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An Easter Message

I was lucky enough to be asked to write the narration that would accompany our ward choir's musical presentation this Sunday. I would particularly recommend listening to a recording of three numbers: "Long Ago, Within a Garden," "Tenebrae in E Flat," and "Love is Come Again." They are beautiful pieces. This is what I was thinking about this Easter: For all Christians, the Easter season is one of joy. At Easter Christians around the world celebrate the voluntary sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ, the only perfect being ever to walk the earth, who laid down his life of his own choice on Calvary and then received it again on the morning of the third day. But for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Easter season holds special significance. Because we have been blessed with a restoration of the plain and precious gospel truths lost from the Bible and found in the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great