Sacrament

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, most often simply referred to as the Sacrament is the Sacrament in which participants partake of bread and drink water in remembrance of the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is essentially the same as the Eucharist in some other Christian denominations. Normally in LDS congregations, the Sacrament is provided every Sunday as part of the Sacrament meetin... more

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