From: Messages to the Baha'i World Community - by Shoghi Effendi
Dear fellow-workers in the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh: -
It is with words of regret and disappointment that I desire
to open this letter because of my inability, in view of my manifold and
pressing duties, to respond individually and in writing to the many messages of
love and sympathy and of hope that you have so affectionately sent me since our
Beloved's passing from this World. I am sure I am voicing the sentiments of the
bereaved ladies of the Household when I say that however desirous we may be to
correspond separately with every one of you, the grave responsibilities and
manifold duties now devolved upon us make it regrettably impossible to express
in written messages to every friend what we constantly feel in our hearts, and
pray for when visiting His sacred Shrine.
At this grave and momentous period through which the Cause
of God in conformity with the Divine Wisdom is passing, it is the sacred duty
of every one of us to endeavor to realize the full significance of this Hour of
Transition, and then to make a supreme resolve to arise steadfastly for the
fulfilment of our sacred obligations.
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