When Priesthood Holders get the Sacrament Prayer Wrong!

[Dusty52]

I remember as a youth getting the prayer wrong, my life was not in order
When I got back on track I never had a problem
When the prayer is said wrongly can that potentially be a sign that something is amiss?

[Dave62]

No, I don't believe there is a causal link.

[Lizzy60]

Totally false.

[Robin Hood]

I remember as a youth getting the prayer wrong, my life was not in order
When I got back on track I never had a problem
When the prayer is said wrongly can that potentially be a sign that something is amiss?

I wouldn't think so.

What is good these days is that mistakes can be rectified mid-prayer, without having to go back to the beginning and starting again.

[gkearney]

That is totally false on so many levels I hardly even know where to start.

We have a young man in our ward with a profound speak impediment, I do not believe I have ever heard him say the prayers word perfect even with having come to the point of being able to understand him. The presiding authorities in my stake have decided that he should just say them as well as he is able and to leave it at that. We had a 70 tell the Bishops that the payers should never be repeated more than twice and doing them over and over again ends up distracting from the intent of sacrament meeting.

[h_p]

That is totally false on so many levels I hardly even know where to start.

We have a young man in our ward with a profound speak impediment, I do not believe I have ever heard him say the prayers word perfect even with having come to the point of being able to understand him. The presiding authorities in my stake have decided that he should just say them as well as he is able and to leave it at that. We had a 70 tell the Bishops that the payers should never be repeated more than twice and doing them over and over again ends up distracting from the intent of sacrament meeting.

Yes! That is so true. I remember a time one of our priests struggled with saying the prayer, wound up repeating it like 3 times, and then the bishop got up, stomped over to the sacrament table, and said it himself. I'm sure it was hugely humiliating for the boy, and uncomfortable for the rest of us. We would have had a much more uplifting sacrament if the bishop had just let a few missed words go.

[Lyster]

Personally, I think the injunction to say the words exactly a certain way isn't the right way to go. Yes, for example, Christ gave us the baptismal words and told us "this is how you do it", but we don't even use those words anymore. We follow Moroni's words (repeated in the D&C) to the T because we think that's where the power is?

If you bless the bread to those who partake with the same blessings, and miss a "the" are you not still blessing the bread with all the blessings? If you slur "in the name" to "inname" is it not still done in the name of Christ?

[JohnnyL]

I remember as a youth getting the prayer wrong, my life was not in order
When I got back on track I never had a problem
When the prayer is said wrongly can that potentially be a sign that something is amiss?

For those who usually get it right, maybe, if it was like that for you, it's possible for others, too.

[JohnnyL]

Perhaps due to incredibly poor reading skills in many youth--it's basically up to the leader whether to let it go or not, even if it was wrong, even if it was a "normal" speaking young man.

[Juliet]

I would say stuff like that is personal to you. I have been struggling with faith that things will work out ok in a personal area a little while and on some of my worst days I have ended up physically slipping or spilling something. I feel like those times are God's way of getting my attention and showing me by living parable to keep at it and stop stumbling in my spiritual journey.

[e-eye2.0]

That is totally false on so many levels I hardly even know where to start.

We have a young man in our ward with a profound speak impediment, I do not believe I have ever heard him say the prayers word perfect even with having come to the point of being able to understand him. The presiding authorities in my stake have decided that he should just say them as well as he is able and to leave it at that. We had a 70 tell the Bishops that the payers should never be repeated more than twice and doing them over and over again ends up distracting from the intent of sacrament meeting.

I'm under the 2x camp but I think our ward does it until they get it right. A few times the bishop has gone over to tell the boy what he keeps getting wrong but it's out of love.

I have a brother that did it like 7 times said a cuss word because he couldn't get it right and walked out of the meeting on the spot. I don't know if he ever blessed it again as a youth but he did become bishop down the road

I figure if people in the temple mess things up all the time it's not the end of the world. I also think the error has nothing to do with worthiness - nothing at all. I always avoided blessing the sacrament as a youth and the first time I did it was on my mission in Puerto Rico in my first area - the Bishop gave this awkward look the first time and I think the 2nd time the thought - this isn't getting any better and let me slide. I don't think I could have been any more worthy in my life.