Confirmation

• Sacrament where we recieve the 7 gifts of the holy spirit: Confirmation
• Baptize Person is sealed with the gift of holy spirit and is strengthened for service to the body of Christ: confirmaton
• Confirmation - Often called a Personal Pentecost
• • Its purpose is to make our relationship with God stronger.
• • It deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, society and the World.
• Presentation of the candidates

  • This is where the priest, pastor, or deacon presents the candidates to the bishop.
• Renewal of Baptismal promises

  - This is where they confirm their rejection of evil and where they embrace their faith.
• Laying of hands

  • the Bishop stretches out his hand over the confirmand and calls down the power of the holy spirit.
• The Anointing of Chrism

  • It is where the bishop anoints your forehead with the chrism Oil using his right thumb, saying “be sealed with the gift of the holy spirit”.
• Wisdom - to know what is truly important.
• Counsel - to judge between right and wrong and to choose what is right
• Understanding - to know why it is important
• Fortitude - to persist in doing the right thing with courage no matter what
• Knowledge - to know god’s plan of salvation
• Piety or reverence - To know that the god who created the universe deserves love and praise
• Fear of the lord - having the right perspective of god’s almighty power and love, and our place in creation
• Confirmation or chrismation is the 2nd sacrament.
• • Also called as “Chrismation” meaning “anointing with chrism”(in the east)