Q. What covenants do you make when you are baptized?

• When you are baptized you make a covenant to take upon you the name of Jesus Christ,
to always remember Him, and to obey His commandments. You must be baptized before
you can be confirmed a member of the Church and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
You also must be baptized before you can enter the celestial kingdom and live again with
Heavenly Father and Jesus. Heavenly Father promises that when you are baptized and
confirmed, the Holy Ghost will be with you as long as you live worthy of His
promptings. The Holy Ghost testifies of Jesus Christ and bears witness when you are
taught the truth. The Holy Ghost can help guide you and your family in following Jesus
Christ and making good choices.

Q. Why do we partake of the sacrament?

• After we were baptized, hands were laid upon our heads and we were given the gift of the
Holy Ghost. When we consciously and sincerely renew our baptismal covenants as we
partake of the sacrament, we renew our qualification for the promise ‘that [we] may
always have his Spirit to be with [us]’ (D&C 20:77). “We cannot overstate the
importance of that promise. President Wilford Woodruff called the gift of the Holy Ghost
the greatest gift we can receive in mortality (see The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, ed. G.
Homer Durham [1990], 5).” Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Always Have
His Spirit,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 59.)

• After we are baptized we become accountable for our sins, and that is why repentance is
so essential. Through Christ’s atonement, we can be forgiven of our sins if we will
repent. Each week, prior to partaking of the sacrament, we should repent of our sins and
ask for forgiveness. Then when we partake of the sacrament, we covenant to take upon
ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, which means we will always try to remember Him,
follow His example, and obey Him. When we do this, we are promised that His Spirit
will be with us.

Q. Why do we attend Sacrament meeting?

• We attend, as the Lord commanded, to receive the sacrament and renew our covenants.
He (Jesus Christ) instituted the sacrament to remind us of His Atonement. As a final and
specially prepared Passover supper was ending, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it,
and gave it to His Apostles, saying, “Take, eat” (Matt. 26:26). “This is my body which is
given for you: this do in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). Then He took the cup, said a
blessing of thanks, and passed it to those gathered about Him, saying, “This cup is the
new testament in my blood” (Luke 22:20), “which is shed … for the remission of sins”
(Matt. 26:28). “This do … in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and
drink this cup, ye do [proclaim] the Lord’s death” (1 Cor. 11:25–26).

• In this way, He linked the sacrament to His impending Crucifixion. God had declared,
“This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man”
(Moses 1:39). Then the Son of God voluntarily laid down His life to complete the will of
 His Father. Thus, immortality became a reality and eternal life a possibility for all who
would ever live upon the earth. We commemorate His Atonement in a very personal way.
We bring a broken heart and a contrite spirit to our sacrament meeting. It is the
highlight of our Sabbath-day observance (see D&C 59:8–13).

• The sacramental prayers have been revealed by the Lord. These prayers contain
covenants and a promise We covenant to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ and keep
His commandments. We eat the broken bread in remembrance of His body. We drink the
water in remembrance of His blood that was shed for us. And we witness that we will
always remember Him. The promise: we will always have His Spirit to be with us. What
a blessing! (Russell M. Nelson, “Worshiping at Sacrament Meeting,” Liahona, Aug 2004, 1)

Q. What is said in the Sacrament Prayers and where in the scriptures are they found?
The Sacrament Prayers are found in the Doctrine & Covenants 20: 77,79. They are as follows:

70. O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and
sanctify thisabread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance
of the body of thy Son, andbwitness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to
take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep hisccommandments
which he has given them; that they may always have hisdSpirit to be with them. Amen.
79. O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and
sanctify thisawine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of
the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the
Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them.
Amen.