December 9

O ye that are enamoured of the divine Beauty! O ye that are enraptured by the true Beloved! In this day when the fierce gales or tests and trials have encompassed the world, and  fear and trembling have agitated the planet, ye must appear above the horizon of unwavering  constancy with shining faces and radiant brows in such wise that the gloom of terror and  confusion may be entirely obliterated and the light of certitude may shine resplendent in the  luminous skies.  
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones’, prepared by the International Teaching Centre for the Continental Counsellors and their Auxiliaries, May 2018)