Whatsoever gathering is arranged with the utmost love, and
where those who attend are turning their faces toward the Kingdom of God, and
where the discourse is of the Teachings of God, and the effect of which is to
cause those present to advance—that gathering is the Lord’s, and that festive
table hath come down from heaven.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings
of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)