Show 221: Confirmation

This is one of the most meaningful podcasts I have ever done. I hope you will listen to it and share it with friends, family and loved ones. Were it not for the Sacrament of Confirmation, I would not be here. The ceremonial of Confirmation is as follows: The bishop lays his hands upon the candidates and anoints each one severally with chrism upon the forehead, with prayer; and those who are so anointed receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, especially courage to profess their faith. The supernatural effect of Confirmation is similar to the natural effect of oil. Christians ought to be confirmed at the age when they pass from childhood to youth, because at that period temptations thicken around them, and they need strength of will to resist them. The candidate for Confirmation ought previously to go to confession and, if possible, to holy communion ; for to receive this sacrament one must be in a state of grace. Confirmation is usually administered about Whitsuntide, as the bishop visits the whole of his diocese at intervals of a few years. Please subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuBq5NsNkT5lVceFchZTtg Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support. Read about my new book: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-daily-catholic-devotional-reflections.html My substack newsletter for The Uncensored Catholic is: https://judsonc.substack.com/ Join our Catholic forums at CatholicsmRocks.org https://www.catholicismrocks.com/forum Missio Dei's site is: https://www.missiodeicatholic.org/ Confirmation, an Autobiography of Faith https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.html Available in paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNK Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support. This is what takes place at Baptism: Water is poured upon the head of the person to be baptized, and at the same time the words appointed by Our Lord are repeated; the person is thereby cleansed from original sin and all other sins, he is gifted with habitual and sanctifying grace, and becomes a child of God, an heir of heaven, and a member of the Church. Baptism acts spiritually as water does materially. Baptism is indispensably necessary to salvation. Hence it follows that parents ought to have their children baptized immediately after their birth. In case of necessity any one can administer baptism, and without the usual ceremonies. If baptism by water is impossible, it may be replaced by the baptism of desire, or by the baptism of blood, as in the case of those who suffer martyrdom for the faith of Christ, In the early ages of the Church solemn Baptism was ad ministered on three days of the year: Holy Saturday, the eve of Whitsunday, and in the East on the eve of the Epiphany. Please subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuBq5NsNkT5lVceFchZTtg Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support. Read about my new book: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-daily-catholic-devotional-reflections.html My substack newsletter for The Uncensored Catholic is: https://judsonc.substack.com/ Join our Catholic forums at CatholicsmRocks.org https://www.catholicismrocks.com/forum Missio Dei's site is: https://www.missiodeicatholic.org/ Confirmation, an Autobiography of Faith https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.html Available in paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNK Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support.