Enkindling the hearts through music

Perth Bahá’í youth frequently set the Faith’s sacred texts to music. It is a beautiful way of enhancing the devotional spirit by intoning the verses of God revealed by The Báb, Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdul-Bahá.

Youth from Peppermint Grove are photographed at one of these occasions, where they invited their friends to be part of their musical devotional. Regardless of beliefs and age, these youth came together in unity to meditate on the verses’ spiritual guidance, something which is starting to happen across Perth. Later, many of these youth were inspired to put worship into practice and serve their community in a variety of ways.

A few youth arose to move into multiple regional towns and partake in service to their community. Other youth replicated the musical devotionals in their own community. Assisting with the development and spiritual education of children and junior youth was also an avenue of service that youth decided to take.

These gatherings are inspired by these words of the Universal House of Justice, the Bahá’í world governing body, written in a message dated 29 December 2015:

“ . . . gatherings for worship have been integrated into the core of community life. Devotional meetings are occasions where any soul may enter, inhale the heavenly fragrances, experience the sweetness of prayer, meditate upon the Creative Word, be transported on the wings of the spirit, and commune with the one Beloved.

“Feelings of fellowship and common cause are generated, particularly in the spiritually heightened conversations that naturally occur at such times and through which the “city of the human heart” may be opened.”