Comments on: Announcing Auto-Pray!

By: TSR

TSR — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:52:21 +0000

‘The leaders of this country except for ___’, ‘My family except for___’? Hahaha! OMGoodness, that’s genius!

By: alotlikelaman

alotlikelaman — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:50:19 +0000

Rah/Alison. You may like this:
Excerpt
“What’s inherently wrong with food that requires it to be blessed? Why the shame and taboo when a morsel of goodness bursts the first fruits of flavor through our culinary receptacles before a supplication is pronounced? Surely there is a doctrinal source indicating that’s what’s supposed to be done, right? Right? Maybe not.”
Read more…
http://goo.gl/Kc90DH

By: Hedgehog

Hedgehog — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 07:24:21 +0000

We had that sign in the London Temple cafeteria too. I recall something about it being there not so much to tell folk they didn’t need to give thinks so much as to stall them passing judgement on those who didn’t appear to be doing so. Or something like that…

By: rah

rah — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 04:06:13 +0000

That is really interesting Alison! I always thought the point of praying over food was more for gratitude (or at least I think it should be) as opposed to trying to imbue the food with magical nutritious properties. Hard to imagine the temple cafeteria staff expressing gratitude on all our behalfs especially since one thing I would hope would work its way into any prayer was gratitude for the service of those in the cafeteria who made it! That sign is denying them blessings :)

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:35:35 +0000

When we lived in Florida, the Orlando temple cafeteria had a sign on the wall behind the counter that said, “The food has already been blessed.” True story. I have often wondered about the logistics. Did all the temple workers gather around the industrial-sized vat each morning, holding hands, and asking a blessing?

Anyway, this seems a perfect time to share this gem:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JUqS4Q2A0&w=560&h=315%5D

By: BT

BT — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:40:40 +0000

I don’t want to fuel the fires of rampant speculation, but word on the street is that this handy app will be used this weekend at General Conference. Stay tuned!

By: alotlikelaman

alotlikelaman — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:46:07 +0000

I take offense to using my name like that.
alotlikelaman.wordpress.com

By: Ziff

Ziff — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:16:23 +0000

This is excellent! I’m totally going to uncheck the “thees and thous” options to make myself sound more unorthodox.

By: BJohnson

BJohnson — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:11:27 +0000

” Enos-level blessings with Laman-level effort”

Oh, bless you! Bless you! A gigabyte times bless you!

Can it bless sugary refreshments as well?

By: adano

adano — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:04:56 +0000

Finally! This app will fill in the many gaps left by this wonderful service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JUqS4Q2A0