Conference Correction

The talk that I choose to write about for the blog assignment was Dallin H Oaks talk given on the Saturday morning session. Why Dallin H Oaks talk you might ask. Well, I hadn't looked at the blackboard before conference so I didn't know what to listen for. When I found out what the assignment was I asked my roommate what talk would be useable and he suggested this one. So I listened to it again on lds.org and here are my impressions/responses to the blog assignment:

The talk given was on the sacrament, its importance and what we can do to better honour and remember the atonement. This is a subject that is fairly important to me (as a holder of the priesthood) and I am a priest so, at least at home, I am expected to bless and sometimes pass the sacrament. As such, I really took this talk to heart. Even when I am blessing or passing the sacrament I sometimes am distracted from the true purpose of the sacrament. I was impressed by Dallin H. Oaks insistence on maintaining the sacredness of the sacrament (bit of a tongue-twister), through hymns, and behaviour, and I feel that is something that I have be mindful of.

Dallin H Oaks counsel is of particular gravity. The sacrament is an integral part of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and needs to be treated with due respect, in sacredness and holiness. This is sometimes hard to do. We (all members of the church) need to heed Oaks advice in this respect.