The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh encompasses all units of
human society; integrates the spiritual, administrative and social processes of
life; and canalizes human expression in its varied forms towards the
construction of a new civilization. The Nineteen Day Feast embraces all these
aspects at the very base of society. Functioning in the village, the town, the
city, it is an institution of which all the people of Bahá are members. It is
intended to promote unity, ensure progress, and foster joy.
"If this feast be held in the proper fashion,"
‘Abdu’l-Bahá states, "the friends will, once in nineteen days, find
themselves spiritually restored, and endued with a power that is not of this
world." To ensure this glorious outcome the concept of the Feast must be
adequately understood by all the friends.
- The Universal House of Justice (From
a message dated 27 August 1989; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice
1986-2001’)
