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One Sunday, the stake patriarch led our lesson about patriarchal blessings. Before this lesson, I knew almost nothing about these blessings. I’d heard about them once or twice, and my brother had recently received his, but I didn’t really understand their purpose.

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President Uchtdorf to Fellow Refugees: "The Gospel Is Home"

"Always remember that wherever we are, the gospel is home. It doesn't matter where we are, the gospel is home," President Uchtdorf shared with a group of refugees.

D&C Lesson 34: "Faith in Every Footstep"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION

Recognizing the Peace and Empowerment from Priesthood Blessings

I remember the first time someone in my family received the Priesthood. I was 14 and my younger brother was ordained a Deacon. About the same time two years later, when he became a Teacher, I began to take notice of a unique difference in the “feel” of our home environment. My father was Catholic and my Mother had been inactive for many years until we kids came along. There had definitely been a “void” I didn’t know existed. For years though, the “Priesthood” elicited an entanglement of ideas growing up while attending all the meetings in our LDS world and an occasional Catholic Mass.

The Joys and Pains of Gift Giving

I surprised an 84-year-old sister in our ward the other night when my little girl was singing with a group in the living room of her care facility. Her door was unlocked and I found her wrapped tightly in a blue fleece blanket — one that we had secretly given her the year before as a nightly surprise on the 12 days before Christmas.

4 Ways to Experience the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Easter Concert Anywhere on the Globe

The demand for tickets to the Easter concert performances of Messiah by the Choir and Orchestra was overwhelming. Tickets were claimed and distributed just seven and a half minutes after they were made available. Many fans of the Choir expressed a desire for additional viewing opportunities. To meet the demand to hear this beloved oratorio, the Choir has added two additional seating opportunities as well as live streaming during the performance and on-demand during the Easter weekend. These options will make it possible for everyone in the world to hear this Easter performance of Messiah by the Choir and Orchestra!

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Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | 5 June

Mormonnewsroom.org pulls stories from the international Newsroom websites to show what leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world are doing to better the communities in which they live. Canada: Interfaith Community Cleans Montreal Neighborhoods

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LDS Dad Creates Disney-Inspired Dresses You Won't Believe

By Danielle B. Wagner

“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul." —Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Mother and daughter at MTC together, serve missions at the same time

Many young sisters are having the chance to serve a mission at a younger age since President Thomas S. Monson’s announcement in the October 2012 general conference, but not many can say they are going at the same time as their mother. Andraya Salcido, 20, the youngest of seven children, is serving in the Texas Houston East Mission, Spanish-speaking, and her mother, Sister Yvonne Salcido, is serving in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission.

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The Extraordinary Street Sign God Used to Answer My Prayers as a Missionary

It's incredible how aware God is of each of us, and how He sends us reminders to let us know He cares about us.