Questions

Question 1

Apostles Creed…

Answer 1

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord…

Question 2

Our Father…

Answer 2

Who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…

Question 3

Hail Mary…

Answer 3

Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee blesses art thou among women and blesses is the fruit of thy womb Jesus…

Question 4

Glory Be

Answer 4

To the father and to the Son of the Holy Spirit…

Question 5

What are the Sacraments of Initiation?

Answer 5

The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, the Holy Eucharist, and the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Question 6

What is Confirmation?

Answer 6

Confirmation is the sacrament through which the Holy Ghost comes to us in a special way and enables us to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.

Question 7

Who is the usual minister of Confirmation?

Answer 7

The bishop is the usual minister of Confirmation.

Question 8

Why is the Sacrament of Confirmation necessary?

Answer 8

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Question 9

Why should all Catholics be confirmed?

Answer 9

All Catholics should be confirmed in order to be strengthened against the dangers to salvation and to be prepared better to defend their Catholic faith.

Question 10

What are the effects of the Sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 10

Confirmation increases sanctifying grace, gives its special sacramental grace, and imprints a lasting character on the soul.

Question 11

What does the Holy Spirit give you along with His Grace?

Answer 11

Along with sanctifying grace and actual grace, the Holy Spirit also gives His seven gifts.

Question 12

List the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

Answer 12

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.

Question 13

What does the sacramental grace of Confirmation help us do?

Answer 13

The sacramental grace of Confirmation helps us to live our faith loyally and to profess it courageously.

Question 14

What happens at Pentecost?

Answer 14

It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ (Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2), and it marks the beginning of the Christian church’s mission to the world.

Question 15

What does the Church recognize as the origin of the Sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 15

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the Sacrament of Confirmation, which, in a certain way, perpetuates the grace of Pentecost in the Church.

Question 16

What is used for anointing, what is it, and why is it used?

Answer 16

Sacred Chrism used for anointing. This anointing highlights the name “Christian,” which means “anointed,” and derives from that of Christ Himself Whom God “anointed with the Holy Spirit”

Question 17

What is received in the anointing in Confirmation? What is it?

Answer 17

By the anointing the confirmand receives the “mark,” the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of authority. Hence soldiers were marked with their leader’s seal and salves with their master’s.

Question 18

What does the anointing do for us?

Answer 18

This seal of the Holy Spirit marks out total belonging to Christ, our enrollment in His service for ever, as well as the promise of divine protection in the great trial of the last days.

Question 19

May this Sacrament be repeated? Why or why not?

Answer 19

No. This configuration to Christ and to the Church, brought about by the Holy Spirit, is everlasting or indelible.

Question 20

Who can receive the Sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 20

Every baptized person not yet confirmed can and should receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Question 21

Are the baptized required to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 21

Yes. The faithful are obliged to receive this Sacrament are the appropriate time.

Question 22

What is essential for the Sacrament of Confirmation?

Answer 22

hen he lays his hands on the confirmand. Finally, calling the confirmand by his or her Confirmation name, the bishop says, ‘Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. ‘ This is the essential rite of the sacrament. The bishop then shakes the confirmand’s hand and congratulates him or her.