18 May | a.m

O friend of mine! The Word of God is the king of words and its pervasive influence is incalculable. It hath ever dominated and will continue to dominate the realm of being. The Great Being saith: The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.

- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 173

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Today nothing but the power of the Word of God which encompasses the realities of things can bring the thoughts, the minds, the hearts and the spirits under the shade of one Tree. He is the potent in all things, the vivifier of souls, the preserver and the controller of the world of mankind.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 296

14 May │ p.m

Beware lest ye hesitate in your acceptance of this Cause - a Cause before which the Concourse on high and the dwellers of the Cities of Names have bowed down. Fear God, and be not of those who are shut out as by a veil. Burn ye away the veils with the fire of My love, and dispel ye the mists of vain imaginings by the power of this Name through which We have subdued the entire creation.

- Baha'u'llah, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 66

14 May │ a.m

Ignite, then, within their hearts the torch of Thy love, that its flame may consume all else except their wondrous remembrance of Thee, and that no trace may be left in those hearts except the gem-like evidences of Thy most holy sovereignty…

- Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 89

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The more love is expressed among mankind and the stronger the power of unity, the greater will be this reflection and revelation, for the greatest bestowal of God is love. Love is the source of all the bestowals of God. Until love takes possession of the heart no other divine bounty can be revealed in it.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 218

13 May │ a.m

O SON OF MAN!

If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if thou seekest My pleasure, regard not thine own; that thou mayest die in Me and I may eternally live in thee.

- Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words, no. 7

O Remnant of God! I am wholly sacrificed to Thee; I am content with curses in Thy path; I crave nought but to be slain in Thy love; and God, the Supreme, sufficeth as an eternal protection.

- The Báb, quoted by Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 139

God's Love it was that sustained the Báb and brought him to his supreme sacrifice, and made his bosom the willing target for a thousand bullets.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 83

12 May | p.m

If Thou smellest from any one the smell of the love of Thy Lord, offer up Thyself for him, for We have created Thee to this end, and have covenanted with Thee, from time immemorial, and in the presence of the congregation of Our well-favored ones, for this very purpose.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 283

11 May | p.m

Give ear to the sayings of the Friend and turn towards His paradise. Worldly friends, seeking their own good, appear to love one the other, whereas the true Friend hath loved and doth love you for your own sakes; indeed He hath suffered for your guidance countless afflictions. Be not disloyal to such a Friend, nay rather hasten unto Him.

- Baha'u'llah, The Persian Hidden Words

7 May | p.m

Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive.

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 93