17 April 2025

What Grace Do You Receive in the Sacrament of Confirmation?

With Fr Innocent Smith, OP, STL, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Pastoral Studies, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC


The sacrament of Confirmation gives us grace and a share in the mystery of Pentecost. Through the sacrament of Confirmation, the same Holy Spirit who has comforted and guided the Catholic Church throughout the centuries is given to each of us in a personal way. In this sacrament, we receive the very same gift of the Holy Spirit which made the Apostles ready to preach Christ to the ends of the earth at Pentecost.

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