B. Corey Cuvelier | “What Desirest Thou?” | November 2025

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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As we desire to follow Jesus Christ and align our will with Heavenly Father, our spirits are strengthened and we receive eternal blessings. B. Corey Cuvelier, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on November 11, 2025. You can access the talk here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Recent Speaches Podcast presented by BYU Speaches, featuring inspiring new
0:06.3	devotionals and forums given each week on BYU campus. Be sure to check out our other podcasts
0:12.5	by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting speeches.bYU.edu slash
0:20.4	podcasts.
0:22.1	This devotional address entitled, What Desirous Thou?
0:26.8	Was given on November 11th of 2025 by B. Corey Covelli, Cuvallier, then a general authority 70 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:36.7	Wendy and I are so grateful to be here.
0:39.3	We love this university.
0:42.3	Ever since we graduated from BYU, before most, if not all of you were born,
0:47.3	no matter where we have lived, we have made an annual trip to Provo.
0:51.3	We are a BYU family through and through. No one cheers louder or with more passionate
0:58.0	games than Wendy. She was a cheerleader here. She knows how to cheer. Our two oldest sons graduated
1:09.0	from BYU. Our third son, who just offered the opening prayer, is a finance major here.
1:15.2	And ladies, he's still a prospective marriage candidate.
1:29.3	I'll pay for that.
1:32.6	You're welcome, Ryan.
1:38.5	Our fourth will return to BYU following his mission in Japan.
1:41.8	You can say our family bleeds blue.
1:47.5	I share this because BYU isn't just a place for us. It's a part of our family's spiritual story. It's where our testimonies grew. Our friendships deepened and our faith
1:54.2	in Jesus Christ was strengthened. In April, 2024, we attended the BYU commencement here in the
2:00.7	Marriott Center.
2:01.6	President Reese opened his address with the line I won't soon forget.
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