1972年3月5日 · Whether you are just learning about temples, preparing to enter for the first time, or attending the temple frequently, we invite you to read and learn from the speeches in this collection. They will enlighten and uplift you and will help you understand the sacredness and purpose of temples and the covenants made therein.

2023年10月10日 · The temple veil stood between humans and their entrance into the temple’s holiest place; in the same way, the Savior stands between the celestial kingdom and us. [Symbols and Shadows: Unlocking a Deeper Understanding of the Atonement (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2009), 33] 56. Doctrine and Covenants 45:4–5. 57.

2009年2月10日 · The Draper Utah Temple will be the third temple to be dedicated in the Salt Lake Valley, the 12th in the state of Utah, and the 129th in the Church. During the open-house period, over one million tickets have been requested and given out for the eight-week public open house.

Temple Sealing. Finally, I speak of the power associated with celestial marriage. Whenever I participate or officiate in a temple marriage, I am overawed by the power given to bind on earth and seal eternally in heaven. I am reminded of a power and work that, if not effected, would result in utter waste—waste beyond our understanding.

2022年4月5日 · The temple endowment ceremony communicates the concepts and covenants to facilitate this greater power. Just as the children learned to follow patterns while painting Christ, worship in the temple and learn the patterns and the process to become more like Jesus.

Temple Recommends. Once we are committed to a celestial marriage, we should understand and do the things that lead to it: To enter the temple, you will need what is called a recommend. A searching interview will be conducted first by your bishop and then by your stake president. First, they will ask, “Do you have a testimony of the gospel?”

1977年4月12日 · A constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under the superintending influence of heaven. I have recounted here before what took place in the St. George Temple when the Founding Fathers of this nation visited President Wilford Woodruff, who was then a member of the Twelve and not president of the Church.

2015年11月3日 · A Temple in Philadelphia In the ten years prior to my being called to the Presiding Bishopric, I had the blessing and privilege of helping to identify and acquire sites for temples. A few years ago President Thomas S. Monson announced that there would be a ­temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, so we went to work researching possible sites ...

2024年3月5日 · For most of you listening to me today, you meet all the criteria to be endowed if you feel a desire to receive and honor sacred temple covenants throughout your life. 31. Until you are ready, continue to prepare. This includes doing family history work and qualifying for and using a temple recommend for proxy baptisms and confirmations.

2019年6月11日 · Similarly, when I went to the temple for the first time before my mission, the covenants were meaningful, but I was only twenty-one, and my life experience was quite limited. Now, as a ­middle-aged woman, I have wept with gratitude at the veil and been struck by how the temple gives me an eternal perspective when the daily troubles of the ...