To include our parents when we ask for God's forgiveness

Thou seest, O Lord, our suppliant hands lifted up towards the heaven of Thy favor and bounty. Grant that they may be filled with the treasures of Thy munificence and bountiful favor. Forgive us, and our fathers, and our mothers, and fulfil whatsoever we have desired from the ocean of Thy grace and Divine generosity. Accept, O Beloved of our hearts, all our works in Thy path. Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Incomparable, the One, the Forgiving, the Gracious. 

- Baha'u'llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah’)

What to ask God for forgiveness

O my God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me for seeking any pleasure save Thy love, or any comfort except Thy nearness, or any delight besides Thy good-pleasure, or any existence other than communion with Thee.

- The Báb  (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)

To treat with “mercy and compassion… every living creature”

…it is not only their fellow human beings that the beloved of God must treat with mercy and compassion, rather must they show forth the utmost loving-kindness to every living creature. [1] For in all physical respects, and where the animal spirit is concerned, the selfsame feelings are shared by animal and man. Man hath not grasped this truth, however, and he believeth that physical sensations are confined to human beings, wherefore is he unjust to the animals, and cruel.

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)

[1] “all except animals which are harmful…”

Compassion is one of “the attributes of the people of faith”

…the attributes of the people of faith are justice and fair-mindedness; forbearance and compassion and generosity; consideration for others; candor, trustworthiness, and loyalty; love and loving-kindness; devotion and determination and humanity. If therefore an individual is truly righteous, he will avail himself of all those means which will attract the hearts of men, and through the attributes of God he will draw them to the straight path of faith and cause them to drink from the river of everlasting life.

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  (‘The Secret of Divine Civilization’)

Love: “the light that guideth in darkness”; “the living link that uniteth God with man”

Love is the light that guideth in darkness, the living link that uniteth God with man, that assureth the progress of every illumined soul. 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  ('Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha')