Sacrament Musings.......
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 10:22 pm
So I ended up attending today because as luck would have it I had all my present buying done.
It's been a while since I was in a sacrament meeting and this time I listened carefully to the sacrament prayers. I found, despite my inability to have convictions regarding any of the unique church doctrines I could accept the idea of the things said so carefully by the young priest.
It's a ritual to help the believers and the rest of us to do something to help us remember jesus. I can agree with that as a concept. I love the stories my mom told me about this nice man who went around doing good. I don't care if the historicity is a bit/lot shaky or that it's possible there really never was jesus like the one described in our church. If the Jesus story makes us more kind or better then it has some value.
I don't feel a need to be there to partake each week but in the rare occasion I am there, I have decided to make it have some meaning to me. I eat and drink to remember the good that can be in christianity. Anyone feel it is really wrong or a bad thing to partake as a heretic?
Perhaps I'd feel the same in a Catholic mass. Wonder if it would be an offence to participate in their sacrament thing?
Ok, I seem to be rambling, but it was interesting to compare how the feelings have changed towards this most important part of our sacrament meeting.
It's been a while since I was in a sacrament meeting and this time I listened carefully to the sacrament prayers. I found, despite my inability to have convictions regarding any of the unique church doctrines I could accept the idea of the things said so carefully by the young priest.
It's a ritual to help the believers and the rest of us to do something to help us remember jesus. I can agree with that as a concept. I love the stories my mom told me about this nice man who went around doing good. I don't care if the historicity is a bit/lot shaky or that it's possible there really never was jesus like the one described in our church. If the Jesus story makes us more kind or better then it has some value.
I don't feel a need to be there to partake each week but in the rare occasion I am there, I have decided to make it have some meaning to me. I eat and drink to remember the good that can be in christianity. Anyone feel it is really wrong or a bad thing to partake as a heretic?
Perhaps I'd feel the same in a Catholic mass. Wonder if it would be an offence to participate in their sacrament thing?
Ok, I seem to be rambling, but it was interesting to compare how the feelings have changed towards this most important part of our sacrament meeting.