On Illness (D&C 42:43-52)

(43) If you’re sick and you don’t have the faith to be healed, (48) or I have appointed this time in your life to illness or death, so you can’t be healed, then it’s the job of everyone around you to dedicate resources and time to taking care of you with tenderness and without judgement. (44) When you’re sick, call for people with the priesthood to lay their hands on your head and invoke my name on your behalf, and whatever happens after that happens according to my will. If you die, then your death is an act of consecration; if you live, then your life must be an act of consecration too.

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On Taking Care of the Poor (D&C 42:30-33)

(30) Literally, one of the things I talked most about during my mortal ministry was poverty—people who are suffering from it are always your kuleana. I’m not going to tell you how to take care of them, but I am going to tell you that to truly be my disciples, you must support them and give up those things you think that you’ve earned (which, to be clear, I’ve actually given you) to take care of them. This is a covenant between you and me, and I do not release you from that covenants nor will I ever.

(31-32) When you give to people who have less than you, you are giving to me. You’ll give it to my representatives, and they’ll consult with me and give it out to the people who need it. You are not an owner of anything, you are a steward, and I give you charge over the people around you. Keep what you need to take care of your family, and then be generous.

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