Confirmation is a Sacrament of Initiation!

The prophets of the Old Testament foretold that God’s spirit would rest upon the Messiah to sustain His mission. Their prophecy was fulfilled when Jesus the Messiah was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.

The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus on the occasion of His baptism by John in the River Jordan. Jesus’ entire mission occurred in communion with the Holy Spirit. Before He died, Jesus promised that the Spirit would be given to the Apostles and to the entire Church.

Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world… We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the communion of the faithful in loving service.