PROCEDURE
Invocation delivered by Sheikh Safra's Baca
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4 min
Sheikh Safra's Baca delivers the day's invocation, praying for peace, blessings, and guidance for the New Year. Following the prayer, Council Member Adrienne Adams honors Sheikh Baca and makes a motion to spread the invocation on the record.
Speaker 2
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We will now have today's invitation, which will be delivered by em, Sheikh, Safra's Baca.
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Emam, and spiritual leader of Mahesh Alabadine, which is located at 10414127 Street in Queens.
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Please rise.
Speaker 10
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Let's pray together In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful.
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The sun has risen upon our land, and the new year has dawn upon us.
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We thank you o lord for the immense blessings you have showered upon us.
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O almighty God make this year better than the last.
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Granta's good health, peace, and security.
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We beseech you all creator and sustainer make us the means by which we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the wholeness, and bring hearts together for your sake.
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Strength in our resolve to be champions of a good that blotches out evil in a light that eliminates darkness.
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We are weak, oh lord.
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So grant us the ability to fulfill the oaths we have taken to serve the citizen of our city and our nation.
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We pray for peace.
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Oh Lord.
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Lord of beauty and happiness.
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Oh Lord, you are the eternal.
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Your eternal life and everlasting peace by your essence and attributes.
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Evelastine piece is from you, and it returns to you only.
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All sustainer grant us the life of true peace and usher us into the bold of peace.
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All glorious and bounteous one You are the blessed and sublime, show us with a love that causes hate to dissipate.
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Unite us on the truth no matter who stands oppose, rectify our affairs that make us people who guard the scales of just this.
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Grant the man and woman of this chamber of the wisdom and courage to uphold and promote the values of our great nation.
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May we honor one another and glorify your holy name in unison?
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And inspiring us the ability to make this world a better place for generations to come.
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In your great and magnificent name we pray.
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Amen.
Speaker 2
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Thank you.
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I now recognize council member Adrienne Adams, TO SPREAD THE INVOCATION ON THE RECORD.
Speaker 4
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THANK YOU, MR.
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CLURK.
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I MAM, SHAKES A FRAZ BACUS of Masheed Al Albadine in our beloved Richmond Hill Queens, my brother.
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Has been an inclusive and dynamic faith leader in our community for many years.
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He's worked closely with healthcare institutions and our local precincts to provide spiritual guidance and pastoral care.
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During the pandemic, Iman Bachus helped keep our neighborhood safe by encouraging vaccination and supporting community members of all backgrounds.
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Imam Bachus is a true servant leader who cares deeply about the well-being of his community and I am personally honored to know him and to have worked with him in my district and across the borough of Queens.
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His words have very special meaning for me, especially today, as we kick off the new legislative session.
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My brother, imam, I thank you for all that you do for the great 28 and for our entire city.
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And I make a motion to spread the invitation in full upon the record.
Speaker 2
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Thank you.
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So honored.