Father, forgive them...

"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO" - JESUS CHRIST

The above words uttered by Jesus Christ on the cross at the hour of His crucifixion may aptly be applied to the equally despicable spiritual crucifixion by the Hands of the Cause of Mason Remey, following the issuance of his Proclamation to the Baha'í World at Ridván 1960, as the second Guardian of the Cause of God.

Can we forgive, however, the inexplicable spiritual blindness and loss of faith in the indestructible Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh and the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá-the sacred and immortal "Child of the Covenant"-exhibited by his fellow-Hands, who had but recently attained their spiritual rank. For, in the hasty and unwarranted decision they would make to declare the Guardianship at an end upon the passing of Shoghi Effendi in 1957, they would destroy not only the "Center of the Cause" but, as well, the institution of the Hands of the Cause (who are solely appointed by the Guardian) and the Universal House of Justice, over which only the Guardian presides for life as its "sacred head" under the terms of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. And thus, they would shamefully dismantle "the machinery of its highest institutions" and "the supreme organs of its unfolding Order" that Shoghi Effendi had "at long last" erected "in their embryonic form" at "the World Center of the Faith" as announced in his message of 30 June 1952 to the Baha'í World.

Joel B. Marangella
http://bahai-guardian.com/forgive.html