Confirmation and Matrimony

[FAB]

Canon Law does not say “should receive”. It states they “are to receive”. That makes it a requirement.

I disagree about exception meaning it is not required.
You are required to fulfill your Sunday Mass obligation upon pain of mortal sin but if you are sick you don’t have to attend. In such a case the obligation is dispensed with. It is, however, not dispensed with if you are too lazy to attend Mass or you feel it is not necessary to attend.

It is very unlikely that a priest or deacon would not witness the marriage because of confirmation. The exception is there for a good reason. Most adult confirmations are done one a year by the bishop either on Pentecost or in the Easter Season. This can be a great inconvience.
I can encorage someone to be confirmed and do so. There are other things to debate, leave this up to the pastoral decision of the clergy.

Deacon Frank

 

[PJM]

=marypat435;11321207]I’ve noticed that sometimes young people are not receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation if they attend public schools. When I was young, we were confirmed at age 7, which I think is a good idea. The grace of this Sacrament is so important, and the younger children aren’t so resistant. The teenagers often are just not interested, and the parents are not very enthusiastic either.
This is a time when we definitely need the grace of the sacrament. Teenagers are bombarded with so many temptations. I am concerned that this may be a prelude to them leaving the Church. When these young people grow up and want to get married, they often focus on the secular festivities, the dress, the reception, etc, and don’t give the SACRAMENT a thought. It’s a very sad situation. If the young people decide to get married and don’t want to go through the effort of being confirmed, they sometimes just decide to get married outside the Church, and don’t even realize that this is a problem.
It’s true that we’re suffering a crisis in catechesis, but the deeper problem is that so many people are nominally Catholic, and don’t even care about what is really important.
The million-dollar question–How do we get people to CARE?

In the end, its up to od and His graces.

But what we CAN and SHOULD be doing is:

Know WELL our Faith. What we believe and WHY we believe it.

Live it fully and publically [be the lamp on the hill]

Share it whenever God gives us the opportunity to do so

Defend it in charity with facts when needed:thumbsup:

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