How do you get confirmation?

[edjlopez23]

My younger brother has gotten his baptism and first communion but not confirmation. I was wondering if there is a simple way do get a confirmation from a bishop because my parish said he has to do 1 year of RCIA classes. However, my brother is to busy this year and probably next year with college and volunteer work.

Is there an easier process to get a confirmation?

 

[CilladeRoma]

Your brother will need to speak to his priest/pastor.

Classes are usually necessary, but the parish should work with him.

If he truly wants to seek out the Sacrament of Confirmation, he will make the time.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Since you say your brother is a student, perhaps he could check out the Catholic Campus Ministry at his college. It can often be easier when the people running things are aware of the school’s schedule, when finals fall, when people are away on breaks, etc.

 

[1ke]

My younger brother has gotten his baptism and first communion but not confirmation. I was wondering if there is a simple way do get a confirmation from a bishop because my parish said he has to do 1 year of RCIA classes.

Your brother should talk to his pastor.

However, my brother is to busy this year and probably next year with college and volunteer work.

Everyone is busy. Again, your brother should schedule an appointment with his pastor (not the secretary, not anyone else) and talk to his pastor about his desire to get confirmed, his schedule, and what sort of arrangement they can make.

Is there an easier process to get a confirmation?

It is up to his pastor. And, he’s a big boy, he can ask for himself.

 

[TheLittleLady]

First thing, we “receive” the Sacraments, we do not “get” them.

Reverence in language is important.

Your brother needs to sit down with his pastor and express his desire to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Your pastor will determine what sort of preparation is required.

RCIA is for unbaptized people, however, some parishes with a small number of staffers must offer only one set of instructions for Candidates, Catecheumins and those Catholic adults seeking Confirmation.

 

[otrrl]

The Eastern Rites administer “chrismation” at the same time as Baptism. I rationalize Confirmation in the very sense of the word, that one has studied and firmly accepts the tenets of the Catholic faith. At such a point, one should be considered a disciple of Christ and ready to show some fruits of the Holy Spirit by undertaking some mission in the Church.

The Holy Spirit came down upon Mary and Jesus’ disciples on Pentecost, the day that Jews celebrate receiving the Torah from God. They were gathered together in prayer when they were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

In the US, the sacrament is ritualized and ceremonialized and usually a bishop imparts the sacrament, but the underlying maturation of a person in the faith should be the reason for requesting the anointing of the Sacrament – all this in my opinion. Further we should be prepared thereby to profess our faith to the point of death, if need be.

So, if we’re too busy for all this, then it’s good to put it off until one is ready to make the commitment.