A friend asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá how far the individual could
attain to that Christ consciousness in himself of which St. Paul speaks as our
hope of Glory. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá turned with a look of great joy and said with
an impressive gesture:
“The bounty and power of God is limitless for each human
soul. Consider what was the quickening power of the Christ when He was on
earth. Look at His disciples! They were poor and uncultured men. Out of the
rough fisherman He made the great Peter, and out of the poor village girl of
Magdala He made one who is a power in all the world today. Many queens have
reigned who are remembered by their dates in history, and nothing more is known
of them. But Mary the Magdalene is greater than them all. It was she whose love
strengthened the disciples when their faith was failing. What she did for the
world cannot be measured. See what a divine power was enkindled in her by the
power of God!”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes of
conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
