Thursday Entry - Sacrament of Confirmation

"A sacrament in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ." (from Catholic Encyclopedia)

Amodei, Michael. "Send Out Your Spirit: A Confirmation Candidate's Handbook for Faith". Ave Maria Press, 2003. A guide for Catholic teens to study and reflect on their faith.

"Send forth upon them thy sevenfold Spirit of Holy Paraclete. I sign thee with the sign of the cross and confim thee with the chrism of salvation, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." (from the ceremony of the Sacrament of Confirmation)

It was during the process of preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation that I really began to question my feelings on Catholicism and became especially fearful of the religion in general, so it is probably the most important ritual for me to research and draw from.