Post by atheisttoad on Oct 14, 2012 22:56:31 GMT -5
Given Dec 5 1984 I was going to shred this but thought it much more dissrespectful to put it up here for all to have a good laugh over. It is so nice to be an ExMo
_______, in the name of Jesus Christ, and by virtue of my authority as a Patriarch, I lay my hands on your head to give you your Patriarchal Blessing.
You are a choice son of our Father in Heaven and He loves you more than you have the ability to comprehend. He was very pleased with your achievements in the Pre-existence and He has a great work for you to do here in mortality. He reserved you to come forth at this time in the world's history when your potential for good can be greatly magnified by the marvelous inventions of this age.
You were born of noble parents and ancestors, through the House of Joseph and the tribe of Ephraim. The special work He has for you to do is missionary work, giving spiritual leadership, and doing all you can to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ. You will have the honored opportunity of serving many formal missions, some of them with your wife, and you will also live a life that will be a mission by the example you will be to others.
You have an intelligent mind, a healthy body and a pleasing personality. As you use these God-given gifts in harmony with the principle of The Gospel you will be called to important positions of responsibility in The Church. You will advance in the Priesthood and be given the authority to administer the program of The Church for many thousands of people. As you do this in humility, diligence and righteousness, you will bless a great many lives and your capabilities will be increased, and you will become a powerful instrument for good in the hands of The Lord.
You will also be called to many positions of leadership and responsibility outside The Church. Here too your life will be an example and an inspiration, and you will be able to help many of those you lead and work with to find answers to their problems and direction to their life, and healing to their spirits.
As you obey the principles of the word of wisdom, getting adequate sleep and exercise and proper nutrition, your body will serve you well, and you will live to accomplish all of the things Father in Heaven has placed you here to do.
You should let the search for truth and righteousness be your eternal quest. As you seek to gain ever more understanding and knowledge, in institutions and also during your daily activities, you will need to remember to hold onto the iron rod, to read the scriptures daily, to ponder their meaning prayerfully, and to apply their principles diligently in your everyday life. By so doing you will be safe and efficient in all of your intellectual pursuits.
Your greatest gift and highest achievement is that of spiritual sensitivity. It was your search for truth and your desire to do that which is right that lead to your high achievement in the pre-existence, and is the thing that has most pleased your Father in Heaven. As you go forward in mortality in the direction that you are now heading you will further develop and strengthen this spiritual gift. As you study the scriptures and apply their principles you will educate your conscience and become increasingly aware of how The Lord thinks, and how He feels, and how He does His work. Thereby you will know increasingly what He would have you do, and how He would have you do it. Eventually the Holy Ghost will become your constant companion and you will then know on a moment-to-moment basis all those things that you should do, and also those things that you must not do. Cultivate this great gift by righteous living and by the service you give to you Father in Heaven by being of service to your fellowmen. Thereby you will increasingly refine your life, and develop and polish many facets – the talent and qualities that are lying dormant within you. You will then truly become a polished shaft, a source of inspiration and strength and joy to those you associate with. You will be blessed to become a highly effective missionary – a leader who naturally commands the respect, admiration and love of those you associate with, without a conscious effort to do so. This will come as a result of your desire to live close to The Lord and apply His principles in your life, and to be of service to your fellowmen.
You will have the great blessing of taking a beautiful, righteous and spiritual young lady to The Temple, there to be married and sealed for time and all eternity. You will be blessed with a numerous and a righteous posterity as some of God’s choice spirits will come into your home and will be blessed by the teaching and example they receive there, and by the love and kindness and the by wholesome and happy environment you will provide, whereby each is encouraged to develop his own uniqueness and to fulfill his own destiny for good. These children will become your eternal family and they will love and respect you and bless your name forever.
_____ yours will be an essentially happy, successful and productive life. But you will have some temptations come your way, and some difficulties to overcome. In order to overcome temptations make a conscious effort to hold onto the iron rod and draw as close as you can to The Lord and to His Gospel plan. By so doing you will safely navigate all clouds of confusion, and by drawing closer to The Lord you will put yourself further from Satan and his influences.
Part of your life will be lived during the most terrifying period this world has yet seen. Some of the cataclysmic events preceding the second coming of The Savior will be part of your life experience. Men’s hearts will fail them but you can be of good courage because your life will not be shortened one day from the time Father in Heaven has allotted to you, and you will accomplish all that He has sent you here to do. You will be caught up to meet The Savior and His Second Coming and you will ear the plaudits, “Well done thou good and faithful servant” and your conscience will be clear, because you will have done all that you could to be active in all three areas of His program in The Church missionary work, perfecting the saints, and the work for the dead. Then you will have the glorious experience during the millennium of seeing the fulfillment of what God is now preparing this world for. You will see righteousness abound, and the bounties and the beauties of this earth greater than you have the ability to even imagine at this stage of your life. There you will be helped in the great genealogical work that you will continue to do by visitors from the celestial kingdom, and you will be highly efficient in doing genealogical and temple work during that period of time. When you are resurrected you will gain the greatest of all blessing, that of eternal life and exaltation in the celestial kingdom. All these blessings I seal upon you according to your faith and your faithfulness in enduring in righteousness till the end, and this I do in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Kay Ardell Burnham, Patriarch.
_______, in the name of Jesus Christ, and by virtue of my authority as a Patriarch, I lay my hands on your head to give you your Patriarchal Blessing.
You are a choice son of our Father in Heaven and He loves you more than you have the ability to comprehend. He was very pleased with your achievements in the Pre-existence and He has a great work for you to do here in mortality. He reserved you to come forth at this time in the world's history when your potential for good can be greatly magnified by the marvelous inventions of this age.
You were born of noble parents and ancestors, through the House of Joseph and the tribe of Ephraim. The special work He has for you to do is missionary work, giving spiritual leadership, and doing all you can to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ. You will have the honored opportunity of serving many formal missions, some of them with your wife, and you will also live a life that will be a mission by the example you will be to others.
You have an intelligent mind, a healthy body and a pleasing personality. As you use these God-given gifts in harmony with the principle of The Gospel you will be called to important positions of responsibility in The Church. You will advance in the Priesthood and be given the authority to administer the program of The Church for many thousands of people. As you do this in humility, diligence and righteousness, you will bless a great many lives and your capabilities will be increased, and you will become a powerful instrument for good in the hands of The Lord.
You will also be called to many positions of leadership and responsibility outside The Church. Here too your life will be an example and an inspiration, and you will be able to help many of those you lead and work with to find answers to their problems and direction to their life, and healing to their spirits.
As you obey the principles of the word of wisdom, getting adequate sleep and exercise and proper nutrition, your body will serve you well, and you will live to accomplish all of the things Father in Heaven has placed you here to do.
You should let the search for truth and righteousness be your eternal quest. As you seek to gain ever more understanding and knowledge, in institutions and also during your daily activities, you will need to remember to hold onto the iron rod, to read the scriptures daily, to ponder their meaning prayerfully, and to apply their principles diligently in your everyday life. By so doing you will be safe and efficient in all of your intellectual pursuits.
Your greatest gift and highest achievement is that of spiritual sensitivity. It was your search for truth and your desire to do that which is right that lead to your high achievement in the pre-existence, and is the thing that has most pleased your Father in Heaven. As you go forward in mortality in the direction that you are now heading you will further develop and strengthen this spiritual gift. As you study the scriptures and apply their principles you will educate your conscience and become increasingly aware of how The Lord thinks, and how He feels, and how He does His work. Thereby you will know increasingly what He would have you do, and how He would have you do it. Eventually the Holy Ghost will become your constant companion and you will then know on a moment-to-moment basis all those things that you should do, and also those things that you must not do. Cultivate this great gift by righteous living and by the service you give to you Father in Heaven by being of service to your fellowmen. Thereby you will increasingly refine your life, and develop and polish many facets – the talent and qualities that are lying dormant within you. You will then truly become a polished shaft, a source of inspiration and strength and joy to those you associate with. You will be blessed to become a highly effective missionary – a leader who naturally commands the respect, admiration and love of those you associate with, without a conscious effort to do so. This will come as a result of your desire to live close to The Lord and apply His principles in your life, and to be of service to your fellowmen.
You will have the great blessing of taking a beautiful, righteous and spiritual young lady to The Temple, there to be married and sealed for time and all eternity. You will be blessed with a numerous and a righteous posterity as some of God’s choice spirits will come into your home and will be blessed by the teaching and example they receive there, and by the love and kindness and the by wholesome and happy environment you will provide, whereby each is encouraged to develop his own uniqueness and to fulfill his own destiny for good. These children will become your eternal family and they will love and respect you and bless your name forever.
_____ yours will be an essentially happy, successful and productive life. But you will have some temptations come your way, and some difficulties to overcome. In order to overcome temptations make a conscious effort to hold onto the iron rod and draw as close as you can to The Lord and to His Gospel plan. By so doing you will safely navigate all clouds of confusion, and by drawing closer to The Lord you will put yourself further from Satan and his influences.
Part of your life will be lived during the most terrifying period this world has yet seen. Some of the cataclysmic events preceding the second coming of The Savior will be part of your life experience. Men’s hearts will fail them but you can be of good courage because your life will not be shortened one day from the time Father in Heaven has allotted to you, and you will accomplish all that He has sent you here to do. You will be caught up to meet The Savior and His Second Coming and you will ear the plaudits, “Well done thou good and faithful servant” and your conscience will be clear, because you will have done all that you could to be active in all three areas of His program in The Church missionary work, perfecting the saints, and the work for the dead. Then you will have the glorious experience during the millennium of seeing the fulfillment of what God is now preparing this world for. You will see righteousness abound, and the bounties and the beauties of this earth greater than you have the ability to even imagine at this stage of your life. There you will be helped in the great genealogical work that you will continue to do by visitors from the celestial kingdom, and you will be highly efficient in doing genealogical and temple work during that period of time. When you are resurrected you will gain the greatest of all blessing, that of eternal life and exaltation in the celestial kingdom. All these blessings I seal upon you according to your faith and your faithfulness in enduring in righteousness till the end, and this I do in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Kay Ardell Burnham, Patriarch.