“Our sacrament experience can be enhanced when we arrive
well before the meeting and ponder as the prelude music is played. President
Boyd K. Packer taught: ‘Prelude music, reverently played, is nourishment for
the spirit. It invites inspiration.’ ‘This is not a time,’ President Russell M.
Nelson explained, ‘for conversation or transmission of messages but a period of
prayerful meditation as leaders and members prepare spiritually for the
sacrament.’ The sacrament hymn is an especially important part of our sacrament
experience. Music elevates our thoughts and feelings. The sacrament hymn has
even greater influence when we focus on the words and the powerful doctrine
taught. Instead of tuning out the familiar words of the sacrament prayers, we
can learn much and feel even more as we participate spiritually by considering
the commitments and associated blessings included in these sacred prayers.” - Elder
Peter F. Meurs
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