When one is praying in private, one may do what one's heart
prompts in such matters. However when prayers are read at meetings, care should
be taken not to develop rigid practices and rituals.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 8 April
1982, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual
believer; compilation: ‘Selected Guidance Concerning Devotional Gatherings’,
prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, 2001)
