It also “unites us more firmly to Christ…” and “it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us” (CCC 1303). From this we see that the effects of confirmation are very Trinitarian.

Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church ... “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit” (CCC, 1300). In the Old Testament ...

While I continue to grieve for those whose lives have been forever changed by this catastrophe, friends and colleagues among ...