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1501. We Should Not Make a Practice of Saying Grace or of Teaching It to Our
Children
"He does not feel that the friends should make a practice of saying grace or of
teaching it to children. This is not part of the Bahá'í Faith, but a Christian
practice, and as the Cause embraces members of all races and religions we
should be careful not to introduce into it the customs of our previous beliefs.
Bahá'u'lláh has given us the obligatory prayers, also prayers before sleeping,
for travellers, etc. We should not introduce a new set of prayers He has not
specified, when He has given us already so many, for so many occasions."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer,
September 27, 1947)
If that's the case why are the two Grace prayers in Baha'i prayer books?
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