At Ridvan 1973 we shall, God willing, witness the successful
conclusion of the nine-year-long, world-encircling enterprise which inaugurated
the second epoch of 'Abdu'l-Baha's Divine Plan. The victorious culmination of
this initial stage of the tenth part of the majestic process set in motion over
six thousand years ago will prepare the way for the next stage in the series of
crusades destined to achieve the penetration of the Light of God's Faith into
the remaining territories of the planet and the erection of the entire
machinery of Baha'u'llah's Administrative Order throughout the world.
On the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, the members of the National
Spiritual Assemblies gathered in the Holy Land for the Third International
Convention will participate in the commemoration of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. To enable all believers
throughout the world to share in the observance of this highly significant
centenary, national and local celebrations for Baha'is only should be held on
that day.
We call upon each community to undertake, during the period
between the First Day of the Most Great Festival and the commemoration of the
Declaration of the Blessed Bab, a widespread proclamation campaign which would
include publicity on the completion of the Nine Year Plan and the holding of
the third International Convention at the Baha'i World Centre in the Holy Land.
With loving Baha'i greetings,
The Universal House of Justice
(‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’)
