The Night Watchman | True Stories of Ministering Angels & Deceased Ancestors (LDS)

Send us Fan MailDo our deceased ancestors minister to us during temple and family history work? In this Latter-day Saint (LDS) story-day episode, host Tia Smith shares two true accounts from David Frederick Babbel's book Mine Angels Round About You, drawn from his mission in Brazil. In the first, an unseen choir of voices sings alongside the congregation at a convert's baptism — Silvia de Jesus — as her deceased ancestors seem to gather, waiting for their vicarious temple work to be done, a manifestation of the "power of godliness" promised in priesthood ordinances (Doctrine and Covenants 84:20). In the second, "The Night Watchman," two missionaries encounter a mysterious man outside the mission home who is later recognized as the mission president's own deceased father — promised in a patriarchal blessing to help watch over the work. Tia testifies that our labor in family history and temple work is the same holy work as missionary service, and that ministering angels — often our own family beyond the veil — surround us as we gather Israel.Q: Do Latter-day Saints believe our deceased ancestors can be present at sacred ordinances like baptism?A: Yes. In Mine Angels Round About You, mission president David Frederick Babbel records the baptism of Silvia de Jesus in Brazil, where missionaries heard an unseen choir singing and felt strongly that her deceased ancestors were present, waiting for their vicarious temple work to be done. It reflects the LDS teaching that the "power of godliness" is manifest in priesthood ordinances (Doctrine and Covenants 84:20).Q: Are there true LDS stories of a deceased parent ministering to the living?A: In the "Night Watchman" account from Mine Angels Round About You, two missionaries in Brazil met a mysterious man outside the mission home who was later recognized as the mission president's own deceased father — who had been promised in a patriarchal blessing that he would help watch over the mission. Latter-day Saint teaching holds that ministering angels are often our own family beyond the veil, sent in love to help in the Lord's work.Q: Is family history and temple work as important as serving a full-time mission?A: In this episode, Tia Smith testifies that gathering Israel through family history and temple work is the same holy work as missionary service, with the same promise of angels to attend those who do it. As we seek to unite our families across the veil, those on the other side labor alongside us — it is their work too.▶️ 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 #PersonalRevelationSupport the show