Do you think LDS (Mormon) blessings work?

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I guess i just want people thoughts on this.

Do you think Mormon blessings work? Do they help people? or is it just a comfort tool? Do you believe there is power in thier laying of hands?

just thought this would bring interesting conversation 🙂 👍
 
PattyPryor said:
I guess i just want people thoughts on this.

Do you think Mormon blessings work? Do they help people? or is it just a comfort tool? Do you believe there is power in thier laying of hands?

just thought this would bring interesting conversation 🙂 👍
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It depends on your faith and the will of God. In one case, I received a blessing when I was horribly sick, and I was instantaneously healed. In other cases, I just received comfort, but I was not instantaneously healed, or anything.
 
Prayer works, no, their priesthood has no authority.

As for comfort tool, yes, I believe we find comfort in the familiar. If you feel you need a blessing, talk to your priest.
 
However, the Apostles once pointed out to Jesus that there were people who were healing the sick and casting out demons in Jesus’ name. He said to let them be. Jesus saw no problem with this. Neither do I.
 
I don’t need a blessing I was just wondering what people thought 👍

But here is another thought- When the Mormons are confirmed do you believe that the message they are giving is directly from God or are they ‘making it up’?
 
PattyPryor said:
I don’t need a blessing I was just wondering what people thought 👍

But here is another thought- When the Mormons are confirmed do you believe that the message they are giving is directly from God or are they ‘making it up’?
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I believe that they believe that they are receiving a message directly from God. It is not possible to know what is really going on. But their priesthood has no authority.
 
when i was LDS i gave blessings and sometimes they worked. others they worked God’s way but were not so easily discernible to man. it proves IMHO that god listens to prayers and answers them
 
PattyPryor said:
I don’t need a blessing I was just wondering what people thought 👍

But here is another thought- When the Mormons are confirmed do you believe that the message they are giving is directly from God or are they ‘making it up’?
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I haven’t read all the posts so forgive me if this is something already asked.

Do you mean confirmed or do you mean their patriarchial (sp?)blessing?

in Christ
Steph
 
Steph

confermation and the patrarcial blessing. I guess I just can’t believe I felt God was really talking to me through these young men and older men.

I never got a patriacial blessing
 
My father is a very strong LDS man. When I went to Iraq he wanted to to do this for me. Being his young son that I am I knew that it would give him coomfort with his faith to do this. I don’t think that it works because of him being LDS. I think his love for a son and his love of God did it. I think it depends on who the person is that is giving the blessing. I don’t think tha tit would be the same if I did not know the person or had any ties to.
 
PattyPryor said:
Steph

confermation and the patrarcial blessing. I guess I just can’t believe I felt God was really talking to me through these young men and older men.

I never got a patriacial blessing
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Patty, there is a quote from Pope John Paul II about the effect of prayer that speaks to this issue. I may not have the exact words but it is something close to “Prayer doesn’t change things, prayer changes people, people change things.”

A blessing is a prayer. If the prayer changes you, and that leads you to change things, then it “worked”. If it doesn’t change you, then things won’t change either, or they won’t change for the better anyway. Ultimately, it may not be up to the person who actually says the prayer, and their priestly authority, or lack of it, may be of little significance.
 
Do you think Mormon blessings work? Do they help people? or is it just a comfort tool? Do you believe there is power in thier laying of hands?

**No. It offers neither strength to the sinews nor marrow in the bones, because there is no power in their priesthood for themselves or anyone else forever.

And Pay Lay Ale is, at best, a beer brewed by a soccer player.

BTW–those who have done the Temple stuff will recognize what I said.**
 
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What does And Pay Lay Ale mean?
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“Pay Lay Ale” is from the old version of the LDS temple endowment ceremony. The Mormons claim it is from “the Adamic language” and means “Oh God, hear the words of my mouth”. At one point in the ceremony, the members would hold up their hands, and while lowering their hands to their sides, would chant “Pay Lay Ale!”. This was repeated three times.

It was removed from the endowment ceremony (along with a lot of other stuff) in the 1990s.

Paul
 
PaulDupre said:
“Pay Lay Ale” is from the old version of the LDS temple endowment. The Mormons claim it is from “the Adamic language” and means “Oh God, hear the words of my mouth”. At one point in the ceremony, the members would hold up their hands, and while lowering their hands to their sides, would chant “Pay Lay Ale!”. This was repeated three times.

It was removed from the endowment ceremony (along with a lot of other stuff) in the 1990s.

Paul
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Do you have a web site that you suggest looking at to read about other rituals of the LDS?
 
armyross said:
Do you have a web site that you suggest looking at to read about other rituals of the LDS?
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There are many. Here are a few:

Here is what I consider to be the best one. The text of the endowment is annotated with footnotes explaining many interesting historical points and changes from earlier versions.

This one lays out and compares the texts of the various versions throughout the 150 years of temple endowments.

LDS Mormon Temple Endowment Homepage.
This one has other useful information, but is not nearly as well laid out as the first site.

Hope this helps,
Paul
 
PaulDupre said:
There are many. Here are a few:

Here is what I consider to be the best one. The text of the endowment is annotated with footnotes explaining many interesting historical points and changes from earlier versions.
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I just look at this one, So how long does all this take for a person that is going through for their first time. And how long for a couple. It seems like it would take awhile. I know my brothers and parents all went through but they really don’t share any info. with me.
 
The pre-1990 version of the endowment (the one I went through) took about 90 minutes as I recall. Some of that time was variable - waiting in line to go through the veil ceremony at the end, depending on how many people were going through that session.

The current version is much shorter, and reportedly takes about 45 minutes. Maybe a currently active LDS would care to corroborate this.

It doesn’t make any difference if a couple attends together. The endowment is conducted in large groups in an auditorium/movie theater setting. Men are on the right side of the room and women are on the left.

Paul
 
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