I would certainly say out of personal experience that much sacrifice is required of one who holds the priesthood in the LDS church. We believe that the priesthood is the power and authority given to man to act in God's name for the salvation of his children. Without this priesthood any saving ordinance is invalid.
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"No, to understand who a person really was, what his or her life really meant, the speaker for the dead would have to explain their self-story--what they meant to do, what they actually did, what they regretted, what they rejoiced in." -Orson Scott Card
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