How Temple & Family History Work Heals Broken Families | Both Sides of the Veil (LDS)

Send us Fan MailCan temple and family history work heal broken family relationships — on both sides of the veil? On this Christmas Eve episode, Tia Smith shares a tender testimony from Sister Reyna I. Aburto, Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, given to temple presidents and matrons in 2019, about her Nicaraguan grandmother Isabel and her father Noel. Their lives held real hardship — Isabel raised her children alone, and Noel struggled with addiction and died by suicide — yet through the Savior's Atonement and the saving ordinances of the temple, Sister Aburto's family found healing. After her mother had a dream in which Noel reached out his hand, she chose to be sealed to him, and Sister Aburto knelt at a temple altar to be sealed to her parents. Framed by Tia's study of the Savior's name Master Healer, this Latter-day Saint (LDS) episode testifies that as we act as "healers" for our ancestors, our own families can be healed in the Lord's own time. Drawing on Isaiah 61 and the teachings of President Russell M. Nelson, President James E. Faust, and Elder Dale G. Renlund on the healing power of family history and temple work.Companion episode — Colette's thinning-of-the-veil experience finding and redeeming a lost family in Poland: [PASTE YOUTUBE LINK]Q: Can temple and family history work really heal broken family relationships?A: In this episode, Sister Reyna I. Aburto testifies that as we do temple and family history work for our ancestors, God brings healing on both sides of the veil, often in His own time. She shares how, after years of strained relationships and loss, her family was sealed together in the temple and found peace. Elder Dale G. Renlund likewise taught that family history and temple work provide the power to heal that which needs healing ("Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing").Q: What does it mean to be a "healer" for your ancestors as a Latter-day Saint?A: Tia Smith and Sister Aburto describe acting as a "healer with a little h" — following the Savior's pattern by performing temple ordinances that give our ancestors the chance to exercise faith, repent, and accept the gospel on the other side of the veil. Sister Aburto emphasizes that we are not called to "fix" or lecture others, but to inspire, lift, and invite them to be healed by Jesus Christ.Q: How can temple sealings bring healing after a painful family history?A: Sister Aburto shares that even after painful separations and loss, sacred sealing ordinances offered her family the chance to be bound together forever. She describes her mother choosing to be sealed to her late husband after a tender dream, and kneeling with her family at a temple altar where, as she put it, "all the pains and sorrows were forgotten." She testifies that the Savior's Atonement offers healing on both sides of the veil.Q: What did President Russell M. Nelson teach about temple work and gathering Israel?A: Sister Aburto cites President Nelson's teaching that anything we do to help anyone on either side of the veil take a step toward making covenants with God and receiving their baptismal and temple ordinances is helping to gather Israel. He taught that every one of God's children on both sides of the veil deserves to hear the restored gospel and can decide for themselves whether to accept it.▶️ WATCH & LISTEN🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thinningoftheveil🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinning-of-the-veil/id1753511394🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMHkZXwnSwy2b98J4M🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a45561-d4c2-46d3-af8d-a1e967a21a25📖 BOOKPatterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B📱 CONNECTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veilFacebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1429562078443774Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thinningoftheveil💛 SUPPORT THE SHOWVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear.#ThinningOfTheVeil #SpiritWorld #TempleWork #FamilyHistory #LDS #LatterDaySaints #GatheringOfIsrael #MinisteringAngels #FamilySearch #PersonalRevelationCITATIONS:Reyna I. Aburto, "Miracles of Healing Through Temple Ordinances", Liahona, November 3, 2021: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/miracles-of-healing-through-temple-ordinances?lang=engSupport the show