“Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.” (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘The Kitáb-i-Aqdas’)

December 17

Say, O My people!  Show honour to your parents and pay homage to them.  This will cause blessings to descend upon you from the clouds of the bounty of your Lord, the Exalted, the Great. 

- Baha’u’llah  (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Family Life’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, March 2008)