O my Lord, my Hope!
[1]
Praise be unto Thee, for Thou hast sent down unto us this
spiritual table, supreme benefit and heavenly blessing. O our Lord! Strengthen
us to partake of this heavenly food, so that its fine essence may run through
the pillars of our spiritual being and that we may thereby obtain a celestial
power for serving Thy Cause, promulgating Thy signs and adorning Thy vineyard
with lofty trees, the fruits whereof shall be near (to gather) and of perfuming
fragrances. Verily Thou art the Possessor of great bounty! Verily Thou are the
Clement, the Merciful!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha ('Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1')
[1] May be said before meals
