You're not going to be here. That first Easter sequence of atonement and resurrection constitutes the most consequential moment, the most generous gift, the most excruciating pain,

and the most majestic manifestation of pure love ever to be demonstrated in the history of this world, Elder Jeffrey

Arholland said, Jesus Christ the only begotten son of God, suffered, died,

and rose from death in order that he could, like lightning in a summer storm,

grasp us as we fall.

Hold us with his might, and through our obedience to his commandments,

lift us to eternal life.

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Elder Holland continues, we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever

experienced, every sorrow we have ever known, every

discouragement we have ever had, every fear we have ever faced, to say nothing of our

resurrection from death and forgiveness for our sins.

That victory is available to us because of events that transpired nearly two millennia ago in

Jerusalem.

To all such, I speak of the loneliness journey ever made and the

unending blessings it brought to all in the human family. I speak of the

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