Confirmation is the 3rd and final Sacrament of Initiation

Two consecutive Sundays.  May, 6th, 2012 & April 29th, 2012

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

(CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH)

OFFICIAL TEACHING, BELOW IS ONLY A SUMMARY, SEE THE ABOVE LINK FOR MORE.

1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.⁸⁹ For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed."⁹⁰