For the purpose of the Holy Year [April 1992-1993] is not
fulfilled by public memorials alone, befitting as they will be. Essential to
its purpose is the opportunity it offers for inner reflection on the part of
every Bahá'í individual. Indeed, this is a special time for a rendezvous of the
soul with the Source of its light and guidance, a time to turn to Bahá'u'lláh,
to seek to obtain a deeper appreciation of His purpose, to renew allegiance to
Him. This is a time of retreat to one's innermost being, to the dwelling-place
of the Spirit of Baha, that interior to which He summons us when He says:
"Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within
thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting." This is a time for
recommitment to the Covenant, for rededication to duty, for revitalizing the
energy for teaching, the "most meritorious of all deeds.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a message dated Ridvan 1992; ‘A Wider Horizon, Selected
Letters 1983-1992’)
