Confirmation

Question 1

Chrism Mass

Answer 1

• Holy Thursday
• When sacred oils are consecrated
  
  • Chrism
  • Oil of Catechumens
  • Oil of the Sick

Question 2

Three Essential Actions of Confirmation

Answer 2

• Laying on of the hands
• Anointing of oil of forehead (chrism)
• Form: “Name, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit”

Question 3

The Graces of Confirmation

Answer 3

• Able to live as Gods Children
• United with Christ
  
  • We are mini christs (anointed ones)
• Receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit
• We form a deeper bond with the Church
  
  • Helps us be the Body of Christ

Question 4

Parable of the Sower

Answer 4

• Seeds on path: Bird eats the seeds
• Rocky places: grew quickly, sun scorches
• Thorns: choke the plants
• Good soil: crop grows 30x, 60x, 100x

Question 5

Meaning of the Parable of the Sower

Answer 5

• Path: Hears God’s word, devils comes and takes it
• Rocky places: Hears the word, super interested, loses interest
• Thorns: Possessions, riches, and worldly anxieties ruin the faith
• Good soil: nourish the faith and it grows

Question 6

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Answer 6

• Received from Confirmations
• Piety
• Counsel
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Fear of the Lord
• Wisdom
• Fortitude

Question 7

Wisdom

Answer 7

-Knowledge gained through experience

Question 8

Knowledge

Answer 8

-To know information

Question 9

Counsel

Answer 9

• Right judgement

- Advice from others

Question 10

Understanding

Answer 10

• Seeing the big picture

- God-like perspective

Question 11

Fortitude

Answer 11

-Courage to stand up for others and their beliefs

Question 12

Piety

Answer 12

• Reverence

- Respect for God and his creations

Question 13

Fear of the Lord

Answer 13

• Wonder and Awe
• Never think you have God completely figured out
• Fear of offending God

Question 14

Fruits of the Spirit

Answer 14

• Perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit
• Gifts of the Holy Spirit produce the Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Question 15

Pentecost

Answer 15

• 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven
• “Noise like a strong driving wind”
• Tongues of fire parted and came to rest on each of them
• Filled with the Holy Spirit
• Speaking in Tongues
• Birthday of the Church

Question 16

Advocate

Answer 16

• Name for the Holy Spirit
• The “Paraclete” or “helper” who will live in us
• Guide us to truth

Question 17

Laying on of Hands

Answer 17

• A gesture that is the main rite and origin of sacrament of confirmation
• Saint Paul laid hands on a group of disciples who were baptized, and they received the Holy Spirit

Question 18

Chrismation

Answer 18

• The name of the Eastern Rite for the Sacrament of Confirmation
• Comes from the chrism used as part of the sacrament

Question 19

Age of Discretion

Answer 19

• “Age of Reason”

- Age at which a person becomes capable of moral reasoning (7th year)

Question 20

Confirmand

Answer 20

-A candidate for Confirmation

Question 21

Thomas Aquinas on Jesus Instituting Confirmation

Answer 21

• Jesus did institute the sacrament of Confirmation
• Didn’t bestow it himself but promised the Spirit would be given
• “If I go, I will send Him (the Spirit) to you”- John 16:7

Question 22

Jesus in the Synagogue at Nazareth

Answer 22

• Reads from Isaiah 61
• About the coming of the Messiah
• “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me”
• Messiah will:
  
  • Bring God news to the poor
  • Liberty to captives
  • Sight to the Blind
  • Let the oppressed go free

Question 23

Order of the Sacraments of Initiation and why it varies

Answer 23

• Baptism, Eucharist (first communion), Confirmation

- Varies because some people believe Children shouldn’t be inducted before they understand what they are entering

Question 24

Ezekiel 36

Answer 24

• I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh
• I will put my Spirit within you so that you walk in my statutes

Question 25

Jesus’ Promise to send the Holy Spirit

Answer 25

• Last Supper

- Jesus calls the HS another Advocate

Question 26

Paraclete

Answer 26

• Advocate, helper, comforter, consoler
• “Spirit of Truth” to teach us
• Advocate: one who speaks on your behalf

Question 27

Luke 12 (Promises the HS)

Answer 27

• Take you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities
• DONT WORRY
• Holy Spirit will teach you

Question 28

Jesus & Nicodemus (Promises the HS)

Answer 28

• “You must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God”
• The wind blows where i wills, you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit

Question 29

Eastern Rite of Chrismation

Answer 29

• The confirmand is anointed w/ sacred chrism
• Chrism “Christ”: The anointed one
• Mixture of olive oil and balsam (very sweet smelling)
• JC: anointed one, we share in that anointing

Question 30

Balsam

Answer 30

• Oil

- Resinous substance hat comes from pine trees

Question 31

Why is Confirmation is a double sacrament?

Answer 31

• Confirmation and baptism were a single celebration
• Number of Christians increased, the bishop could not attend all Baptisms
• Church in west began double anointing
• East: celebrates Baptism and Confirmation as single celebration

Question 32

Seal

Answer 32

• Form of Confirmation
• Mark
• Bears fruit
• We belong to God