As the centerpiece of Sunday worship and an ordinance pointing directly to Jesus Christ, the sacrament holds deep meaning for many Latter-day Saints. In Episode 181, Cynthia and Susan turn their grace-peddling to a conversation about the sacrament. What matters more: worthiness, or willingness? When did this simple remembrance of Jesus become about “renewing our baptismal covenant,” and what does that mean? How might the evolution of personal faith impact the way one thinks about and engages with this ordinance? Can a ritual that is so familiar take on new significance as we change and grow?
Notes & Quotes:
The Lord’s Supper side-by-side comparison
Judas Ate Too, by Shanda Lee, The Authentication Process, 10/26/2020
Everyone Back to Church … Maybe? Episodes 94 & 95, ALSSI podcast
Letting Go … of the Church, For People podcast, Bishop Rob Wright
Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith, by Sarah Bessey
“Hours before the death of Jesus, Judas ate too. Jesus fed Judas too. Jesus prayed for Judas too. Jesus washed Judas’ feet too. I struggle to fathom that kind of love. Love that would feed the mouth that deceived you. A love that would wash the treasonous feet of the traitor. ….I honestly struggle to comprehend it. And then, suddenly, I realize that I’m Judas. And in that moment, I’m so thankful & altogether overwhelmed that Judas ate too.” —Shanda Lee
“Do we love tradition more than the author of tradition or the one for whom tradition is supposed to worship or point us towards worship?” —Bishop Rob Wright
“We don’t go to church, we are the church. No one gets to take Jesus away from you and no one gets to disqualify you from the church. It is Jesus’s table, none of us are in charge of the guest list, we’re just the happy, rowdy ones squishing over to make more room.” —Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
