Sacrament Meeting

On March 14, The Church suspended Sacrament Meetings and encouraged family members with the Priesthood in their home, to administer it to their own families in their own homes on Sunday.

The first Sunday we were able to partake of this sacred ordinance from home, we were on the farm.  We hadn’t packed any Sunday clothes, so Connor rummaged through grandpa’s Riches' closet and found a white shirt, tie and pair of pants.  The pants were too short and too wide, so when the belt was tightened they were all bunched up around his skinny waist and you could see more than just his ankles at the bottom.   It was a sight that made us all chuckle.  But Connor quietly continued to gather the things necessary for us to partake of this sacred ordinance.  We had to make do (like many others, I am sure) with the standard drinking cups on hand and a plate instead of a tray for the bread and even used a folding TV tray for the table.  I had gone to another room to collect a white pillowcase for Connor to cover the sacrament with and when I turned the corner from the hall my eyes caught him reverently placing bread on a plate, and an overwhelming silent pronouncement of “The Priesthood is true.  It is in this home. It is on the earth and will never be taken away.”  It struck me so powerfully, I had to turn back around and allow myself a moment to absorb it.

A few moments later, we joined around the dining table as a family and opened up to the Come Follow Me manual and reviewed the lesson for that week.  It was a very poignant lesson for what seems to be going on in the world today.  We discussed what it means to be unshaken and that we need to have our trunks so thick with a testimony of this gospel that when life throws challenges at us, we will always turn to our Father in Heaven first to help us through them, and not to the world.

Then it was time for Todd to bless the sacrament.  There was an immense amount of reverence in the room.  No silly feelings.  One of respect for what was taking place and it was apparent in each of our children's faces as they partook of the bread and water, that this moment was different than past sacrament meetings.  We were taking full advantage of the Priesthood in our home.  It was incredible.

I will forever be grateful that we had this opportunity, and will continue for a little while, to participate in such a sacred ordinance weekly in our own homes.  And because of that,  we will try to make our homes a place worthy of such a special sacrament to take place in.