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Why Elder Kearon recorded his testimony in an empty arena

Elder Kearon’s 2025 message to BYU–Pathway students
Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks to BYU–Pathway Worldwide students during a devotional broadcast on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
BYU–Pathway Worldwide

In a broadcast to BYU–Pathway Worldwide students around the globe on Friday, Aug. 1, Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bore witness of the happiness, peace, and joy that come from the Light of Jesus Christ.

In a message titled “You Belong in the Light of Christ,” Elder Kearon testified that “light does overcome darkness. It can for you.”

He assured: “I pray that it is or, if it has not yet, that it will.”

To emphasize his message, Elder Kearon recorded his address from the floor of an empty arena.

“It is vast. It is silent. It is as if it is waiting,” Elder Kearon said of his surroundings.

Read the full story at the Church News.

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