Homage by Orthodox Baha’is of India

On behalf of the Orthodox Bahai’s of India and myself, I wish to express to the Marangella family our deepest sympathy on the passing of Joel Bray Marangella.

. He was like a kind father for all of us ready to forgive our faults and to appreciate our small and insignificant services to the Bahai Faith. He resuced us at the time when the Faith of Bahaullah was completeletly swallowed by the covenant breaker. Like a saviour he appeared on the scene and showed us the light of the day. He showed us to believe in ourselves not to be disheartened  under any circumstance.

He was himself the victim of the great violation for 49 years of his ministry but he never gave up.His believe in the Faith was like rock .In the last 20 years of his ministry his patience started showing results .Orthodox Bahai Faith got established in Indian subcontinent, the formation of institution of Hands of cause was re-established and the third IBC was activated.

The Orthodox Bahais of India and other places are his legacy.It is our duty to see that it is taken forward to fulfil the dreams of the beloved Third Guardian

We also take this moment to place our deepest condolence to the Holy family especially to Irene, Joel, and Mark who are active in the Faith and must be a cause of rejoicing of the Third Guardian in the Abha Kingdom..The progress of the Faith rest on their shoulders and the Orthodox Bahais of India will follow them and be always be greatful to the Family.

Each of us have been abundantly blessed by his presence in our lives. We will continue praying for your comfort, that of the other family members, and for his triumphant journey in the next world

“ the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.” “Know thou,” He has written, “that the ‘Sure Handle’ mentioned from the foundation of the world in the Books, the Tablets and the Scriptures of old is naught else but the Covenant and the Testament.”

-          “the axis of the oneness of the world of humanity is the power of the Covenant and nothing else”

-          the “Conclusive Testimony,” the “Universal Balance,” the “Magnet of God’s grace,” the “Upraised Standard,” the “Irrefutable Testament,” “the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed” and “one of the distinctive features of this most mighty cycle.”

(God passes By 238 -239)