While participating in the sacrament recently, I was contemplating the communal nature of it.
One of the prerequisites of baptism is a desire to join God’s fold, to be called his people. Another is a willingness to bear each other’s burdens, mourn with those who mourn, and comfort those needing comfort.
The interesting thing about the sacrament in the LDS church is that it’s communal. We don’t come to a priest or other church leader, who then presents the emblems personally to each congregant. Instead, we administer it to each other: we take the emblems then pass them onto our neighbour unconditionally. It matters not who our neighbour is, what they look like, or what they may have done, we just pass it on so they, too, can partake.
I think when it operates as designed, the sacrament can remind us of our obligations to help each other.
