SACRAMENT OF

CONFIRMATION
PARENT & CHILD WORKSHOP
 CONFIRMATION PRAYER
Spirit of God, grant me: The gift of wisdom
To see the world through your eyes,
The gift of counsel
To make difficult decisions,
The gifts of knowledge and understanding
To use my mind to know you and to love you,
The gift of fortitude
To have the courage to live in the faith
Despite the difficulties and disappointments,
The gift of piety
To be able to express my special love
And commitment to you,
And the right kind of awesome fear
That makes me pause to wonder and revere God’s
Love.
Amen.
 Father: Do you renounce Satan and all his works and all his empty
show?

Candidates: I DO

Father: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator

B of heaven and earth?
P
A Candidates: I DO
R
P Father: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our
O Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered death and
T was buried, rose again from the dead, and is seated at the
M right hand of the Father?

I Candidates: I DO
I
S Father: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver
S of life, who came upon the Apostles at Pentecost and
today is given to you sacramentally in Confirmation?
M
E Candidates: I DO
A
S Father: Do you believe in the holy Catholic Church, the
communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
L resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?

Candidates: I DO

Father: This is our faith. This is the faith of the Church.

We are proud to profess it in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Candidates: AMEN
 LAYING OF HANDS

Dearly beloved,
let us pray to God the almighty Father,
for these, his adopted sons and
daughters,
already born again to eternal life in
Baptism,
that he will graciously pour out the Holy
Spirit upon them
to confirm them with his abundant
gifts,
and through his anointing
confirm them more fully to Christ, the
Son of God.
 LAYING OF HANDS
Parent/s to place hands over candidates head

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ,
who brought these your servants to new
birth
by water and the Holy Spirit,
freeing them from sin:
send upon them, O Lord, the Holy Spirit, the
Paraclete;
give them the spirit of wisdom and
understanding,
the spirit of counsel and fortitude,
the spirit of knowledge and piety;
fill them with the spirit of the fear of the
Lord.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
 WISDOM
A GIFT THAT IS DEVELOPED OVER
TIME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT EVERYTHING
IS A PART OF GOD’S PLAN FOR US.
 EXAMPLE
HAVE YOU EVER GONE THROUGH
CHALLENGING SITUATIONS AND
THEN LATER REALISED THAT IT
MADE YOU A STRONGER AND
WISER PERSON?
UNDERSTANDING
TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE
ELSE’S SHOES AND SEE THINGS
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
 EXAMPLE
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN
SOME ELSE’S ‘SHOES’ / POSITION?
 KNOWLEDGE
GAIN KNOWLEDGE.
THE MORE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE
ABOUT THE WORLD – THE BETTER
DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE.
 EXAMPLE
HAVE YOU EVER JUST WANTED TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT SOMETHING?
 FORTITUDE
(COURAGE)
GIVES US STRENGTH TO DO WHAT
IS RIGHT DESPITE OBSTACLES AND
DIFFICULTIES.
 EXAMPLE
HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO STAND UP
FOR YOURSELF OR SOMEONE EVEN
THOUGH THINGS MAY BECOME
DIFFICULT FOR YOU?
 COUNSEL
(RIGHT JUDGEMENT)
TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS AND
WORK WITH PEOPLE TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS.
 EXAMPLE
HAVE YOU EVER NEEDED TO TALK
TO A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS TO
SORT OUT A SITUATION?
 PIETY
(REVERENCE)
PIETY = DEVOTION TO GOD

TO LOVE AND SERVE GOD

 EXAMPLE
HOW DO YOU PRAY TO GOD?

HOW DO YOU ‘SERVE’ GOD?

FEAR OF THE LORD
(WONDER AND AWE)

TO RESPECT GOD AND ADMIRE ALL

THAT GOD HAS CREATED.
 EXAMPLE
IF GOD IS OUR CREATOR AND
JESUS TAUGHT US TO ‘LOVE ONE
ANOTHER’ –
WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WOULD
OFFEND GOD?
NAMING & ANOINTING WITH CHRISM
Name… be sealed with the Gift
of the Holy Spirit.
Candidate: Amen

Peace be with you.

Candidate: And with your spirit
 SPONSOR GUIDELINES
See Letter in Information Booklet

• Be not less than sixteen years of age.

• Be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has received the
Blessed Eucharist.
• Be a person who lives a life of faith, which befits the role to
be undertaken.
• Not be either the father or the mother of the person to be
confirmed
• It is desirable that the sponsor chosen be the one who
undertook this role in baptism. The purpose of this is to
better emphasise the relationship between Baptism and
Confirmation
 Important
Information
Holy Spirit
Open our hearts and the hearts of all people to know You,
the original heart on fire.
Holy Spirit
Fire us with your energy and passion for living the good
news of Jesus in all we do.
Holy Spirit
Give us courage to face the challenge of the Gospel to our
ways of thinking, being and acting.
Holy Spirit
Unite us - strengthen and sustaining our zeal for the life
and the mission of our Church in this time and place.
Holy Spirit
Set our hearts on fire.
Amen.
Please assist us to put the
chairs away