THINNING OF THE VEIL

During a very difficult time in Lorenzo Snow's life, the Savior gave him very detailed instructions through an unexpected, miraculous thinning of the veil experience. We can learn quite a lot about how to use some of the tools that President Snow utilized, in our own seeking to thin the veil. As we study this sacred interaction, we will be taught line upon line and precept upon precept as we...

 Is it just a veil, or a wall, that separates us from those who've passed on? Boyd K. Packer's classic talk on covenants makes the case that our departed loved ones remain close and continue to minister to us — and explains why temple work and family history research for our kindred dead stand as some of the clearest evidence we have of the resurrection and the Atonement of Jesus Christ....

Creators at FamilySearch have created a new app that helps recording special moments in real time, it also helps to create memories and stories for ancestors who have passed, find ancestors who are ready to have their work done, and also can organize how we approach doing family history. It is truly an all in one app that is easy to understand and use. Colette will cover this new app in three part...

What do three separate dreams from three different people have in common? The answer...miracles that surround the Gathering of Israel. The Lord's work of the Gathering will always include miracles and mighty manifestations. Revelation can and will come in whatever form God chooses to communicate. It is clear that the prophecy in Joel 2, that your old men and woman and young men and woman, wil...

"Within the Church there is an established pattern for receiving revelation and instructions", says Elder Marvin J. Ashton. The doctrine of parting the veil is no different. There are established patterns in the scriptures that teach not only how one can part the veil, but also that we should be seeking to understand this doctrine more fully.  President Nelson has promised that we can le...

Truman Madsen is a true scholar of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He has frequently taught on the subject of temples. This talk, given at a BYUI devotional was given on October 26, 2004. Brother Truman covers many aspects of temple worship and how to improve our own individual tutoring in the house of the Lord. Some of the things he covers are the relationship between our own mortal bodies and temple...

FamilySearch is always changing, allowing for easier usage of the website and also faster and easier ways to help your family on the other side of the veil. Today, Colette demonstrates the new Temple Ordinances tool that is still in it's testing phase. However, it is easily accessible for most individuals, and allows you to invite others to use this amazing new technology. You most definitely...

Wilford Woodruff is no stranger to trials and soul trying experiences. His wife Phebe became critically ill and died. Wilford, who was extremely despondent, had a revelation that he should bring her back through priesthood power. Phebe was given the choice to come back if she would help her husband and sustain him in his priesthood roles. This extraordinary story of love and the power of the pries...

There are times in our lives when only help from the other side of the veil can help us. The Davis Family experienced a very traumatizing event on a camping trip on July 18th of this year. Chase had a serious accident and by all accounts, should have died. However, Shelley Davis felt a host of heavenly angels directing medical personnel and protecting her son, who made a full recovery. Shelley tes...

In a general conference talk in October of 1972, Elder Burton addressed the importance of each person, old or young, to participate in temple and family history work. It is a priesthood responsibility, Elder Burton even calling it, "Priesthood genealogy". He also teaches one of the meanings of the earth would be and will be smitten with a curse if we do not personally participate. He poi...

Information gathering is critical when doing genealogical work. FamilySearch has a massive data base of a lot of different kinds of information. However, each individual has information that has not yet been input into the FamilySearch system. These familial bits of information from first hand sources are critical to the furthering of the Gathering, for one thread always leads to another. Colette...

One of the worst tragedies in life is to lose a child. In this episode we learn through a thinning of the veil experience, that even that immense pain and hurt are healed by our Heavenly Father and the Savior through temple work. One of the many miracles of the Gathering of Israel is that relationships that were once lost on this side of the veil, are made right at the holy altars of the temples....

Brother Andy White, a convert to the church has been pulled to the Gathering of Israel ever since becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Through out his journey of gathering his ancestors into the fold, he has seen many manifestations and experienced many miracles. One of those miracles is that he has developed a deeper relationship with his daughter who passed when...

We are taught that our bodies are temples. What does that mean and what are the blessings associated with treating our bodies as temples? In 2005, Carol Wilkinson, a BYU professor, wrote an article about these very questions. Using scriptures and citations of prophets, she teaches how we can be conduits of revelation, the same as the latter day temples that we physically enter to do temple work. D...

AI has revolutionized the way in which we process information and utilize technology, making our lives easier. Whether good or bad, AI is here to stay. Fortunately in the work of genealogical research, it has changed the way and speed at which seemingly difficult information on ancestors is found. AI is truly a miracle when it is in the hands of genealogists and those seeking to unite families for...

Does the ministering of angels really happen in one's life? In D&C 130 verse 5, we learn that angels that minister to this earth are "those who do belong or have belonged to it." Most often the angels that are involved in our lives are our ancestors who love us and who have gone before. They understand the perils and traumas that we currently face and are heavily involved in aid...

Urim and Thummim in Hebrew means, "lights and perfections". Within the context of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we find added meaning to the most often used definition of a Urim and Thummim, being and instrument to translate languages. In the Endowment ceremony we find additional powers and insights to another meaning and use of a Urim and Thummim. We see in the pattern...

In the work of the Gathering of Israel, we all have our parts to do and accomplish before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Elder Bednar describes the aspects of the work that we should be focused on and more importantly the blessings that come from being a savior on Mount Zion. The rising generation have a crucial role in making sure that this work moves forward at an unprecedented pace. If we w...

In the Gathering of Israel, revelatory experiences can be quite commonplace. Some experiences are straightforward, others leaving you wondering what they were all about. Through revelation from the Holy Ghost, impressions, dreams, pressing upon one's mind, and other distinct ways can lead you to someone who needs help on the other side of the veil. The next step is navigating FamilySearch so...

In studying D&C 128:18, it says, " ...things which never have been revealed from the foundation of the world, but have been kept hid from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto babes and sucklings in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times." In this episode, Chloe Chambers, a young single adult, explains the revelatory process of seeking to find ancestors that need help....

Under extreme duress, Joseph Smith received a revelation that would change the trajectory of all persons on both sides of the veil. In this episode the patterns of the thinning of the veil and principles related to the hastening of the work in D&C 128,  are discussed at length. The prophet testifies about the power and role of young people in the final dispensation. The glories and manifestati...

Donald W. Parry is a BYU professor who studies and teaches, the Hebrew Bible. This particular speech was given on July 31, 2012. In this talk, he quite extensively talks about angels by looking at the patterns through out the ages of heavenly messengers visiting the earth. Elder Parry, teaches that angels have always been involved in helping those living in mortality to accomplish the work of the...

There are always new and exciting things happening at FamilySearch. All are intended to help us be more efficient and effective in the Gathering of Israel. Colette currently works at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake, and knows about all the new and exciting things happening behind the scenes. In this episode she instructs about one of those new opportunities. A new way of finding family ordin...

In General Conference 1973, President Harold B. Lee gave a talk titled, "Stand Ye in Holy Places". He  begins by teaching the importance of service in the Lord's Kingdom. The commands to comfort those that stand in need of comfort, to bear one another's burdens, and come into the fold of God. He encourages, "The great call has come now in the sermons of the brethren to aid...

On May 16, 1986, in Cokeville, Wyoming, an unimaginable tragedy happened. A school of elementary aged children was taken over by two deranged individuals, David and Doris Young. They brought with them numerous weapons, including a gasoline bomb. Their intent was to get rich by holding hostages and requiring a ransom. After they rounded up everyone in the school into one small classroom, their plan...