Feb 14, 2025 | Ordinances, Temples
Question Gramps, My girlfriend, who is a recent convert, watched a video of the temple handshake near the veil. She is now confused and scared about being a member because she says it looks like Freemasonry. I don’t know how to explain the handshake...
Jan 12, 2025 | Covenants, Ordinances
Question Gramps, It’s easy to understand what it means to obey commandments and statutes, as well as to keep covenants. But since an ordinance is a sacred act, how does one obey it? How can an action be kept or obeyed? Loretta Answer Loretta, In...
Jan 26, 2024 | Ordinances
Question Gramps, When I was very young, my entire family went to the LDS Laie Hawaiian Temple to be sealed. I remember the event quite vividly. A few years back, I went to my bishop to obtain my membership number, and there is absolutely NO record of me being...
Nov 4, 2023 | Family, Ordinances
Question Gramps, What does it mean to an individual to be sealed? We always refer to the blessing of sealings to be the opportunity to be a family forever and it is often related to being “linked” together. That’s not what I’m...
Nov 30, 2018 | Baptism, Ordinances
Question Gramps, I have a big fear of going underwater. I found my baptism really difficult. I have been a member for nearly 4 years and I still have not done a baptism in the temple because of my fear. My patriarchal blessing talks about me doing family...
Jun 28, 2018 | Current issues, Ordinances
Question Gramps, How come men can be sealed to multiple women but women cant be sealed to multiple men? Kendra Answer Dear Kendra, It’s not that simple actually. If a man is living and his wife dies, then yes he can be sealed to another...
Jan 20, 2018 | Afterlife, Ordinances
Question Dear Gramps, My patriarchal blessing says that I’ll be a savior upon Mt. Zion. What does it mean? Where do I get started? Someone Answer Dear Someone, Being a savior on Mt. Zion refers to those who act an a saving capacity for their...
Jul 17, 2016 | Ordinances
Question Gramps, I know the answers that come in the scriptures and manuals, but I’m looking for something even more basic, to understand why ordinances exist at the most fundamental level. I’m not challenging, but seeking to understand better. I...
Sep 26, 2012 | Ordinances
Question Gramps, According to Wilford Woodruff’s journal, President George Washington, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, and Christopher Columbus were ordained high priests when they appeared within the sacred walls of the St. George Temple. Why did these...
