Looking for a source about the sacraments

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Recently I read on Steve Kellmeyer’s blog THE FIFTH COLUMN an article about confirmation where he stated that
  1. Once someone is baptized, they may approach ANY legitimate minister of the other sacraments in order to receive those other sacraments. All that is necessary to receive a sacrament is (a) the recipient knows what it will do to him/her (b) the recipient wants that change to happen and (c) the recipient knows enough about the liturgy to successfully move through it.
My husband had also heard that a while ago but we have looked and looked for a source to cite for this information and cannot find it. Anyone able to help?

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Why not schedule a meeting with your parish priest? He will help your husband be prepared for his sacraments.
 
I’m sorry, I must not have been clear. My husband is not being confirmed. We are simply looking for a source of where this information comes from. Our parish priest is not aware of it either but that does not mean that a source does not indeed exist.

I simply mentioned my husband because he had heard the same thing prior to me reading it on Mr Kellmeyer’s blog.
 
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Recently I read on Steve Kellmeyer’s blog THE FIFTH COLUMN an article about confirmation where he stated that
  1. Once someone is baptized, they may approach ANY legitimate minister of the other sacraments in order to receive those other sacraments. All that is necessary to receive a sacrament is (a) the recipient knows what it will do to him/her (b) the recipient wants that change to happen and (c) the recipient knows enough about the liturgy to successfully move through it.
My husband had also heard that a while ago but we have looked and looked for a source to cite for this information and cannot find it. Anyone able to help?

In Our Lord and Lady
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The grain of truth at the centre of your question is canon 843§1:
Sacred ministers cannot deny the sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed, and are not prohibited by law from receiving them.
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However, there are so many caveats contained in the phrases “appropriate times”, “properly disposed” and “not prohibited by law” that your general assertion cannot really be said to be reliable.

If you are particularly concerned less about who can receive sacraments, than about from whom they can receive them: there are many regulations in canon law about approaching one’s proper pastor for sacraments.

I had a brief look on the blog you mentioned and didn’t see any particular article that you were referring to. Can you share a link?
 
Thanks for the link.

Don’t underestimate the importance of the word “legitimate”. There are restrictions on who-can-receive-what-and-where, and what-permissions-you-may-need-first, but by a process of elimination, what is left is legitimate. It is not a complete free-for-all.

I don’t know what his source is for that exact three-point list of requirements; I haven’t heard of it before, but it sounds a little simplistic.
 
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