For this Movement--
Words of Inspiration from the Baha'i World
An Ever-Deepening Malaise
“In society at large, alas, the symptoms of an ever-deepening malaise of the soul multiply and worsen. How striking that, as the peoples of the world suffer for want of the true remedy and turn fitfully from one false hope to another, you are collectedly refining an instrument that connects hearts with the Word of God eternal. How striking that, amid the cacophony of fixed opinions and opposing interests that grows everywhere more fierce, you are focused on drawing people together to build communities that are havens of unity. Far from disheartening you, let the world’s prejudices and hostilities be reminders of how urgently souls all around you need the healing balm that you ... can present to them.”
– The Universal House of Justice Ridvan 2016
“The coming global endeavour to which the friends will be summoned calls for the application of proven strategies, systematic action, informed analysis, and keen insight. Yet above all, it is a spiritual enterprise, and its true character should never be obscured. The urgency to act is impelled by the world’s desperate condition. All that the followers of Bahá’u’lláh have learned in the last twenty years must culminate in the accomplishments of the next five. The scale of what is being asked of them brings to mind one of His Tablets in which He describes, in striking terms, the challenge entailed in spreading His Cause:"
"How many the lands that remained untilled and uncultivated; and how many the lands that were tilled and cultivated, and yet remained without water; and how many the lands which, when the harvest time arrived, no harvester came forth to reap! However, through the wonders of God’s favour and the revelations of His loving-kindness, We cherish the hope that souls may appear who are the embodiments of heavenly virtue and who will occupy themselves with teaching the cause of God and training all that dwell on earth."
Above iquotes & pictures from The Universal House of Justice December 29 2015 Letter to the Continental Board of counsellors, paragraphs 7-21 Copyright © Bahá'í International Community from the Bahá’í Reference Library. l
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An Urgency and Urging …
“... a new phase in the evolution of the Divine Plan will open, set to propel the community of Bahá’u’lláh ... May the friends of God in every country appreciate the promise of these few years ahead, which will be rigorous preparation for the even mightier tasks yet to come. (This) broad scope enables every individual to support this work, however humble one’s share. We ask you, cherished co-workers, adorers of Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds, to... spare no effort in applying all you have learned and every God-given ability and skill you possess to advance … into the next essential stage. To your own ardent supplications for heavenly assistance we add ours, offered in the Holy Shrines, on behalf of all who labour for this all-encompassing Cause.” [signed: The Universal House of Justice]
“... a new phase in the evolution of the Divine Plan will open, set to propel the community of Bahá’u’lláh ... May the friends of God in every country appreciate the promise of these few years ahead, which will be rigorous preparation for the even mightier tasks yet to come. (This) broad scope enables every individual to support this work, however humble one’s share. We ask you, cherished co-workers, adorers of Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds, to... spare no effort in applying all you have learned and every God-given ability and skill you possess to advance … into the next essential stage. To your own ardent supplications for heavenly assistance we add ours, offered in the Holy Shrines, on behalf of all who labour for this all-encompassing Cause.” [signed: The Universal House of Justice]
For the Bahai World-- A herculean labour
We set this objective before the Bahá’í world conscious that it is truly formidable; that a herculean labour will be required; that many sacrifices will have to be made. But faced with the plight of a world that suffers more each day bereft of Bahá’u’lláh’s elixir, we cannot, in conscience, ask anything less of His devoted followers. God willing, their exertions will prove worthy to crown a hundred years of toil and set the stage for exploits as yet unimagined that must adorn the second century of the Formative Age.”
[signed: The Universal House of Justice] 20
More on the Faith's inspiration HERE.
More on the Faith's inspiration HERE.
Our goal is to send out contact quarterly or less as Spirit moves.
Our goal is to send out contact quarterly or less as Spirit moves.
