Or there is a danger of death. To be confirmed you must select a sponsor to help guide you through the process.

When Being Confirmed A Sponsor Is Present The Person Chosen As A

He becomes deeply concerned or ought to with the welfare of christ in the world which is the church and the welfare of christ in his neighbor.

What is getting confirmed in a catholic church. This person is a great example of what it means to be a catholic. It s considered a sacrament of initiation which means that it brings you deeper into communion with the church. It is in this sense that confirmation is a spiritual growing up.

The sacrament of confirmation is to be conferred on the faithful at about the age of discretion unless the episcopal conference has decided on a different age. If a catholic is currently married civilly common law or by another christian minister they must marry in the catholic church prior to being confirmed. Generally speaking the requirements for confirmation are honest belief in the catholic faith a free choice to be confirmed a period of education and discernment and that the person is not otherwise prohibited from participating in the eucharist.

While the normal minister of the sacrament is the diocesan bishop adult candidates for confirmation are normally confirmed by the priest just as adult converts are confirmed by the priest at the easter vigil. Confirmation certainly makes you better equipped to handle life as a christian but that doesn t mean things will always be easy. If you are an adult and haven t been confirmed please don t delay.

They pray for you and provide a support system for your faith. Or in the judgment of the minister a grave reason suggests otherwise. In the early church through the middle ages confirmation was closely linked with baptism and it was often performed on infants before their first birthday but in some churches the minimal age of 10 years comes into play.

Cic 891 since the church has traditionally understood the age. Similarly the confirmed christian begins to see more clearly or ought to his responsibility to christ for his neighbor. The catholic being confirmed stands or kneels before the bishop and the sponsor lays one hand on the shoulder of the one being confirmed.

Catholics seeking the sacrament of confirmation must be married by the church either by a deacon or priest before receiving the sacrament of confirmation or holy communion and reconcilation. The confirmation name is spoken and the bishop puts chrism oil on the person s forehead says his name aloud and then says be sealed with the gift of the holy spirit the person responds amen. Although in the west the sacrament of confirmation is usually received by catholics as teenagers several years after making their first holy communion the roman catholic church considers confirmation to be the second of the three sacraments of initiation baptism being the first and holy communion the third.

Marriage problems are the biggest impediment to the last item. Like baptism confirmation was an act for which the parents were held responsible. Confirmation is a sacrament in the catholic church in which the one who is confirmed confirmandi receives the gifts of the holy spirit through the imposition of hand and anointing with oils by the bishop.