Blessing in a mormon church?

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Tmaque said:
It sounds to me like he just wants to give the baby a blessing in general. Not an official blessing. There would be no problem with that.
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I am sure that grandpa will find a way to get this Catholic Childs name into the LDS records somehow…why risk it?
 
🙂 As a catholic my answer would be no no blessing by the mormon. This is just his way of getting a foothold in the door.I have had a father in law somewhat similar and you are trying to please him as I did not knowing the erroneoous reprecuussions I would have in the future. So just stay with the cathhoollic church and save the blessings for the family picnics and such, not in front of his altar. Return from the desert
 
Karin said:
I am sure that grandpa will find a way to get this Catholic Childs name into the LDS records somehow…why risk it?
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If I was concerned about that i wouldn’t risk it. I agree witjh you in that case.
 
Karin said:
I am sure that grandpa will find a way to get this Catholic Childs name into the LDS records somehow…why risk it?
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If I was concerned about that i wouldn’t risk it. I agree with you in that case.
 
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Roman_Catholic said:
No I looked at someone else’s response about it being a membership record and I didnt read your response to them about it not making them a member of the church before I posted that. Since it went past my time I had to edit it I didnt.

Alright, I was a little confused about that.

Two more questions since I just talked to her. One for you zerinus and then one to other Catholics on here.
  1. Zerinus her dad said that he doesnt have to have it done in a mormon Church, that he can do it himself at his house and the mormon church wouldnt have to know and therefore my niece wouldnt be on any records and then also she wouldnt have to worry about missionaries. Can he do this?
  2. If she goes ahead and goes through with her father’s wishes and ends up doing it in a church, should I as the child godfather attend?
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You are the child’s godfather?
#2No do not go. Do not allow the child to go to the church. Other options anyone.
Invite him to your house have plenty of holy water at hand. You control let God direct you. Have a crucifix in sight and tell him it is only for decoration.
Pray!Pray!
I had a godfather and thank goodness he was praying the rosary for me all the time. I will pray this all goes well.👍
 
zerinus thanks for doing the research and being honest that is appreciated 👍

I feel kind of bad for my sister in law. Her mother’s side is baptist, her father is mormon, her step dad is Jewish and she married into a Catholic family. She tries but you cant please everyone :o

But I will tell her what I have found out and in the end it really is up to her and my brother. I will pray for them both.
 
zerinus said:
Don’t worry, so was I! I have done more research into this as a result of all your questions, and some of the information I provided was not accurate. My apologies for that. Here is a more up-to-date information. Firstly, when a child of record is blessed, apparently a membership record of some kind is prepared for the child, although I am not clear yet exactly what purpose that serves, because nobody can properly become a member of the Church without being baptized, which cannot happen until they are eight years of age. Maybe a membership record is prepared in anticipation of his joining the Church when he/she turns eight. I have to make further inquires abut that to find out more about it, which I cannot do right now. Secondly, it is expected that when a child of record turns eight, he/she is to be visited by his local church to encourage him/her to join the Church. This is something that ought to be explained to the parents of the child (if they are not members of the Church) before the child is blessed. So my apologies again for giving incorrect information.

No, it cannot be done that way. It can be done in the home; but it must be done under the supervision of the bishop, and the persons performing it must be judged by him to be worthy of the task, and the proper procedure for keeping a record of the event etc must be observed, otherwise the sacramental nature of the blessing is not preserved. Let me explain that anybody having the priesthood in our church can give an ordinary priesthood blessing to anyone else who has the faith to request it, and no records need necessarily be kept of that. That equally applies to a child at the request of its parents. But that is not the same thing as the sacrament of blessing and naming of children, which is what we are now talking aobut.

From an LDS point of view, you certainly can, and you would be very much encouraged to do so.

zerinus
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Hi zerinus,
Thanks for researching for us.
I have a question now too.
When the LDS is asked for how many people they have worldwide, or by country, what figure do they give out?
The figure of only baptised members, that is, members over age 8 who have been baptised, or do they give out the figure of all people on record, which would include people under age 8 who have only been blessed, but have had a membership record created for them.
Thanks
 
kellie said:
Hi zerinus,
Thanks for researching for us.
I have a question now too.
When the LDS is asked for how many people they have worldwide, or by country, what figure do they give out?
The figure of only baptised members, that is, members over age 8 who have been baptised, or do they give out the figure of all people on record, which would include people under age 8 who have only been blessed, but have had a membership record created for them.
Thanks
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The figures for the increase children of record is given separately. See the figures here for 2005:

lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-602-8,00.html

But the “Total membership” figures I assume (but not absolutely sure) would include the children of record, because as I explained before they are nearly always children of LDS members, and would attend church with their parents, and for all practical purposes they count as members.

zerinus
 
Hi all… stumbled on this forum and just found it interesting. I am actually a practicing mormon. 3 things to add:
  1. Children of record who are not baptized are removed from the church records at the age of 18.
  2. Not exactly sure on the relationship between a name and a blessing and the creation of a “record.” I know that it is standard practice that an infant who officially given a “name and a blessing” would then be designated a “child of record”, but not sure if that is REQUIRED… you could certainly tell your SIL that she could call any mormon bishop and find out for sure before making a decision.
  3. I really appreciate seeing such a respectful discussion about our beliefs. Obviously, there are differences in catholic and mormon beliefs and doctrines, and it just makes me feel good to see such an open, respectful discussion that seems to be focused on real understanding… seriously, that’s awesome guys! Also, I recognize that some things have a bit of a proselyting angle to them, but www.mormon.org and www.lds.org are both church-sponsored websites that provide information on mormon doctrines and beliefs. Feel free to browse for explanations if other questions arise.
 
zerinus said:
That is simply not the case. That is not true. That informaton is not used for such a purpose.

zerinus
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It is true. I had my daughter blessed, and that was the last time she saw the inside of a mormon church. I had missionaries come around when she was around 9 years old, asking if there is “someone in the house who is old enough to be baptized”. I lied, and told them NO. They kept pressing me, until my husband cussed them off the porch, telling them it is none of their business who lives in this house.
 
babygonzo said:
Hi all… stumbled on this forum and just found it interesting. I am actually a practicing mormon. 3 things to add:
  1. Children of record who are not baptized are removed from the church records at the age of 18.
  2. Not exactly sure on the relationship between a name and a blessing and the creation of a “record.” I know that it is standard practice that an infant who officially given a “name and a blessing” would then be designated a “child of record”, but not sure if that is REQUIRED… you could certainly tell your SIL that she could call any mormon bishop and find out for sure before making a decision.
  3. I really appreciate seeing such a respectful discussion about our beliefs. Obviously, there are differences in catholic and mormon beliefs and doctrines, and it just makes me feel good to see such an open, respectful discussion that seems to be focused on real understanding… seriously, that’s awesome guys! Also, I recognize that some things have a bit of a proselyting angle to them, but www.mormon.org and www.lds.org are both church-sponsored websites that provide information on mormon doctrines and beliefs. Feel free to browse for explanations if other questions arise.
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Hi babygonzo, nice to meet you, I am a catholic of the Latin rite.
There are other threads that you can visit so just look around.
There are other mormons too.
Do you know any catholics or orthodox?
 
Roman_Catholic said:
My brother and his wife just had their first baby. Neither of them are practicing Catholics, but my brother was baptized Catholic and considers in the end Catholic. Anyways I convinced them to get the baby baptized in a Catholic Churh and my sister in law even said she would look into joining the Church.

I had to give a little back ground for my question. Her father is mormon and asked to have the baby blessed in a mormon church. She asked me what I thought and I know nothing about mormons and blessing or anything else that goes on in that religion so I told her I would find out what I could. What is everyones thoughts on getting the baby blessed in a mormon church?

God bless
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Bless Away! This is in no way meant to be anything like a baptism. It is merely a prayer for the baby. Of course, most here will tell you not to do anything that has to do with the LDS church…You must follow your own conscience.

Annie
 
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