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What if you never do your Confirmation (Catholic)?
Is it bad? And also my church says I have to memorize the Ten Commandments and the Seven Sacraments as a test, what if I don't remember all of them?
4 Answers
- JacquelineLv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
If you never receive the sacrament of Confirmation, you will miss out on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the grace that you need to be a strong and mature Christian.
The effect of Confirmation is a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit like that of Pentecost. This outpouring impresses on the soul an indelible character and produces a growth in the grace of Baptism. It roots the recipient more deeply in divine sonship, binds him more firmly to Christ and to the Church and reinvigorates the gifts of the Holy Spirit in his soul. It gives a special strength to witness to the Christian faith.
-- The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 268
Some day when you wish to get married, you would have difficulty being married in the Catholic Church without being confirmed.
By the way, paricipating in Confirmation classes is something you "do", but the actual sacrament is something that Jesus does for us. That's why we speak of _receiving_ a sacrament.
Source(s): http://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/docum... sacraments of Christian initiation http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/sacram... - sparki777Lv 78 years ago
1. Confirmation completes your initiation into the Catholic Church. If you don't do it, you're kind of left hanging. If you aren't sure you want to do it, then you can tell the priest you have doubts, meet with him to see if he can answer your questions and if not, try again next year.
2. It's bad to be confirmed when you don't want to be. In fact, it's against Church law. But it's also bad to not take the classes and learn whether you want to be or not. So take the classes, do the work and make your decision at the end of the classes, not at the beginning.
3. It's not hard to memorize something you care about. So you have to CARE about the 10 Commandments and the Seven Sacraments. When you learn what they are and why they matter, you should care about them because they will guide your whole life.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Make a good effort. The Sacraments are easy. The Commandments are harder, but my son did it. Don't not be confirmed because of that.
I think you have to be confirmed to be married in the Church, so you'll have to do it anyway.
Just make an effort. You can do it.
- Vanilla SkiesLv 58 years ago
It's not that hard.
I had my confirmation when I was 12 which was 2 years ago. Through confirmation we receive grace and blessings from Lord Jesus Christ (Gifts of the Holy Spirit) and it also helps in the development of boys and girls into young Christian gentlemen and ladies who live the Gospel.
Sacraments are easy
Baptism
Penance
Communion
Confirmation
Matrimony
Holy Orders
Anointing of the Sick/Dead
Ten Commandments
1. Worship God Alone.
2. Don't worship false idols.
3. Don't blaspheme (take the Lord's name in vain)
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy.
5. Honor your father and mother.
6. Don't kill
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. “You shall not covet your neighbor's house;
10. you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
I hope I helped. That subject is really easy. Believe me bro. Good luck for your test.
Source(s): Member of the Holy Catholic Church