Last minute: picking a confirmation name!

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to pick a confirmation name and I thought I’d post a thread to see if anyone has any suggestions.

My main interests are philosophy, fishing/hunting, design, music. I like spending time with family and I also like to expand myself through travel, reading, prayer, etc. I am very attracted the more traditional Catholic faith—including Latin Mass, liturgy, the sacraments. I have a special affinity for reconciliation.

I should also say that I am coming to the faith late. Although I was baptized and received first communion, faith was not present in my house. My parents never talked about it. I was a devout agnostic for most of my adulthood. Very secular, very relativistic, very progressive. I’ve been through a divorce, now annulment, and that has all be mysteriously drawing me to the church. I am 39 now.

I am considering St. Michael the Archangel for my confirmation name, but I also like St. Bonaventure.

MICHAEL
I like Michael because I like chivalry, justice, virtue. I have a warrior spirit and as I move into starting a family, I like the idea of them being closely protected by both me and the Archangel.

BONAVENTURE
I like Bonaventure because of the emphasis on knowing God through loving study and attention. I think I often study for dry knowledge, but to study for the purposes of love is a better reason.
The holy labor of striving after knowledge of God became St. Bonaventure’s way of life. He understood that when the pursuit of truth is combined with love, Christ opens a hidden doorway within the heart, where he himself whispers unforgettable things, drawing us ever more deeply toward our ultimate end, which is God

(Saint Bonaventure: Bishop, Doctor, Apostle of Truth - Christian Saints & Heroes - News - Catholic Online)
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What do you all think? Good choices? Any other suggestions? I want to decide by tonight, so I can let my RCIA director know in time for the Easter Vigil.

Thanks!
 
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Thanks! I should have asked earlier. I’ll research these saints tonight.

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Pray about it. I think your patron saint actually chooses you, to be honest, even if you’re the one doing the research.

St. Michael is my patron saint. I already shared the name and I always knew the significance. My name is literally the best rhetorical question in history. There was never any doubt. My husband already had a saint’s name too and when we were chrismated/confirmed we later found out that it had been his saint’s day.
 
You should just go with the saint who speaks to you. St. Michael is a very popular saint. St. Bonaventure likely has fewer devotees these days, so if you want to have an unusual selection, pick him.
 
St Michael is great and is one of my favorite saints. I also highly recommend St Augustine and St. Paul.
 
Just remember: no matter which one you choose, you can never make an incorrect choice.
 
Thank you all. I think I’ll go for St. Michael, but Paul, Bonaventure, and Augustine would all be next top picks. Or Aquinas.
 
No matter which saint you choose, that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a special connection to other saints.
 
St. Joseph, St. Benedict, St. Augustine, St. Norbert, St. Terèse, St. Scholastica
 
I’m going with Michael. I think that St. Michael can help me to discern good vs. evil and to choose confidently the good, which is knowledge that I am trying to embody as I move forward. Coming from my relativistic background, this is important. Thanks everyone!
 
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