November 28

In a Tablet addressed to the American believers, a few days before He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] passed away, He thus vented His pent-up longing to depart from this world: “I have renounced the world and the people thereof... In the cage of this world I flutter even as a frightened bird, and yearn every day to take My flight unto Thy Kingdom. Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá! Make Me drink of the cup of sacrifice, and set Me free.” 
- Shoghi Effendi  (‘God Passes By’)