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Lds Burial Endowed Member If - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 28th Jul, 2007 - 6:39am
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Yes, it is the difficult questions that inspire research and thought into why things are the way they are... plus in my situation, it helps me to know, because I always seem to ind myself in these situations.
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| QUOTE (Superme @ 25-Nov 06, 4:13 PM) |
| How are endowed members suppose to be buried? I would just assume in Sunday attire. |
No, they are buried in their Temple clothing (And I do not mean their garments alone). Since you have been in the Temple, you know what I am talking about.
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Having actually dressed my sister for burial in her temple clothing, and discussing it beforehand with the relief society president, the clothing must be put on correctly. I don't think it's an actual ordinance, because there wasn't any priesthood holder or leader required to be present; however, it's important to get it done properly.
I would inform the bishop, or the family directly if I knew them well enough.
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As an aside, the funeral directors say that it's okay to cut the clothing in the back so that you don't have to lift the body to put on the clothes - you just tuck in the edges. It's a mortician trick. My other sister and I decided we didn't want to have our own sister coming forth on Resurrection Morning with her clothing flapping in the breeze behind her. The scriptures say the body will be made perfect, but don't say anything about the clothes  So we had the funeral worker help us hoist her up and put the clothes on intact. |
Post Date: 27th Nov, 2006 - 5:27pm / Post ID: #
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LDS Burials are always officiated under the Order of a High Priest... I have been in one... Is Really Sacred.
Well, What I would do if the Robes are not in the right position is to notify the High Priest leading the ceremony, they did that while I was present in one. 
Edited: Elix on 27th Nov, 2006 - 5:29pm
Post Date: 28th Jul, 2007 - 6:39am / Post ID: #
LDS Burial Endowed Member If... Mormon Doctrine Studies
It seems to me that you would just have to inform the Bishop or presiding High Priest. They could decide with the head of the family when the best time to correct the matter would be.
| Rather off topic, but... This is slightly offtopic, but hopefully we could continue it in this thread. If not I will start a new one. It seems to me that the problem brought up would not happen if someone who knew what they were doing performed the dressing. FarSeer mentions above that the funeral directors offered to cut the temple robes. I know that in Utah it is not a problem to find a funeral director that is LDS. Is it easy elsewhere in the world? When my grandmother died she had been suffering from Alzheimers for many years. She had not been to the temple for quite a long time. Her temple clothes needed to be laundered and pressed. I remember the funeral home telling us that they would take care of that for us. She had a beautifully pleated robe that the funeral home was certain we would not be capable of pressing. We assured them that we felt it was our responsibility to attend to these things and that we were capable. My mother did an excellent job of pressing the robe and the funeral home actually asked her if they could refer others to her.  Is it acceptable to ask a funeral director to attend to these sacred clothes, or to ask the funeral director to dress the person in these garments? It seems to me like this is a duty that the family should perform, and in my opinion and experience it has offered me some closure and helps me to remember where they are. |
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