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Mirror of Light – features HUQÚQ’s CORNER

Baha'i Philippines — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:30:26 +0000

In this issue, we feature the June-August 2011 articles of the communication series called HUQÚQ’s CORNER. We also provide a background information on this spiritual and socio-economic law.

Huqúqu’lláh, originating from Arabic and translating to “Right of God”), and sometimes called the Law of Huqúq, is a socio-economic and spiritual law of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, a charter document of the Bahá’í Faith written by Bahá’u'lláh. In its most basic form, it states that Bahá’ís should make a 19% voluntary payment on any [...]

Mirror of Light – Tribute to Doris Hoffman

Baha'i Philippines — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:56:24 +0000

My family and I were so privileged to have known a very precious Bahá’í pioneer to Palawan in the late 70’s to the early 80s, Ms. Doris Hofman.

She was the “Auntie Doris” of all the Bahá’ís of Palawan at that time. Please allow me to describe Doris to friends who did not have the opportunity to meet her: she was a frail-looking gentlewoman, about 65 years old, with kinky white hair, bespectacled, retired American nurse, when she went to Palawan [...]

Reflections – July Articles

Baha'i Philippines — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:28:48 +0000

Morning Prayer (Contributed by Pallas Athena Austria)

April 14, 2010

“I have risen this morning by thy grace Oh my God …*“

I felt the sunrays coming from the bedroom window touching the entirety of my face prying my eyes and senses open. I blindly reach out across the sides of my right shoulder for my blackberry and as I expected albeit with dismay it told me it’s just around 6 AM.

I automatically checked the unread emails from my office and did a [...]

News from the Philippine National Bahá’í Convention April 21-24, 2011

Baha'i Philippines — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:16:30 +0000

Election of new Members of the National Spiritual Assembly

Bahá’í delegates from various provinces and islands in the Philippines gathered in Manila for the Philippine Bahá’í National Convention, last April 21 to 24, and elected the national governing council of the community, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Philippines. Present were thirty-five delegates while a total of fifty-two ballots were cast for the annual election.

Elected as members of the National Spiritual Assembly for [...]

Central Luzon Regional Conference April 15-17, 2011

Baha'i Philippines — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:34:02 +0000

“I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. I cheer the faint and revive the dead. I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. I am the Royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight”. – Bahá’u’lláh

The above quotation may aptly describe the feelings of every empowered participant of this inspiring conference held in [...]

Visayas Institutional Conference April 8-10, 2011

Baha'i Philippines — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:31:05 +0000

Visayas Boosted as Friends Gather in Cebu

With the aim to raise understanding of the Plan of God for today, friends from all over the Visayas attended the Regional Institutional Conference at the Baha’i Center, Cebu City from April 8 to10, 2011. There were 27 adults, 26 youths, 11 junior youths and 6 children in attendance who came from different provinces, towns and cities. With the help of two Auxiliary Board Members, four National Spiritual Assembly Members and the members of [...]

Inspiring News from the Northern Luzon Regional Conference April 8-10, 2011

Baha'i Philippines — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:23:10 +0000

Friends from all over Northern Luzon recently held a Regional Conference last April 8-10, 2011 in order to derive in-depth understanding of the recent Dec. 28, 2011 Message from the Universal House of Justice. Attending were 173 adults and youths coming from several provinces and towns.

To describe concisely the impression of participants at the conclusion of the conference, as one young participant commented in Facebook, “we are super inspired!”.

Transformation to higher levels

“The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. Bestir thyself, and magnify, before the entire creation, the name of God, and celebrate His praise, in such wise that all created things may be regenerated and made new. Speak, and hold not thy peace. The day star of blissfulness shineth above the horizon of Our name, the Blissful, inasmuch as the kingdom of [...]

Mindanao Institutional Conference Apr 2-3, 2011

Baha'i Philippines — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:37:54 +0000

To understand better the Dec. 28, 2011 Message from the Universal House of Justice, last April 2-3, 2011, a total of 147 friends, including 23 junior youths and 8 children, attended the Mindanao Institutional Conference. Out of the 116 youth and adults who attended, 64 responded to the call to serve as pioneers and mobile tutors in nearby towns and cities of Mindanao.

Volunteers

Most of those who responded to the call to establish new programs of growth were youth and [...]