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What caused more obstacles regarding the priesthood was her mother, who didn’t believe, but I believed that, being a just God, He wouldn’t let His children perish here on Earth. He would give everyone an opportunity. He shows no partiality.

So, the priesthood, folks. Believe in it. You have to honor the priesthood. Live this priesthood. Don’t let anything impure dwell within you to disrupt its proper functioning. Because God doesn’t dwell in a dirty body. We have to have our minds and hearts clean. To magnify the priesthood, we have to live with integrity, and it works miracles. But don’t go asking for miracles just like the ancients, like Thomas, only believing when seeing. Don’t ask for miracles. Live your life. Keep going, and they will happen in your life. Just being with your family, having your job, that’s already a miracle. Don’t ask for miracles from Him.

…I knew it was coming because I knew He was just. How could He leave me aside? Especially me. And my children, how would it be for them? My family? I was sure.

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Nilson Ribeiro and his wife Janete on their wedding day.
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Nilson Ribeiro, 2022
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Nilson Ribeiro during his mandatory service in the Brazilian army.
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Nilson Ribeiro and Bishop Landelino, 1973