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1142. Patriarchal Blessings and Your Life’s Mission Impossible By Craig R. Frogley · June 16, 2019 in Meridian Magazine

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My oldest son, with whom I live, is a Patriarch.  I love to read whatever I can about Patriarchs, and Patriarchal Blessings.  My grandfather and great grandfather were also Patriarchs in pioneer St. George, Utah. Patriarchal Blessings and Your Life’s Mission Impossible By Craig R. Frogley  · June 16, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE This week’s Visitor’s Center Fireside begins a two-part study of the seemingly unusual Christian practice of patriarchal blessings.  After interviewing local members over what to explore with them, I was told that many equated these blessings with the superstitious practice of fortune telling or horoscopes and so didn’t seek a blessing of their own.  So why do we counsel all members to seek one from a stake patriarch when fathers and mothers are the spiritual leaders of the sacred and basic unit of the Kingdom?  Among other things, there is no either-or choice betw...