This generation of Bahá'í youth enjoys a unique distinction.
You will live your lives in a period when the forces of history are moving to a
climax, when mankind will see the establishment of the Lesser Peace, and during
which the Cause of God will play an increasingly prominent role in the
reconstruction of human society. It is you who will be called upon in the years
to come to stand at the helm of the Cause in face of conditions and
developments which can, as yet, scarcely be imagined.
- The Universal House of
Justice (From a message dated 4 July 1983 ‘To the European Youth Conference in
Innsbruck’; Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963)
