The spiritual growth generated by individual devotions is
reinforced by loving association among the friends in every locality, by
worship as a community and by service to the Faith and to one's fellow human
beings. These communal aspects of the godly life relate to the law of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
which appears in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Although the time has not come for the
building of local Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs, the holding of regular meetings for
worship open to all and the involvement of Bahá'í communities in projects of
humanitarian service are expressions of this element of Bahá'í life and a
further step in the implementation of the Law of God.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 28 December 1999 to the Bahá'ís of the World; compilation:
‘Selected Guidance Concerning Devotional Gatherings’, Extracts from Letters
Written by and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice’, prepared by the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
