Episode Description
Can Latter-day Saints (LDS) really part the veil and feel deceased ancestors near them? President Russell M. Nelson promised we can — that as we do temple and family history work, spiritual doors will open, God's angels will attend us, and we will learn how to part the veil between heaven and earth. In this episode, host Tia Smith plays President Nelson's own words from talks including "Hear Him" (April 2020), "Spiritual Treasures," "Rejoice in the Priesthood Keys," and "The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation," then reads real experiences sent in by listeners and drawn from ancestors' records: a great-grandmother seen during a temple session, a crying baby that led to completed ordinances, a name given in the night, and a vision of the Savior asking, "Will you help me?" These are testimonies of the gathering of Israel — and of how the thinning of the veil happens in ordinary lives through temple and family history work.
Q: Did President Nelson really say we can part the veil?
A: Yes. In "The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation" and again in "Hear Him" (April 2020), President Russell M. Nelson promised that as we increase our temple and family history work, spiritual doors will open and we will learn how to part the veil and communicate more clearly with heaven. He repeated this promise across his presidency.
Q: Can ordinary Latter-day Saints see or feel their deceased ancestors?
A: This episode shares firsthand accounts from listeners who did — including a woman who saw her great-grandmother during a temple session and later recognized her from a family photo, and another who felt angels beside her during a sealing. Tia Smith frames these as fulfillments of President Nelson's promise that God's angels will attend those engaged in the gathering of Israel.
Q: How does temple and family history work open the heavens?
A: President Nelson taught that regular time in temple and family history work does more to open the heavens than almost anything else, bringing increased knowledge, power, and revelation. The listener stories in this episode show that pattern in real lives — promptings received, names given, and ancestors drawing near while the work was being done.
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