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If you are an adult who has been baptized, has received First Communion, and would like to be fully initiated into the Catholic Church (i.e., receiving Confirmation) then let us know! Find out more here. Vickie Cortez 281-446-2933 THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.89 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. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed."90 CONFIRMATION IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION 1286 In the Old Testament the prophets announced that the Spirit of the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission.91 The descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism by John was the sign that this was he who was to come, the Messiah, the Son of God.92 He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total communion with the Holy Spirit whom the Father gives him "without measure."93 1287 This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit,95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost.96 Filled with the Holy Spirit the apostles began to proclaim "the mighty works of God," and Peter declared this outpouring of the Spirit to be the sign of the messianic age.97 Those who believed in the apostolic preaching and were baptized received the gift of the Holy Spirit in their turn.98 1288 "From that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism. For this reason in the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine concerning Baptism and the laying on of hands is listed among the first elements of Christian instruction. The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church."99 1289 Very early, the better to signify the gift of the Holy Spirit, an anointing with perfumed oil (chrism) was added to the laying on of hands. This anointing highlights the name "Christian," which means "anointed" and derives from that of Christ himself whom God "anointed with the Holy Spirit."100 This rite of anointing has continued ever since, in both East and West. For this reason the Eastern Churches call this sacrament Chrismation, anointing with chrism, or myron which means "chrism." In the West, the term Confirmation suggests that this sacrament both confirms and strengthens baptismal grace. III. THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION 1302 It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost. 1303 From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace: - it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! - it unites us more firmly to Christ; - it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us; - it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;118 - it gives 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:119 1304 Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the "character," which is the sign that Jesus Christ has marked a Christian with the seal of his Spirit by clothing him with power from on high so that he may be his witness.121 1305 This "character" perfects the common priesthood of the faithful, received in Baptism, and "the confirmed person receives the power to profess faith in Christ publicly and as it were officially (quasi Ex officio)."122
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Sakrament potvrde (krizme) Krštenici u sakramentu potvrde primaju neizreciv Dar, samoga Duha Svetoga. Obilježeni pečatom tog sakramenta „još su savršenije vezani uz Crkvu i tako su više obvezni da kao pravi Kristovi svjedoci riječju i djelom šire i brane vjeru“. Sakrament potvrde podjeljuje se pomazanjem krizmenim uljem na čelu koje se izvodi polaganjem ruke i riječima: „N, primi prečat dara Duha Svetoga“. Propisano je da se mazanje vrši na čelu krizmanika, rukom krizmatelja, desnim palcem i u obliku križa. Pojedine potvrđenike pri samom primanju sakramenata redovito prati kum. On mu kasnije pomaže da moću Duha Svetoga kojega je primio, vjerno u život provodi obećanja što ih je dao na krštenju. Dobro je da krsni kum bude također kum na potvrdi. Osobine kuma: - da bude dovoljno zreo za tu zadaću (min. 16 god.); - da pripada katoličkoj Crkvi te da je kršten, potvrđen i pričešćen te da provodi život u skladu s vjerom; - da mu pravo ne zabranjuje vršiti službu kuma i da nije javni grešnik. Izvorni službenik potvrde je biskup. Krštenik, obilježen od biskupa mirisavim uljem, prima neizbrisivi biljeg, Gospodnji pečat i dar Duha koji ga savršenije suobličuje Kristu te mu udijeljuje milost da među ljude širi „dobar miris“. Učinak je sakramenta potvrdi puni izljev Duha Svetoga, kao što je nekoć bio podijeljen apostolima na dan Pedesetnice. Potvrda pridonosi rastu i produbljenju krsne milosti: dublje nas ukorijenjuje u božansko posinjenje, čvršće nas sjedinjuje s Kristom, umnaža u nama darove Duha Svetoga, usavršuje naš vez s Crkvom. Svetu krizmu (mirisavo ulje) posvećuje biskup na misi koja se u tu svrhu redovito slavi na Veliki četvrtak. Jedan od uvjeta primanja potvrde, prema Direktoriju HBK za pastoral sakramenata, je pohađanje župne kateheze (vjeronauka) najmanje tri godine, a preduvjet je i pohađanje školskoga vjeronauka. Priređeno prema: Sv. zbor za bogoštovlje, Red potvrde, Kršćanska sadašnjost, Zagreb, 1972.; Don Alojzije Čondić, Pastoral sakramenata (skripta)