每周灵性分享： 圣餐 The Sacrament!!!

    你们以前有没有考虑过什么是圣餐？为什幺我们要领受圣餐？在耶稣基督后期圣徒教会中，圣餐提供了一个让我们时刻带着感激之情并且铭记神子的生命，教导，以及他为我们的赎罪的机会。此外，圣经中记载耶稣基督和他的使徒吃饭时提到：“他们吃的时候，耶稣拿起饼来，祝福，就擘开，递给门徒，说：“你们拿着吃，这是我的身体”；又拿起杯来，祝谢了，递给他们，说：“你们都喝这个；因为这是我立约的血，为多人流出来，使罪得赦。（马太福音26:26-28）         

    像基督教导过我们的一样，教会成员要在教会中以家庭为单位聚集在一起领受圣餐。我们知道，如果我们忠信的做这些事，并且愿意悔改我们的罪时，主就会原谅我们的罪。在我们吃圣餐面包时，我们会记得主的身体以及他受难的经过。当我们领受圣水时，我们会记得主在客西马尼园为我们所流的血。我们希望每个人都可以在圣餐聚会的时候保持一个虔敬并且渴望更加与主接近的心态。
    当我们配称的领受圣餐时，我们会更新我们在洗礼的时候与天父订立的圣约和保证：遵守他的诫命，并且时刻记得我们的救主。我们邀请每个人在一周中为了礼拜天领受圣餐而准备好自己。我们也向你保证，如果你如此做，你必得到他的灵与你同在！！

     Have you ever wondered what is Sacrament or why do we partake of the sacrament? In The Church is Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The sacrament, "provides an opportunity for you to remember with gratitude the life, ministry, and Atonement of the Son of God." Moreover, The Bible states that as Jesus was eating with his Disciples, "and as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave
it to the disciples, and said, take, eat; this is my body...For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." ( Matthew 26:26-28).
      As Christ taught, we meet together as church members and families to partake of the sacrament. We know as we do this and if we strive to repent, the Lord will forgive us for our sins. As we partake of the bread, we remember Christ's body and His crucifixion. When we drink from our cup of water, we remember the blood that He shed for us in the Garden of Gethsemane. We hope that during Sacrament Meeting, everyone would have a spirit of reverence and a desire to grow closer to God. When we worthily partake of the sacrament, we renew the covenant or promise we made with God as we were baptized, to always remember His son Jesus Christ and to keep His commandments.  We invite everyone to prepare throughout the week for their Sunday worship. Also, we promise that as you do these things, you will be able to, "always have His spirit," with you!!!