Does oil have anything to do with the quality of the blessing or the healing of the sick person?

What is the purpose of using oil if there is no benefit to the person receiving the blessing?

Current policy does not specify grades of oil.

As for the clothes… Personally, that means nothing to me. I have been called at a moments notice to give blessings and I was wearing nothing but a T-shirt and jeans. There was no time to change and my attire did not affect the outcome at all.

Jesus annointed with clay made from his spit and some dirt… I guess we could do the same in a pinch?

Do you think the spirit works better if you use virgin olive oil, or extra virgin olive oil or no oil? What about using fish oil? Does the oil make a difference or is it your belief that makes the differnce?

We are so caught up in the details of programs that we can’t discern the principle that it is trying to teach.

If our church leaders (at all levels) spent more time focusing on the principles and the doctrine, we wouldn’t even be having this thread.

Leaders get so focused on what the proper priesthood uniform is, and they interpret that as being the doctrine. This happens with many other things as well.

Instead of teaching our stake about the doctrinal principles involved with member missionary work, our stake feels the need to come up with stupid things like “We need to hand out 2006 books of Mormon in the year 2006”.

I asked one of the High council about this stake goal after it came out. I asked if the purpose of the goal was to teach members the principle of sharing the gospel, or were they just out to meet the statistic?

He answered that they were after the statistic.

I asked what good was that, since when the goal was dropped next year for something new, most members would no longer attempt to share the scriptures with anyone else.

He answered that it wasn’t a concern since the new goal would be the focus.

It amazes me that we have such short sighted leadership who are too busy building “Program Monuments” to themselves, and trying to force the entire stake into following their current “flavor of the month” make busy project. Little do they realize that once they are released, they (along with their stupid programs) will be easily forgotten.

That’ll teach me to stick my nose into other people’s blogs….

My response would be “a suit of what?”.

I imagine a suit of Richardson ground squirrels could be quite uncomfortable, whereas a suit of goose down would be a nice place to have a nap. =)

Yes.

My idea of Sunday Best is Sunday Best. You think a suit is comfortable? C’mon… comfort and modesty can include velour leisure suits.