December 21

O Living Temple!  Arise by the power of Thy Self in such wise that all created things will be moved to arise with Thee.  Aid, then, Thy Lord through such ascendancy and might as We have bestowed upon Thee.  Take heed lest Thou falter on that Day when all created things are filled with dismay; rather be Thou the revealer of My name, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.  Assist Thy Lord to the utmost of Thine ability, and pay no heed to the peoples of the world, for that which their mouths utter is like unto the droning of a gnat in an endless valley.  Quaff the water of life in My name, the All-Merciful, and proffer unto the near ones amongst the inmates of this lofty station that which shall cause them to become detached from all names and enter beneath this blessed and all-encompassing shadow. (Baha’u’llah, Súriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)