FCL TOPIC 5

Confirmation

• is a sacrament through which the Holy Spirit comes to us in a specific way enable us to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and ambassador and soldier of Jesus Christ.

• brings us the Holy Spirit with his sevenfold gifts (Knowledge, Wisdom, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of the Lord, Counsel, and Understanding). Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

• perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds

Rev. Morrow

“Confirmation in a very special manner brings us the Holy Spirit with His sevenfold gifts. '“

“confirmation increases sanctifying grace, gives its special sacramental grace, and imprints a lasting character on the soul.”

character of Confirmation

is spiritual and indelible sign which marks the Christian as a soldier in the army of Christ

Catechism for Filipino Catholics

Confirmation strengthens and confirms the grace of Baptism, strengthening and confirming the mission to give public witness to Christ and the Church.

Bishop Morrow

“Confirmation for the Christians may be likened to the day of Pentecost for the Apostles, when they received the Holy Spirit under sensible signs: tongues as of fire, and a mighty wind.”

Laying of the HAnds

was the earliest name for Confirmation.”

bishop

• the usual minister in confirmation.

• lays his hand on the head of the person he confirms, and anoints the forehead with holy chrism in the form of a cross as he says: lays his hand on the head of the person he confirms, and anoints the forehead with holy chrism in the form of a cross as he says:

oil

a sign of abundance and joy, it heals and gives strength. As the continuation of baptism it strengthens therefore the baptized in following and doing all his Christian responsibilities.

Father’s

Christ himself declared that he was marked with his _ seal

Holy See

gives the missionary priest and parish priest the power to administer as extra-ordinary ministers (Morrow, 1964).

seal of the Holy Spirit

marks our total belonging to Christ, our involvement to his service forever, as well as the promise of divine protection in the great eschatological trial

Apostles

they administered the sacrament of Confirmation

Seal

• defines as a device having a design that can be wrapped into a plastic material (wax, lead, among others.) The design on this device is used as a personal or official emblem.

• In Christian tradition, “the seal is a symbol close to that of anointing. The father has set His seal,” on Christ and also seals us in Him.

• is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object

• authenticates a juridical act or document and occasionally makes it secret

spiritual seal

• is imprinted through the sign of anointing. “By this anointing the confirmand receives the mark, the seal of the Holy Spirit.

Sacraments of Confirmation

• is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace; the baptized are more perfectly bound to the church and are enriched with the special strength of the Holy Spirit

The baptized

they are, as true witness of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.

New testament

According to the _, confirmation speaks about the spirit of the Lord resting on the apostles making them as true witnesses and defenders of faith.