Oaxaca Dedicatory prayer excerpts: 'May we come here frequently'
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Following is an excerpt from the Oaxaca Mexico Temple dedicatory prayer given by President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency, on March 11, 2000. The complete text of the dedicatory prayer is available on the Church News Web site: www.ldschurchnews.com
"O God our Eternal Father, with thanksgiving in our hearts we gather before Thee on this historic day. We are met to dedicate unto Thee another House of the Lord in this great nation of Mexico. . . .
"We pray that we as Thy sons and daughters may utilize this holy house. May we come here frequently and partake of the blessings which are peculiar to this house. Only in the House of the Lord are ordinances administered whose reach goes beyond the veil of death. As we serve may we bring blessings into our own lives, and then extend those blessings into the immortal lives of our forebears who have gone on. Help us to be faithful and true, to walk more nearly in Thy footsteps, to look to Thee and live. . . .
"We pray for this nation of Mexico that its people may be blessed of Thee, that the poverty of the past may be lifted from their shoulders, that freedom and peace and prosperity might be enjoyed."
