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Call to Celebrate CONFIRMATION

Call to Celebrate CONFIRMATION. Chapter 2: Believe with the Spirit. Prayer Snacks Ice Breaker. Gathering Rite -The Mass. The Liturgy (Mass) is a Ritual Rituals are actions that are repeated over and over again, that give comfort and pattern to our lives Procession with the Word

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Call to Celebrate CONFIRMATION

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  1. Call to Celebrate CONFIRMATION Chapter 2: Believe with the Spirit Prayer Snacks Ice Breaker

  2. Gathering Rite -The Mass The Liturgy (Mass) is a Ritual Rituals are actions that are repeated over and over again, that give comfort and pattern to our lives Procession with the Word The opening Rite Pass out Candles Name on the bottom Symbol of your personal intercessional prayer When you look at this candle, think of your own Baptism The Importance of Ritual in our lives: The familiarity of the Mass – around the world During troubled times Example – After 9/11 People found comfort in their faith, communal expressions like the Mass Can you think of any other reasons for rituals? Memorial of loved ones, Affirmation of a personal belief Meditation, rote activities free the mind from daily concerns

  3. Celebration of the Word • The reading of the Gospel • God speaks to us through his revealed word • The Gospel Sign • What does it mean? • Volunteer read Matthew 17:14-21

  4. Matthew 17:14-21 The Lord be with you.   All: And also with you.Volunteer:  A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 14When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15"Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."   17"O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me." 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment. 19Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" 20He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."[a]

  5. Light of Christ At Your Baptism: Priest handed your Godparent a baptismal candle Priest spoke of the Easter Candle and the Risen Christ Priest said “ Receive the Light of Christ” Your candle was lit from the Easter Candle Priest told your Parents and Godparents; “Keep the Light Burning Brightly” Your Parents, God Parents and Priest prayed; That the “Flame of Faith” be kept alive in your heart. That’s why you, we, are here today. Candle lighting, Procession

  6. Faith and Light The Church uses the image of light to describe the mystery of Faith Faith – our free response to God’s love and all that he tells us through Revelation Revelation – God communicates with us, through: Old & New Testaments His own Son, Jesus Christ We begin to see and understand life better through the light of faith Knothole & ball game analogy Science, experience are attempts to expand the knothole Faith opens the knothole to help us see the Master Designer’s intent Thoughts? Questions?

  7. Seeing and Believing The Gospel of John uses the imagery of light and darkness to describe Good News and the Kingdom Volunteer Reader: John 1 -The Word Became Flesh  1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.   3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

  8. Jesus is the Light of the World Volunteer Reader: John 3: 19 -21 Jesus instructs Nicodemus about Faith, Jesus is the Light 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”

  9. What does Faith do? Spiritual Blindness: John 9:1-40 In this scripture, Jesus heals a blind man, but the people refused to believe the blind man’s testimony. They drove the blind man out of the synagogue and town. Jesus found him and said: Volunteer Reader:  35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"   36 "Who is he, sir?" the man asked. "Tell me so that I may believe in him."  37 Jesus said, "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you."  38 Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.  39 Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."  40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, "What? Are we blind too?"

  10. Faith and Fear Jesus Stills the Storm Volunteer Reader: 23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"   26 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.  27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!“ What is Jesus message to the Apostles about belief? What is Christ’s message to us about fear?

  11. Personal Faith Faith is a lifelong relationship with God. As your faith grows: you begin to see things from a deeper perspective, you grow in your trust of God, you begin to feel more connected and see his plan for you This is what the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrates, your new connections and deepening bonds with God & the Church.

  12. Communal Faith Faith has an important communal aspect we receive our faith from others (parents. Grandparents) we pass our faith on to others (children, friends) we are carried by the faith and prayer of others What are some of the benefits of communal prayer at: Mass ? Weddings ? Funerals ? Others ?

  13. Completion of Baptism Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation” The reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of Baptismal grace. For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, (the baptized) are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. What is the symbol of the Holy Spirit? Why do you think that God might have chosen this symbol for the Holy Spirit?

  14. Witness of Faith Faith is a lifelong relationship with God. As your faith grows: you begin to see things from a deeper perspective, you grow in your trust of God, you begin to feel more connected and see his plan for you This is what the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrates, your new connections and deepening bonds with God & the Church.

  15. Discussion Any topic from today’s class. Talk to your sponsor or parent about their spiritual journey Closing Prayer: Volunteer reader, page 23.

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