One reason Latter-day Saints do not emphasize the cross as a symbol, apostle Jeffrey R. Holland said in the first GeneralConference speech Sunday morning, “stems from our biblical roots.”
Below are the latest speeches and announcements from Sunday’s sessions emanating from the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City and streamed across the globe. Apostle David A. Bednar speaks at General Conference on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.Being chosen “is not an exclusive status conferred upon us,” apostle David A. Bednar said. “Rather, you and I ultimately can choose to be chosen through the righteous exercise of our moral agency.
The church’s Young Men general president extolled the virtues of For Strength of Youth conferences, which resumed this year after break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is an absolute truth of our human existence that we cannot negotiate around according to our own desires and get away with it,” he said. “I am reminded of this every time I take a flight from Africa to come to General Conference, resetting the body clock backwards by 10 hours in one day.”
None of us “is perfect, nor is any family,” he said. “Our relationships include love, sociality and personality, but often also friction, hurt, sometimes profound pain.” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor in the general presidency of the women's Relief Society, speaks at General Conference on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.
And, she said. “None of us has perfect lives nor perfect families. I certainly don’t.” But empathizing with others “can help them feel that they are not alone in their struggles. Everyone needs to feel that they really do belong and are needed in the body of Christ.” Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland speaks at General Conference on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.
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