Sacrament of Confirmation

It enables us to make sense of God’s plan for us and to see the reasons why we have to believe what God has made us known.

• Wisdom

• Knowledge

• Piety

• Understanding

It enables us to see things, persons, and God as our Father and others as human persons gifted with dignity.

• Counsel

• Understanding

It enables us to make good decisions, to know what is right from wrong.

• Fortitude

• Counsel

It enables us to see the meaning of the truths we profess as followers of Jesus.

• Knowledge

• Wisdom

It enables us to choose what is good and right even if doing so would bring us unpleasant experiences.

• Piety

• Fortitude

It enables us to give the highest respect to God. It also helps us respect other people and God’s creation.

• Piety

• Fear of the Lord

It enables us to avoid doing something that will offend God not because he will punish us but because He loves us so much.

• Fortitude

• Fear of the Lord