you know I am not sure if I really should have titled it this way. Maybe more of sad. I was just reading an article on ksl web site and in the religion pages it talked about the Catholic Church now putting into the works to have their Priests Psychologically screened before they can become priests. That way that the church can save themselves some headaches for the future as it happened several years ago with the priest molesting the young boys.
Than i look at what we have in the church. We have the Bishop, pre-screen in a way, each brother who after he turns 12 to hold the Priesthood. When a brother who is 18 and older is interviewed, there are some very direct questions that have to be answered. If they have been through the temple, other questions are added to make sure of his worthiness. All of it is done by the spirit of the Lord. The Catholics need an outside source to help them make sure these new guys are worthy to be priests. We go by the spirit of the Lord, where we have the blessings of discernment to find one worthy. I am grateful for a way the Lord can tell his servants by the spirit what they must do. When I had my court with the Bishopric, they knelt in prayer and in unanimous feeling, they felt I needed to have my blessings restored and work towards getting my blessings restored. I remember when the Lord wanted to show the Book of Mormon to the 3 witnesses, they all knelt in prayer, each one offered prayer. Martin Harris felt he was the one holding everyone back and he left. A glorious vision was opened to them that were there. After that, Joseph went to Martin and asked him what he needed to do to repent. Martin did as such and another vision was opened to them.
When we are united, in prayer, the spirit of discernment can be there. I know there has been times where a temple worker has stopped a session and asked if there was someone there that should not be. Someone got up and left the session. I wonder if the Catholics can do that in their confessionals. I think not. So just sharing something I thought was neat. Here is the link to the article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27453318/






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