Sister Julie B. Beck
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Men and women have "unique responsibilities and roles" but can be equally blessed through the priesthood, regardless of circumstance.
When baptized, members of the church receive the same blessings and promises through the priesthood. When partaking of the sacrament, all are "equal before the Lord." A man and a woman share equally in the blessings of a temple marriage.
Because of the priesthood, church members also "share equally in the blessings of spiritual gifts." The prophet Moroni said that some are given great faith, others the gift of healing and others to teach the word of knowledge.
Priesthood blessings are also a great equalizer among people of different life circumstances. All can be "equal before the Lord in our blessings and potential."
"Priesthood blessings are the great equalizer. Those blessings are the same for men and women, for boys and girls; they are the same for married and single, rich and poor, for the intellectual and the illiterate, for the well-known and the obscure.
"Because of the priesthood, which is woven in and around and through our lives, every power, every covenant we need to do our life's work has been poured out upon our heads."
