A year ago, I began seeing fellow Mormons link to a talk that President Dallin Oaks gave in Chicago to a group of youth. In his remarks, he said he felt prompted to teach them something of great importance. It's startling enough that I'll quote him at length:
Read Full Article »But now, there’s something about the right hand. When we’re baptized, the priest raises his right hand — not his left hand, but his right hand. And when we partake of the sacrament, we partake with our right hand, not our left hand. And today, I saw quite a few of the deacons take the sacrament with their left hand. Don’t do that, because you set the wrong example for the congregation if you do that. I know why you did that, because the sacrament tray was coming up on this side, and it was easiest to do it that way. But a mother who’s holding a baby probably changes the baby so she can use her right hand. And all of us should partake with the right hand when we participate in that great ordinance of the gospel.
