Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 7 > Unit 5
Lesson 23: Confirmation: History and Celebration
The Sacrament of Confirmation more perfectly binds a baptized person to the Church and fills him or her with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.
The Sacrament of Confirmation more perfectly binds a baptized person to the Church and fills him or her with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.
The main effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that was also given to the Apostles on the day of Pentecost.
This outpouring of the Holy Spirit clothes us in the armor of God, giving us a “special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross” (CCC 1303).
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit received in Confirmation also increases in us the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, first received at Baptism.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Baptism.
Anointing with oil has held special meaning since ancient times, and the Sacrament of Confirmation shares in this today.
Confirmation is sometimes called the “Sacrament of Christian maturity,” but it is important not to confuse spiritual maturity with physical maturity.
There have been many examples of young people throughout the centuries who have fought for Christ with the strength of the Holy Spirit and even given their lives for Him.
Christ’s promise of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
Filled by the Spirit, Mary and the Apostles proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ to all the nations.
The Sacrament of Confirmation makes the baptized more perfectly bound to the Church and enriches them with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.
A dove, fire, wind, water, a pillar of cloud, and anointing with oil are all symbols of the Holy Spirit.
In Confirmation, the Holy Spirit descends on the disciple and empowers him or her to heroically live the Faith.
Christ’s promise of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
We must live the gifts of the Holy Spirit bestowed upon us and pursue the moral life in Christ in order to build up the Church here on Earth.
Just as Jesus sent the Apostles out to preach the Good News, He sends you out too.
Christ’s promise of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The main effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that was also given to the Apostles on the day of Pentecost.