March 19, 2013 Matthew 25 Luke 12 by Nancy Baird

Audio March 19, 2013 Lesson 88

Matthew 25
Luke 12

Quotes

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day”

“There is a tide in the affairs of men.”
Shakespeare,  Julius Ceasar, Act IV, Scene 3.)

“When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence…inevitable you think of your art, whatever it may be, as the gift you have made to the world in acknowledgment of the gift you have been given, which is the life itself…That work is not an expression of the desire for praise or recognition…but the deepest manifestation of your gratitude for the gift of life.”
 Stanley Kunitz, from The Wild Braid

“That one talent that is death to hide.”
John Milton,  b. 1655.  In despair over his blindness that was preventing him from being able to present a “true account” of himself to his Maker.

“You should paint like a man coming over the top of the hill singing.”
Robert Henri, American painter, quoted by George Will, Deseret News, March 14, 2013.

March 12, 2013 Matthew 24 Mark 13 by Diane Adair

 Audio March 12, 2013 Lesson 87

Matthew 24
Mark 13

Quotes

“The sacrament…most often repeated ordinance in the church…with so very much at stake this ordinance commemorating our escape from the angel of darkness should be taken more serious than it often is…it should be a powerful, reverent, reflective moment it should encourage spiritual feelings and impressions…as such it should not be rushed…it is not something to get over so that the real purpose of Sacrament Meeting could be pursued…this the real purpose of the meeting…and everything that is said or sung or prayed in these meetings should be consistent with the grandeur of this sacred ordinance to remember…on some days we will have cause to remember the unkind treatment that our Savior received, the rejection He experienced and the in justice oh the injustice He endured when we too face some of that.  His life we too can remember that He too was troubled on every side but not distressed, perplexed, but not in despair…persecuted, but not forsaken cast down, but not destroyed…when those difficult times come to us we can remember that Jesus had to descend below all things before He could ascend above them…and that He suffered pains and afflictions of every kind that He may be filled with mercy and know how to succor His people us, to run to our aid..to relieve us from pain…to those who stagger or stumble He is there to steady and strengthen in the end.  He is there to save us and for all this He gave His life…however dim our days seem they have been darker for the Savior of the world…in fact in an otherwise perfected body our Lord of the sacrament table has chosen to retain for the benefit of His disciples the wounds in His hands and feet and side signs if you will that painful things happen even to the pure and perfect.  Signs if you will, that pain in this world is not evidence that God does not love you…it is the wounded Christ who is the captain of our souls, He who yet bears the scars of sacrifice.”    Jeffrey R. Holland

“To reap the benefits of love, we must be specific, action must be taken.  The hungry man must not be pitied he must be fed.  The lonesome boy/girl needs not just a quick smile she needs someone to walk with arm in arm.”  Marvin J. Ashton

Talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland – “This Do in Remembrance of Me”