I was sent a video of a member of my family doing the the Hosanna Shout waving white scarfs...etc... Underwhelming? That was some crazy cult stuff. , “Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna to God and the Lamb,” repeated three times, followed by “Amen, Amen, and Amen.”
In the video there were 18 in the room at their house. No social distancing. It is OK to have church like that with Grandma and Grandpa. Just think each of those family units go to their in-laws as unit and then on down the line. How many can spread germs just by joining in a “Mormon Family” Gathering?
I think the jubilation was real. Those were different times. It could be that every movement has its time. Maybe helped along by a little fiber. The Rastafarians once got stoned enough to believe that the king of Ethiopia was the second coming of Christ. That guy died, which killed the buzz a bit but what does it matter. Maybe all of that was so Bob Marley could bring his beautiful music to the world. There’s a natural mystic blowing through the world. Same old story that never gets old.
Joseph’s story got old through mismanagement, but maybe it was supposed to. It’s like the ending of Ferris Buehler. What, you’re still here?
Leave the theater and throw away your ticket stubs. Or loiter in the parking lot.
Yea, the ones I've joined in, in temple dedications, have been more like a hossahha mumble. It was like a chant, executed with ZERO enthusiasm, the men's voices drowning out the women's voices, in a low rumble of despair. The last one, Mom forgot a fresh handkerchief, but happened to have two in her purse. That was many years ago. How antiquated--no one uses handkerchiefs anymore. The hankie Mom loaned to me to use had lipstick stains on it.