Tag: The Sacrament of Confirmation

God did the Jews a huge favor early on in their history: He made them losers. Not losers in the sense of being the sort of nebbish who lives in

The second of the sanctifying gifts of the Holy Spirit given in Confirmation is the gift of piety. Like all the sanctifying gifts, this is a gift you get to

God gives us the gifts we need, not the gifts we necessarily want. Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof famously complains, “If wealth is a curse, O Lord, then smite

We seem so often to be incurable legalists when it comes to the things of God. Some people talk as though Baptism doesn’t really stick unless you are confirmed too.

Biblical authors (and other ancient Christians) have a habit of referring to the mysteries of the Christian faith by means of euphemism or code words. The Church began as a

There are two traditions—East and West—when it comes to the sacrament of Confirmation, and they show how doctrine can develop and unfold within the Church much as the branches on

Being as how Pentecost was on Sunday, and Pentecost is all about the Coming of the Holy Spirit in power, and Confirmation is also about the coming of the Holy