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“O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020drink<\/em><\/strong> of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.”<\/p>\n

We were treated to this twice yesterday before our bishopric’s first counselor got up and pointed out the error to the frustrated, young priest.<\/p>\n

?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020Then, we heard the following:<\/p>\n

“O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat it<\/em><\/strong> in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.”<\/p>\n

At which point the first counselor nodded his approval, not wanting to drag out the scene any more. (The bishop and?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020second counselor were away, so “Number One” was flying solo.)<\/p>\n

After the sacrament was done and the Aaronic priesthood were dismissed, “Number One” felt inspired to give us a short, five minute talk about how valiant, and worthy, and diligent the young men were in performing their sacramental duty.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I think this was meant to somehow help the young priest save face, although it was just out of place and awkward to listen to.<\/p>\n

But why go through all the effort of correcting him the first time, and why give the little speech at the end if you are?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020ultimately going to let the prayer be said incorrectly??\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 What harm would there be to having him do it a fourth time, to hopefully get it right??\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 Why was he more concerned about hurting the young fella’s feelings than getting the ordinance done correctly?<\/p>\n

Which makes me wonder… does it really matter if the prayer was said correctly??\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 If three wrong attempts are good enough, then surly two would have done the trick.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 Did all 200 of us yesterday actually renew our covenants or did we just have a snack?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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