Confirmation

WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS SACRAMENT?

Every baptized person not yet confirmed can and should receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Since Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist form a unity, it follows that "the faithful are obliged to receive this sacrament at the appropriate time," for without Confirmation and Eucharist, Baptism is certainly valid and efficacious, but Christian initiation remains incomplete. ( #1306 CCC)

To receive Confirmation one must be in a state of grace. One should receive the sacrament of Penance in order to be cleansed for the gift of the Holy Spirit. More intense prayer should prepare one to receive the strength and graces of the Holy Spirit with docility and readiness to act. Candidates for Confirmation, as for Baptism, fittingly seek the spiritual help of a sponsor. To emphasize the unity of the two sacraments, it is appropriate that this be one of the baptismal godparents. (# 1311 CCC)

The original minister of Confirmation is the bishop.

In the Latin Rite, the ordinary minister of Confirmation is the bishop. If the need arises, the bishop may grant the faculty of administering Confirmation to priests, although it is fitting that he confer it himself, mindful that the celebration of Confirmation has been temporally separated from Baptism for this reason. Bishops are the successors of the apostles. They have received the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. The administration of this sacrament by them demonstrates clearly that its effect is to unite those who receive it more closely to the Church, to her apostolic origins, and to her mission of bearing witness to Christ. (CCC# 1312, 1313)

CCC- Catechism of the Catholic Church

visit: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM

If you have any questions, please contact Br. Grant at 893-7188 ext. #223 from Monday to Thursday between 9am and 5pm or email me at: coordinator.icc.confirmation@gmail.com

Level 10 Confirmandi receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday Nov. 13th, 2011


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