Why Does Confirmation Matter? The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Why does Confirmation matter? In the Catholic Church, the sacrament of Confirmation is far more than a rite of passage — it’s a powerful encounter with the Gift of the Holy Spirit. Just as the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles at Pentecost, so too does He come to each of us in our own personal Pentecost through this sacrament.
In this Aquinas 101 video on Confirmation, Fr. James Brent, O.P., a priest and Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph, explains the Catholic theology behind Confirmation according to St. Thomas Aquinas and how it strengthens the grace of baptism, forming us into bold witnesses of Christ. Through this sacrament, we receive not just the Gift of the Holy Spirit, but the power to live out the fruits of the Spirit and the beatitudes — becoming more like Christ.
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