The fourth is an older, retired single sister. I really appreciate it.I’ve seen the televangelist Robert Tilton tell people to put their bread and grape juice in front of the TV screen so he could bless them. They hope to have in place by next Sunday. Similarly, while Moroni’s liturgy says that the priest is to “take the cup” in his hands while saying the blessing on the wine (Moroni 5:1; D&C 20:78), our practice today is to leave the sacrament cups in the trays sitting on the table. And although Moroni’s liturgy does describe details such as the priest “kneel[ing]” (Moroni 4:2), and “tak[ing] the cup” (Moroni 5:1), Moroni’s liturgy does not explicitly require the priest to break the bread., the church generally did not use the prayers from Moroni’s liturgy until well into the Utah period. Blessed Sacrament? I doubt I have it, but there’s no good way to know. “Every member needs the spiritual blessings that come from partaking of the sacrament,” the handbook says. When we can get there early enough, we actually give the bread (in tupper-ware) to a Deacon, and they bless it with the other bread, but then bring the container straight to us.

And the practical problem that the cases I can think of that are closest to what you describe would require some help with the technology. The text of the prayers requires the priest administering the sacrament to ask God to “bless and sanctify this bread” (Moroni 4:3; D&C 20:77) and “this wine [or water]” (Moroni 5:4; D&C 20:79). The modern church’s sacrament liturgy is based directly on Moroni’s liturgy And even if Moroni’s liturgy arguably implicitly requires the priest to break the bread, that is not dispositive, because though our current practice is directly based on Moroni’s liturgy, we do not follow Moroni’s liturgy to the letter. [Update: As J. Stapely points out in the comments below, there is even historical precedent for blessings to be given long-distance, by letter, without the physical laying on of hands. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Our bishopric has contacted the ward already re sundays with no church. No word from our leaders yet.Have the apostles said anything on whether or not this is appropriate to do?We have a letter from our Stake Presidency promising guidance from bishops, and a letter from our Bishop. Numbers taking priority here?Enter your email address to follow BCC and receive new posts by email. See for example Luke 22:19. They are not in the voice of our Stake President or our Bishop, whom I know well enough to think I can judge. The text of the prayers requires the priest administering the sacrament to ask God to “bless and sanctify this bread” (Moroni 4:3; D&C 20:77) and “this wine [or water]” (Moroni 5:4; D&C 20:79). use a delegated priesthood power to bless their own sacrament. And that sister isn’t going to be interested in that intel as an excuse, she’s gonna want her sacrament. Or I think of the Brethren in their special meetings breaking the bread into quarters, not tiny pieces, because there is so few of them in that setting and they can.Remotely managed sacrament meetings are not unprecedented in Church annals.jbarm, thank you for sharing your experience! My point isn’t meant to be specific to me.

And even now, though we emphasize the use of the prayers from Moroni’s liturgy (with the exception of saying “water” where Moroni’s prayer says “wine”) we do not generally follow the non-prayer elements of Moroni’s liturgy. It's true; you don't. After my great uncle passed I asked for permission to maintain the Most Blessed Sacrament in my home chapel and the bishop gave me verbal permission. I balk a little at the “what the church will” formulation. For example, it now says that you should partake of the sacrament with the right hand when possible. But as online streaming technology has become more and more available, and as the covid-19 pandemic continues to spread, I suspect we are going to see videoconference sacrament meetings on a larger scale and perhaps for a more extended period than most of us have ever seen before. I did it with my neighbors today (one of which is a former Bishop and in the high council). Although I do like the remote idea!Stake presidents need to help or get out of the way. Where members remain physically in their own homes and gather online to participate in a sacrament meeting, could a priest bless sacramental emblems prepared by members in their own homes over a streamed video?Now, I already know that that’s not the current practice. We already perform priesthood ordinances in this way in the temple, so it doesn’t seem like that much of a stretch. (Donatism — The view that only a pure and righteous priesthood holder can perform ordinances that are efficacious.) Get inspiring LDS messages, news, and events sent to your email inbox daily, weekly, or monthly!The Rules About Administering The Sacrament at HomeThe Rules About Administering The Sacrament at Home I appreciate you typing this us. I feel perfectly fine, but that’s irrelevant given the long incubation period. In the past, such members unable to attend a sacrament meeting have normally received the sacrament from priesthood holders who come to their home. I wonder if there is a template?Meems, our SP letter explicitly specified that lack of attendance does not equal lack of worthiness.I was sorry to see that Jared’s idea got zero traction with the Church. I looked on LDS tools and it was not there.

He may authorize such a service only within his ward boundaries.

The church already recognizes this through, for example, the way we can gather and Textually, the words of the sacrament prayers don’t seem to foreclose the possibility of blessing the sacrament remotely.