Today is the first Sunday of the month. In the Mormon world, it’s fast Sunday, the day we fast and give the money we would have spent on food to the ward for distribution among those who need help.
Here’s the catch: Fast Sunday is also the day that we bless the latest additions to our wards, those who come in the form of babies.
Depending on a ward’s demographics, baby blessings can take all of a minute or up to half an hour. I was once in a ward near Brigham Young University where the maternity rate was such that the baby being blessed was also given the priesthood so he could help bless the next baby in line.