Sorrow
Deep grief and pain; godly sorrow leading to repentance, and the sorrow of sin.
Also known as: Bereave · Depression · Grief · Grieve · Mourn Mourning · Mourning
58 documents · 8 libraries · 1974–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 4 documents in 2019
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference32 documents
- Liahona Articles10 documents
- Scripture Central5 documents
- BYU Studies4 documents
- BYU Speeches3 documents
- Religious Educator2 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Hymns1 document
Latest
Liahona Articles
Why Sorrow in the Plan of Happiness? (opens in a new tab)
Lyle J. Burrup · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
My Grief Turned into Joy (opens in a new tab)
Bradley L. Salmond, Utah, USA · Mar 2026
Scripture Central
Themes of Weeping (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2025
Liahona Articles
A Journey of Grief (opens in a new tab)
Paul Culbert · Jul 2025
General Conference
Remember What Matters Most (opens in a new tab)
M. Russell Ballard · Apr 2023
Religious Educator
The Resurrection and Recovering from Disillusionment (opens in a new tab)
Jan J. Martin · 2023
General Conference
Lessons at the Well (opens in a new tab)
Susan H. Porter · Apr 2022
General Conference
Our Sorrow Shall Be Turned into Joy (opens in a new tab)
S. Mark Palmer · Apr 2021
BYU Studies
Birth of Discernment (opens in a new tab)
Julia Hathaway · 2021
Scripture Central
How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Apr 2020
Earliest
General Conference
Do Not Despair (opens in a new tab)
Ezra Taft Benson · Oct 1974
Most frequent voices
- Thomas S. Monson4 documents
- Joy F. Evans2 documents
- Reyna I. Aburto2 documents
- Russell M. Nelson2 documents
- Sarah Hafen d’Evegnee2 documents
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