Invocation of Blessings From a Prophet to the People of the World

In this year's General Conference Thomas S. Monson President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and sustained Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, pointedly invoked the blessings of heaven upon the attendees.

By 'pointedly', I mean he literally pointed to various people in the audience and then all around to indicate it was intended for everyone.  This is something the audience obviously noticed.  This morning a friend mentioned, the press picked up on the invocation too. (He was reading an article that referenced it.)  He and I discussed the frequency of these invocations because I had remembered very vividly receiving an invocation from President Hinckley and somewhat peripherally feeling like I remembered an invocation from President Eyring at one point.  I had because of this had somewhat of an assumption that an invocation came with every conference.  His contention was that they were rare.  This of course caused us both to research the facts.

Turns out my assumption was incorrect, however there have been many invocation of blessings throughout the history of not only General Conference, but all talks. I thought it would be beneficial to summarize in one location all of the invocations given to the Saints and to the World at large for not only my own personal study, but also for anyone else who may be interested in this topic.


General Conference
Sunday April 1 2012
Closing Remarks - Thomas S. Monson

(This will be posted at a later date as the transcripts are not yet posted.)



General Conference
October 2011
Council to the Youth - Boyd K. Packer

If you will follow these principles, you will be watched over and protected and you yourself will know by the promptings of the Holy Ghost which way to go, for “by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.”¹⁶ I promise you that it will be so and invoke a blessing upon you, our precious youth, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


General Conference
October 2010
Cleansing the Inner Vessel - Boyd K. Packer

Strangely enough, it may be that the simplest and most powerful prevention and cure for pornography, or any unclean act, is to ignore and avoid it. Delete from the mind any unworthy thought that tries to take root. Once you have decided to remain clean, you are asserting your God-given agency. And then, as President Smith counseled, “Don’t look back.”

I promise that ahead of you is peace and happiness for you and your family. The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is that a man and his wife and their children can be happy at home. And I invoke the blessings of the Lord upon you who are struggling against this terrible plague, to find the healing that is available to us in the priesthood of the Lord. I bear witness of that power in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

General Conference 
April 2010
A Word At Closing - Thomas S. Monson

As we leave this conference, I invoke the blessings of heaven upon each of you. As you return to your homes around the world, I pray our Heavenly Father will bless you and your families. May the messages and spirit of this conference find expression in all that you do—in your homes, in your work, in your meetings, and in all your comings and goings.

I love you. I pray for you. May God bless you. May His promised peace be with you now and always, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

General Conference

October 2009

Closing Remarks - Thomas S. Monson

 

Now, as we leave this conference, I invoke the blessings of heaven upon each of you. May all of you return safely to your homes. As you ponder the things you have heard during this conference, may you say, with the people of King Benjamin who all cried with one voice, “We believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us … that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.” ² May every man and woman, boy and girl leave this conference a better person than he or she was when it began two days ago.

I love you, my brothers and sisters. I pray for you. I would ask once again that you would remember me and all the General Authorities in your prayers. We are one with you in moving forward this marvelous work. I testify to you that we are all in this together and that every man, woman, and child has a part to play. May God give us the strength and the ability and the determination to play our part well.

I bear my testimony to you that this work is true, that our Savior lives, and that He guides and directs His Church here upon the earth. I leave with you my witness and my testimony that God our Eternal Father lives and loves us. He is indeed our Father, and He is personal and real.

May God bless you. May His promised peace be with you now and always.  I bid you farewell until we meet again in six months’ time, and do so in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer and our Advocate with the Father, amen.

General Conference

October 2009

Prayer and Promptings - Boyd K. Packer

May the Lord bless us and sustain President Monson and his family in every way that will be needful to carry on the great work that is upon his shoulders. I bear that witness and invoke that blessing as a servant of the Lord and in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

General Conference

April 2008

Looking Back and Moving Forward - Thomas S. Monson

I invoke His blessings upon you, my beloved brothers and sisters, in your homes, in your work, in your service to one another and to the Lord Himself. Together we shall move forward doing His work.

I pledge my life, my strength—all that I have to offer—in serving Him and in directing the affairs of His Church in accordance with His will and by His inspiration, and I do so in His holy name—even the Lord Jesus Christ—amen.