The sacrament of Confirmation is important before you get other sacraments like Matrimony of Holy Orders.
Baptism is giving to a baby, Confirmation is given to an adult and they accept whether to want to stay in the Catholic faith or not.
Various churches within Christianity understand the sacraments in different ways.
In the Protestant churches, the sacraments are the Word of God made visible. In other words, the believer receives the grace of God through receiving the sacraments.
In short when you were baptised you would have been very young or very new to the the Faith. Confirmation does what it says on the bottle.
see Acts 2:38 ff
To make an adult decision to remain within the Church.
Not many people receive all the sacraments as one is marriage, and another priesthood. Of course, it can happen, but it's not usual.
sacrament of confirmation
Sanctifying Grace
The Sacraments are Christ's Gifts to His Church. Every Sacrament we receive, we receive Him.
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause without Baptism, you can not validly receive any of the other sacraments.
you are no longer able to receive the sacraments and you are in a state of mortal sin.
Eucharist (Communion) is one of the four sacraments of initiation along with Baptism, Reconciliation and Confirmation; it is called a Sacrament of the living as you must be in a state of grace to worthily receive it. Sacraments such as Baptism and Penance are "Sacraments of the dead" because you are dead in your sins when you receive them, and they restore you to a state of life.
All of the sacraments allow believers to experience God's grace. When sins are confessed and forgiven, believers receive God's grace.
Roman Catholic AnswerSacraments of the dead are those sacraments which are given to people who are spiritually dead in sin, baptism and penance are both sacraments of the dead. Sacraments of the living mean that one must be alive in Christ, i.e. in a state of grace to even receive the sacrament: Confirmation, the Holy Eucharist, Marriage, Holy Orders are all sacraments of the living. Unction or anointing is a mixed sacrament containing elements of both. To receive a sacrament of the living while in a state of serious sin is, itself, a very grievous sin of sacrilege.
Frequent the Sacraments, especially Reconciliation & Eucharist/Mass, and make time daily to pray to Our Lord to do His will and grow in holiness. Spiritually strengthening Grace is the free gift you receive, from The Holy Spirit, via the Sacraments.
They can, under specific circumstances. The ability to receive sacraments is determined by: - how the initial marriage(s) was dissolved - how the current marriage was arranged - how the individuals live their lives. If your initial marriages were appropriately dissolved by the church See document "Annulment and Dissolution of Marriage in the Catholic Church" referenced below If you live according to Catholic principles If you were correctly married in the catholic church Then you can receive the sacraments.
Once. The only sacraments one is allowed to receive more than once are Eucharist, reconciliation and anointing of the sick. You can also receive the sacraments of confession and marriage more than once.