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Prayer for the Pacific
June 30, 2023, in Music > Recording Artist, by Sonjel VreelandVahid Qualls has put to music a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha that refers to the Pacific Ocean.
Here is the prayer sung:
O Thou pure and omnipotent God! O Thou my kind Lord! Grant me such power as to enable me to withstand the onslaught of the peoples and kindreds of the world, and give me such might as to cause the waves of my endeavors, like unto the Pacific Ocean, to reach the shores of both East and West.
More music by Vahid Qualls can be found online.
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Sonjel Vreeland
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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