The Sacrament of Confirmation as a Call to the Evangelization Directed towards Young People
The Sacrament of Confirmation as a Call to the Evangelization Directed towards Young People

Summary/Abstract: Along with the baptism the faithful accept the duty of professing the faith received from the Creator. In a passive sense, of admitting to the faith and the personal life according to the faith. In the case of Confirmation, young people receiving it are called to a faithful duty of actively propagating the faith among other people. The gift of the Holy Spirit, resulting from the Sacrament of Confirmation, strengthens those who receive it in a special way. Such a special embeddedness is necessary while running an evangelizing mission, through more excellent joining with the Church and deeper inclusion in Her. The Christian duty of promoting the faith by words and acts after accepting Confirmation is more binding and, one may dare to say, more desired by the Church. The said duty can be carried out not only on the macro-scale, but it also translates into day-to-day meetings between people. His completion is possible on the micro-scale by becoming a godfather or a witness to Confirmation of a particular person. Moreover, obtaining Confirmation makes person legitimate for receiving the Holy Orders, being entrusted with the evangelizing mission within a community that entrusted the priest its faithful. A lot of monks and nuns go to different continents as missionaries in order to evangelize. The Confirmation is also a requirement before a religious marriage officiated by the Church. The received gifts of the Holy Spirit are supposed to help young people at first on the mutual evangelization, especially when one of them is a non-believer, his or her faith is weak, or practices other religion. It also relates to an upcoming challenge of raising their offspring in faith.

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