Catholic Confirmation

Any saint you like, but good all rounders might be St Francis or St Peter for a man; and St Gerard Majella could be good. For a woman, Magdalen is a great confirmation name, after St Mary Magdalen.

Confirmation is a scrament that is normally taken as a young adult. Baptism, reconciliation, and first communion are all lead to a catholic by parents of a guardian. Confirmation is that person deciding whether or not they want to continue the catholic teachings of the church. Durning this sacrament the priest or bishop puts a cross of anointing oil on your forehead and blesses you with your chosen Saint name.

For exactly the same reasons as every other event in a person's life. One does not graduate from school without first attending school and receiving the lessons. So too, with Confirmation, one must learn the lessons about the Holy Spirit's Role in the person's life, in order to receive Him.

A bishop is the ordinary minister of the sacrament of confirmation. Pastors/priests may administer the sacrament only in rare cases when there is a Catholic in danger of death who has not yet been confirmed. In this circumstance, the priest may request from his local ordinary (bishop) to be empowered to administer the sacrament. Receiving the sacrament is not necessary for salvation, but it places a permanent mark upon the soul and thus gives one more grace and thus more capacity to merit and do good and thus more glory in heaven. If the person recovers from his/her illness, the confirmation is considered complete and no conditional confirmation is needed from the bishop.

Normally, a candidate for Confirmation must spend a period of time in preparation, both in studying the sacrament in order to understand what it is, why it is given and what it involves as well as spiritual tasks such as prayer and perhaps penance. When a priest or catechist has judged a candidate ready, he will list them as ready to be confirmed at the next visit of the bishop to the parish for that purpose. Usually such visits are planned months ahead, or happen annually on the same day - this allows the priest to prepare several candidates at once with their training culminating with the bishop's visit.

In the Catholic Church, this is the second sacrament. The Sacrament of Confirmation allows you to consciously make the same promises your parents made for you when you were baptized. (Notice that the administration of the sacraments for adults still hold the same meaning since one only reaches spiritual adulthood with the Sacrament of Confirmation.) The ritual itself will go something like this: Your hair should be brushed back from your forehead. When the time comes, you should be kneeling in front of the Bishop. Your Sponsor will be standing behind you with his or her hand on your right shoulder. The Bishop will anoint you making the sign of the Cross on your forehead with Holy Chrism. While the Bishop is anointing your forehead he says: "I sign thee with the sign of the cross, and I con-firm thee with the chrism of salvation, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Then, the Bishop will give you a little slap on the cheek and say: "Peace be with you". This little slap on the cheek is to remind you that you should be ready to suffer for your Faith. A Priest will wipe your forehead.

To always remain a faithful Christian & believing in God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

what are essential symbolic words of the sacrament of confirmation

Seventh-day Adventists do not believe in infant baptism, so there is no ritual of confirmation - which is only necessary when the person who has reached years of understanding confirms the choice made by his parents when he was christened as an infant.

Adventists do hold a ceremony of dedicating infants, but this is not a baptism. A person can only be baptised when he reaches the years of understanding. Children as young as 8 have been baptised, but the preferred age is 12 or older.

A sponsor is not required at Confirmation, although many bishops allow them, or even require them. Only one sponsor is customary where it is required, if you would like more than one, you would have to have your pastor check with the Bishop.

In Roman Catholicism, Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ for the conferral of sanctifying grace and the strengthening of the union between the person being confirmed and Jesus Christ. In general, confirmation is administered by a priest to a person who has reached the age of discretion (generally taken to be about 7) and the person must already have been baptized.

Conceivably, yes. Traditionally, probably not. You'd need to discuss this matter with your parish priest (and possibly the Bishop). My guess is they will say no b/c if your child can have 2 Confirmation sponsors then every other kid can too. That would be tantamount to changing the format/process of the Sacrament of Confirmation. It would also create an unnecessary problem in that many kids won't have 2 sponsors while your kid will. And, all the other kids will feel like they need to find 2 sponsors so they won't feel different than their peers. Besides, only one sponsor is necessary. If two are permitted, then why not 3? The focus of the Sacrament is the Sacrament itself and each child's receipt of The Holy Spirit in a profound way, and the child's confirmation into the Catholic faith.

Instead of gifting someone with money it would be nice if you can give any religious gifts like a Bible, Rosary, statue of Jesus Christ or Virgin Mary or some religious books which helps increase faith.

If you really want to go with money, depending on your relationship with the person and where you live. This should be per person not per family Family friends :10-30 Cousins : 20-40 Aunts uncles: 50-100 God parents/ Grandparents 100+ Sponcer: A watch or necklace and possably some money equaling to about 300-400 You can add more or less depending on how close you are to this person and your financial situation.

Confirmation doesn't "feel" like anything, particularly, if you don't put much into it. Confirmation is Our Blessed Lord completing your baptism and its graces. But all of those are put into you as seeds, if you do not use them and nurture them, they die. As everything that happens in Confirmation is spiritual it cannot be felt with our physical body. That is not to say that you might not get spiritual feelings given you by God, especially if you are very fervent and in a state of grace when you receive the Sacrament, but that is very individual and no one else has the same feelings.

The name of any Christian Saint. Your CCD (Religious Education) teacher can point you to a good reference book. Many people choose to take the name of a patron of the vocation of their family, or the date of their birth.

When the Apostles received the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.

While there is no saint named Ariana there is a Saint Arianell so, yes, the name could be used for confirmation.

Catholic wedding vows are manifested by three examination questions establishing freedom and intention of both parties, followed by recitation (or if there is a good a pastoral reason, expressed assent to) the essential formula by each party: "I, N., take you, N., as my (wife/husband). I will be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life." While conferences of bishops may propose alternate formulas (and inded, in the US, there is an alternate formula based on the pre-conciliar form) for approval by proper authority in Rome, this formula is essential for the canonical form required for a Catholic marriage. Anything else, (in particular vows composed by the parties,) is more than likely an invalid marriage in the eyes of the Church. The priest, as one who witnesses the vows, ratifies the expression of consent, proclaiming that "...what God has joined, man must not divide." The ceremonies that follow (the ring and any other optional ceremonies in the Rite of Marriage) are of catechetical and explanatory value, but are not necessary for the validity of the marriage.

Red is the color used on feasts of the Holy Spirit. Confirmation is the sacrament of the Holy Spirit.

It symbolises how Jesus died for them, and whilst they are underwater their sins are "washed away", which was the purpose of Jesus' death.

Confirmation is said to provide the receiver with a special grace and power. The gifts of confirmation are: Roots us more deeply in divine filiation (being children of God), unites us more firmly to Christ, increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us, strengthens our bond with the Church, associates us more closely to her mission of bearing witness to Christ, and helps us and more strictly obliges us to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.