Dedicatory prayer excerpts: 'It is beautiful to look upon'
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Following are excerpts from the dedicatory prayer for the Villahermosa Mexico Temple given by President Thomas S. Monson on May 21, 2000. Full text of the dedicatory prayer can be found on the Church News Web site: www.ldschurchnews.com
Dear Father, we pray that Thou wilt accept it as our offering of love. Through the tithes of Thy faithful Saints, we have been blessed to construct it as our gift to Thee and to our Lord. It is beautiful to look upon and its purposes wonderful to contemplate. . . .May this in very deed be "a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God" (D&C 109:8).
May Thy Holy Spirit touch the hearts of all who enter these portals. May they do so with reverence and respect. May this Thy house stand as an expression of the covenant between Thee and Thy children, and wilt Thou be constrained to look with favor upon Thy people and open the windows of heaven and shower down blessings upon them.
