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Confirmation
Confirmation
The Sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptised] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed
(Catechism of the Catholic Church
1285).
More on Confirmation
More on Confirmation
A continuance of what began at Baptism - a developing awareness of God's loving presence in our lives.
Gifts of Wisdom, Courage and Power are given to us by the Holy Spirit of God that we might become ambassadors for God in the world.
St. Ambrose on Confirmation
"Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear in God's presence. Guard what you have received. God the Father has marked you with his sign; Christ the Lord has confirmed you and has placed his pledge, the Spirit, in your hearts"
(De myst.
7, 42: PL 16).