A reading!

Posted by Tom Lysaght: 

   "O concourse of ardent lovers!

    By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation...

   

This is the night wherein the Spirit intoned such a melody as to throw into commotion the inner realities of all men...   

This, indeed, is the night wherein He Who is the reality of the All-Merciful hath been born,

the night wherein every eternal command hath been expounded by the Pen of the All-Glorious...

This is the night wherein God shed abroad the splendour of all His most excellent names

and established Himself  upon the throne of every pure and radiant heart...

This is the night wherein the oceans of forgiveness surged...

This is the night wherein the trespasses of all that dwell on earth were forgiven...

...that every trace of sorrow might thereby be banished forever from all things.

Rejoice, then, O ye that have stepped forth into the realm of being!...

The musk-scented wine hath been unsealed by the mighty hand of Him Who is the source of sovereignty and power...

And cups of crimson-coloured wine are being borne round by the hand of the divine Joseph...

Hasten then, O concourse of men, and drink your fill from this stream of everlasting life!...

The beauty of the Desired One hath shone forth in its naked glory...

The countenance of the Best-Beloved hath dawned above the horizon of holiness...

The veils have been burned away, the clouds have been rent asunder, the signs have been revealed and the allusions unravelled

by Him Whose might is equal to all things. And this, verily, is from the grace of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Bountiful.

Let your hearts be filled with joy...

God beareth Me witness that His favour is complete, His mercy is perfected, and His countenance is beaming with joy and radiance.

And this, verily, is from the grace of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Bountiful.”

                   — Bahá’u’lláh, Days of Remembrance #44