It Is Absolutely Vital

It is absolutely vital
That we meet oft and partake
To cleanse our inner vessel
Through renewed covenants we make

Let us be filled with the body of Christ
With His blessed name, to remember Him
With Living Water and the Bread of Life
To feel His love and power within

Paul K. Sybrowsky
This Do in Remembrance of Me
Ensign, Feb 2010, 30–35

May we be filled with the Spirit of the Lord as we partake worthily of the sacrament.


Partaking Often
The Lord has said, “It is expedient that the church meet together often to partake” of the sacrament (D&C 20:75). If it is expedient to the Lord, it is absolutely vital to us!

Our Savior, in cleansing our inner vessel, will not leave us empty, weak, and sickly, but He will fill us with His love and the power to resist temptation. Those who come unto Christ become as Christ as they exercise faith in Him and partake of “the bread of life” and of “living water” (John 4:10; 6:35).

On April 6, 1830, as the first Saints of this dispensation met to organize the Church, they included in their first official meeting the ordinance of the sacrament, as outlined by the Lord (see D&C 20:75–79).

As members of the Church, we understand that our own personal redemption comes only through our Savior, Jesus Christ. We declare and testify to the world that He atoned for our sins by perfect obedience to the will of the Father. We can receive God’s greatest gift, eternal life, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the restored gospel.

We also understand Father Lehi’s teaching to his son Jacob when he said, “How great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah” (2 Nephi 2:8).

May we eat and drink so that we no longer hunger and thirst spiritually. And may we be filled with the Spirit of the Lord each Sabbath day as we partake in remembrance of Him, that we might be whole and one with Him.