I was standing in the temple courtyard praying. People were coming and going, as they always do. Suddenly I stopped my prayer and turned to one of the gates. Across the courtyard I saw a man and his young wife enter the temple carrying a little baby. That was not so unusual.
Couples regularly bring their babies to the temple for dedication.
But as soon as this couple entered the courtyard, an old man approached them. I could see them talking. I began to make my way through the crowd across the portico and up the stairs to the level of the courtyard where the couple stood. The pretty young wife looked at her husband and then held out her child to the old man. He took the baby in his arms and then held him above his head.