freedom, however much desired and conducive to the gladness of the human heart, can in no wise compare with the trials of homelessness and adversity in the pathway of God; for such exile and banishment are blessed by the divine favour, and are surely followed by the mercy of Providence. 

The joy of tranquillity in one’s home, and the sweetness of freedom from all cares shall pass away, whilst the blessing of homelessness shall endure forever, and its far-reaching results shall be made manifest."
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p 280


A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

The Blessing Of Homelessness

"O Son of Spirit! Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created."
-Bahá’u’lláh


A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

Noble

"Thou art He Who changeth through His bidding abasement into glory, and weakness into strength, and powerlessness into might, and fear into calm, and doubt into certainty. No God is there but Thee, the Mighty, the Beneficent."
-Bahá’u’lláh



A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

Thou Art He

"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..."
-'Abdu'l-Baha




A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

Haven

"O Thou Provider! The dearest wish of this servant of Thy Threshold is to behold the friends of East and West in close embrace; to see all the members of human society gathered with love in a single great assemblage, even as individual drops of water collected in one mighty sea; to behold them all as birds in one garden of roses, as pearls of one ocean, as leaves of one tree, as rays of one sun."
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá


A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

Friends Of East And West

"Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy.  Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion.  Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come.  Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."  
-Baha'u'llah

Composed by Katy Porray
Recorded by David Hunt

Healing Prayer

"I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense.  Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor."
-Baha'u'llah


Composed by Katy Porray
Recorded by David Hunt

Morning Prayer

"Now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant between you and Me - that ye have faith; that your faith be as steadfast as a rock that no storms can move, that nothing can disturb, and that it endure through all things even to the end...  As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be.  This is the balance - this is the balance - this is the balance."
-Abdu'l-Baha


Composed by Katy Porray
Recorded by David Hunt

This is the Balance

"O Son of Man!  The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of all things, that there I may be established and there I may abide."

"O Son of Being!  Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent.  Thy spirit is My place of revelation; cleanse it for My manifestation."

The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, From the Arabic (58 and 59)

Composed by Katy Porray

Hidden Words - Arabic 58 and 59

Singer and guitarist - composing spiritually uplifting acoustic folk music. 

Katy's favorite memories include singing with her family in her living room as a child. Her parents played guitar, her grandmother played piano, and Katy and her brothers shook, rattled, or tapped any percussion instrument they could get their hands on. Her dad taught her how to play and gave her his guitar when she went to college. She never considered herself a songwriter, but always loved singing with other people.

At a time when she was exploring questions of spirituality and faith, a friend gave her a Baha'i prayerbook. Katy found herself holding a treasury of beautiful and inspiring words that could be put to music. Since then, she has often stayed up late into the night, suddenly inspired to create a melody for a passage from the Baha'i sacred writings. "These words have a rhythm and a power when you speak them out loud. They touch our hearts and uplift our spirits. And music can move us on a very deep level. It just seems natural that prayers and writings should be sung." Now her passion is to help communities use music at every opportunity to create joyful environments that foster spirituality and personal transformation.

Katy Porray

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