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I learned that Sacrament is not in the Bible Dictionary (go
ahead look it up; it’s not there; I'll wait). The
shock of my day was that discovery. When we were learning the lesson about the Sacrament
the teacher (who was a Patriarch) was a bit delighted that we were a bit
complex about the situation. He then explained that although the act of Sacrament
was not in the Bible Dictionary but that Communion was. It was then he asked a
question of why? Oh there were several explanations of the situation but one
that he displayed was the best one I had heard.
We are blessed to partake of the Sacrament of Christ most
every week; to most of us, this most sacred of testaments of our faith. Some
would argue that the temple has more sacred events but when it comes to our
root and foundation we remember that Article of Faith
that says our root pillars are Faith, Repentance, Baptism and the Gift of the
Holy Ghost; and what renews those pillars to us every time we fall short of the
Glory of God? The answer is the Sacrament
or Communion with God.
The Saints know what the Sacrament is but what is Communion? I tend to think that it’s a check in with the
Godhead (for all of them are involved) and we then check in. We tell Christ
what we have done with his name; we tell our Father what we have done to be his
son’s representative; we renew our spirit to be in tune with the Holy
Ghost. These are not small tasks. At times when such thoughts came to me I
would leak ‘some coolness’ as I call
it as the tears would come and I would realize how little I know of the
Atonement or the gift that our Father has given us.
Sometimes I wonder why I don’t know the secrets of the
universe but then I weekly learn about the secrets in plain and simple truths
and the Sacrament is one of them. No this secret doesn't move mountains or
create worlds or does it? The ties to the Atonement are so tight the Sacrament
such a significant
fragment of what we are to learn here on Earth. Truly the word Communion is
appropriate.
I am stuck with such thoughts of whether or not I have
really have Communed with God to report my progress. Have
I done any good in the world today as the song says? Have we become complacent, perhaps judgmental
because we thought we were on a better path then our brothers and sisters on
this ship we have called home for so long? I thought about the times that I judge
the homeless or the sister that was twerking on the internet/television. Some would justify our behavior because we
have not done these things and for a moment we become the very people we do not
want to become pointing and standing in our own personal great and
spacious building. We want to so desperately say that we are on the side of
Christ who even he himself had a blow up and threw out people who sold goods at
the temple. He used a whip, threw over tables and shouted; so we point mock and
chastise and when we come to Communion/Sacrament we forget our shortsightedness
and forget that we are all travelers and will all go back to that God that
created us.
Let us all, brothers and sisters, remember who we are and
why we’re here; let us glorify and magnify our Fathers name and the gift of his
precious Son; let us not forget that not one of us is not a son or daughter of
the greatest parents. I hope that we
will make an effort to lift and edify the children of God and perhaps we will
be better examples of our Savior.
And I do so in Jesus’ precious name, Amen.
