The Miraculous Assistance of “Temple”
Angels
By Anne Hinton Pratt · January 29, 2020
Can
attending the temple change your life? What actual blessings can you receive
from doing family history and temple work? Those are powerful questions, and
there are powerful answers. When we do this work of gathering on both sides of
the veil, the heavens are unleashed for our good!
Physical Intervention of Angels
There
is great organization and synchronicity beyond the veil. If spirits want
their work done, and find willing participants, they will bless the
participants in varied and amazing ways. Sometimes they even get physical
in their help.
Robert
Cowart recounts a time where he felt the physical force of an angel
aiding him in finding an important book he needed to continue his family
research. He had been searching for years for any information on his
father’s grandmother, Francis Allen, and discovered that there were two books
in the Family History Library in Salt Lake that would give him the information
he needed.
One
day, he had a four-hour layover in Salt Lake City, while traveling for his
work, and decided to take a cab to the library and see what he could find. He
found the location of the books he thought might have the information, but
there was nothing about Francis Allen. He writes:
“I only
had a few minutes left so randomly checking books was not possible. When
I walked back to the book area I sensed the presence of numerous spirits. As I
sat there my right hand all on its own went to the shelf right in front of me
and took a book off the shelf. I opened the book to the index and
there was a Frances Allen! I went to the page and there was a wedding
announcement for her and my Great grandfather, saying Frances Allen of
Jefferson County! No one would have ever guessed that she was from there.”
Robert
then called his wife and excitedly told her the news. When he returned
home, they made the trip to the Jefferson county courthouse and shortly
discovered that Frances Allen had been orphaned when both parents were killed
in an accident. Because of the physical angelic intervention and
in-depth synchronicity Robert was led to the book, where he could quickly trace
her genealogy back to Ireland. (Robert Cowart, Story used by
permission).
M.
Russell Ballard taught about the eligibility we all have for angelic assistance
when we honor the covenants we make in the temple. He
said:
“All
who have made sacred covenants with the Lord and who honor those
covenants are eligible to receive personal revelation, to be blessed by the
ministering of angels, to commune with God, to receive the
fulness of the gospel, and, ultimately, to become heirs alongside Jesus Christ
of all our Father has.”(M. Russell Ballard, “Men and Women and Priesthood
Power,” Ensign, September 2014 Italics added).
Angels Bless Women’s Sacrifice with Miraculous Orchestration of
Events
I love
an experience conveyed to me by Patricia H Arnazzi. It illustrates the
painstaking details that angels can orchestrate in order to help us, especially
when they know we have sacrificed for them. She writes about a series of
miracles she experienced on an extraordinary Saturday morning when she attended
the temple.
“As
every Saturday, I had gone to the LA temple to serve. Once there, I decided to
do initiatory names. Later that day, I was taking a very important licensing
examination at the university, but I thought I would have enough time to drive
there (over an hour drive) and do all ten names I had received.
“All
went according to plan, until the last three names. The LA temple was closing
for renovation and that Saturday was packed with patrons and not enough
workers. They came to pull workers to take them to help with the veil and
invited those of us waiting for a booth available to return the unfinished work
if we could not wait. I checked my watch and realized that if I waited, I would
miss that very crucial licensing exam.
“I was
about to return my unfinished work when I looked down to read those three names
again. I read their information, including the dates when they had died and
realized they had been waiting too long for those ordinances. My heart
melted. I could not do that to them and made my decision to
patiently wait to do their names. I prayed for Heavenly Father to help me
later on the road and to change the laws of physics so that I could arrive on
time for my test. “As soon as I thought this, I felt myself being
embraced as if in a group hug. A wonderful sense of peace engulfed me.
I
waited for thirty minutes without complaint. In fact, when some of the other
sisters waiting with me would complain that it was taking too long, I would
only smile peacefully as if I had all the time in the
world.
“After
I was finished, I rushed to my car and realized I had only thirty minutes to
cover 75 miles, an impossible task any day in LA. I knew I would be late
for my exam and most likely denied entrance, but I decided to risk it.
“I was
driving to the max speed when all of a sudden, I felt a strong impression to
reduce the speed drastically. I questioned it for a second since the
road was almost clear and I was making good time, which perhaps would help me
in pleading leniency later for my test. But the impression was too strong, and
I obeyed. I saw the speedometer go from 65 to 30 and then, heard a loud pop on
the right. I saw a car driving on the last lane of the freeway lose control and
start spinning coming into the second lane and barely missing a car,
going into the lane next to me and finally crashing on the median wall
right in front of my car. I hit the brakes and had no problem avoiding the
collision since I had already reduced my speed before.”
The miracles did not end there for Patricia. Upon reaching
the university, almost an hour late, Patricia discovered with joy that
technical difficulties had delayed the test and that it had not even
begun. She feels strongly that those “temple angels” protected her and
helped her pass that exam. (Patricia H Arnazzi, Story used with permission)
God’s profound promised blessings are reaffirmed by President
Russell M. Nelson when he said:
“…every
time you worthily serve and worship in the temple, you leave armed with
God’s power and with His angels having “charge over” you. (Russell M. Nelson,
“Spiritual Treasures,” Oct. Conference 2019, Italics added)
Departed Cousin Leading the Way to Find Many Family Names
A few
years ago, Rex Lowe was in the temple sitting in a session with his eyes closed
talking to the Lord. Suddenly he became aware that there was someone
standing next to him. Rex wrote:
“I
opened my eyes and there was my cousin Ken. He said, ‘Rex why haven’t you done
my work?’ I sat up stunned, asking myself the same question. (When he was
alive, we were good friends and I had shared the Gospel with him, but shortly
afterwards he had moved to Canada. We corresponded and I told him I would send
the missionaries so he could be baptized. He wrote back and said it was
too late, he was rapidly dying of brain cancer. Then I got a letter from his
wife saying he had passed away).
“When I
arrived home after that vision with Ken, we decided not only to do his work
ASAP, but to go thoroughly through our records again. Because of this
renewed effort, fresh and unexpected avenues opened up helping us to find a
treasure trove of family names.” (Rex Lowe, Story used with permission)
So, Ken
and many other souls benefited from Rex’s labors.
Russell
M. Nelson quoted Brigham Young as
saying,
“All
the angels in heaven are looking at this little handful of people, and stimulating
them to the salvation of the human family.”(Brigham Young, 309, 299, cited in
Nelson, “Young Adults and the Temple,” Ensign, Feb. 2006, 15.)
Angel Priesthood holders Came to Bless
Grateful
ancestors want to help us. Charles Harper experienced family from beyond
the veil during a crucial priesthood blessing. He
writes:
“My
parents were on their way to visit my father’s family when dad had a heart
attack. They had driven cross-country from California, which was how they had
traveled for years; dad had only two weeks to see his family.
“We are
converts to the church, and dad and I were the only ones in the family who were
blessed with the priesthood. I received a phone call asking that I come and
give dad a blessing. I felt so alone in the hospital room as I
laid my hands on his head to give the blessing, but as I did, I became aware
that the room was filled with priesthood holders who were there to be part of
the blessing.”
My mother’s efforts to find ancestors had resulted in the
ordination of several departed family members who were there to help me anoint
and bless dad. I didn’t see them, but I could feel them and knew they were
there.” (Charles Harper experience used with permission)
Quentin
L. Cook confirmed the powerful truth about angels when he said:
“Never
underestimate the assistance provided in temples from the other side of the
veil.” (Quentin L. Cook, “See Yourself in the Temple,” General Conference
April, 2016)
Can Attending the Temple Change Your Life?
What
blessings can doing family history and temple work bring? A critical book
located; a difficult test passed; abundance of family names discovered; loving
support given, and lives saved. Who wouldn’t want those blessings? When
we do this work of gathering on both sides of the veil, the heavens and their
hosts are unleashed for our good.
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