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Continue…. G. Who May Be Confirmed? 1. Person must be: A. Baptized B. In a state of grace, or forgiven of any grave sins through Baptism or Reconciliation. C. intending to receive the sacrament D. willing to take on the role of a disciple of Christ.

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  1. Continue… • G. Who May Be Confirmed? 1. Person must be: A. Baptized • B. In a state of grace, or forgiven of any grave sins through Baptism or Reconciliation. • C. intending to receive the sacrament • D. willing to take on the role of a disciple of Christ

  2. II. The Ritual of Confirmation: Symbolic Actions and Words • A. The Laying of Hands: A Powerful Connector ] • -“Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit” • 1.Blessing, Creating, Comforting, Supporting • A. We work with our hands, create things, and “give each other a hand” • B. the greet, comfort, and console • C. heal by touch • D. support and lift people • E. help guide people • F. used to make connections with people • 2.Spirit Touching Spirit • A. During confirmation, bishop anoints, with chrism on the forehead-place of wisdom • B. Feeling of hands on head gives a person the feeling of being strengthened by another’s touch • E. a bond is made the spirit of one touches the spirit of the other “BE SEALED WITH THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”

  3. Continue… • B. Anointing with Chrism: A Commissioning to Service • 1.A Consecration • A. consecrated the person to share more completely in the mission of Jesus and the church • B. bishop usually those the consecration to link the person symbolically to the universal church • 2.A Sign of the Cross • A. The bishop does the sign of the cross on the candidate’s forehead with chrism and says “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.”

  4. III. Confirmation's History • A. A Separate Ritual • 1. Western Church • A. Anointing with chrism by the bishop after the water ritual of Baptism eventually had to take place long after the water ritual. • B. Priests began to Baptize because there were too many people for the bishop to Baptize. • C. Confirmation took its own ritual status by the third century • D. The separate anointing became a “regular” practice by the fifth century especially with the popularity of infant Baptism. 2. The Eastern and Orthodox Churches • A. Confirmation was never really separated from Baptism • B. Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist were given to infants in one ceremony presided by a priest.

  5. Continue… B. “Soldiers of Christ” 1.In the fifth century a certain abbot preached that Confirmation was related to preparing people for spiritual combat a. “A soldier of Christ” and a “witness for Christ” 2. Bishop traditionally gave the sign of peace 3. Later it changed for a touch 4. In the Middle Ages the Bishop gave a slap a. symbolizes the hardship we must endure for Christ 5. A few decades ago it was return back to the sign of the cross C. Coming of Age Versus Lifelong Growth in the Spirit 1. Confirmation does not represent an arrival point or graduation from childhood to adulthood. 2. Celebrates and deepens the ongoing initiation into a new life with Jesus, which was started at Baptism

  6. Continue… D. A Current Debate 1. Order of the sacraments of initiation • ”original sequence”- Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist • Some believe that Confirmation should be received last so that the person would truly be conscious of the Holy Spirit at work in him or her 2. What age is the most appropriate to receive Confirmation • Should be conferred at the age of discretion- 7-18? • Within the church there is still an ongoing debate on the order of the sacrament and the age one should receive them

  7. Continue… IV. Toward Full Initiation 1.Baptism and Confirmation celebrate a reality that is not limit to a certain age or time. • A. The ongoing birth of Christian into new life 2. Eucharist • A. When first received it is a great personal event and it plunges the Christian more deeply into the Pascal mystery. • B. later becomes a frequent event for the Christian • -a source of strength and nourishment that can sustain him or her for a lifetime

  8. Sources… • Celebrating Sacraments: Saint Marys Press • http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=confirmation+initiation&aq=f&oq= • http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?backConfirmat.htm&size=16.1kB&name=Confirmation0001 • http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=confirmation+symbols&aq=0&oq=confirmation+

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