Latter-Day Saint Liturgy: The Administration of the Body and Blood of Jesus

Latter-day Saint (“Mormon”) liturgy opens its participants to a world undefined by stark border between the transcendent and immanent, with an emphasis on embodiment relationality. The formal rites of temple, in particular that part rite called “the endowment”, act as frame erases immanent–transcendent border. Within frame, more informal weekly administration blood body Christ, known sacrament”, transforms otherwise mundane acts living into worship sanctify life whole. I take phenomenological approach, hoping doing so will deepen interpretations textually based approach might miss. Drawing works Robert Orsi, Edward S. Casey, Paul Moyaert, Nicola King, argue sacrament is not merely ritualized sign Christ’s sacrifice. Instead, through sacrament, Christ perdures communal memorialization which church members incarnate coming divine community love fellow suffering. Participants inhabit hermeneutically transformed covenant children born again family God.