Parents say no to Mass

[laszlo]

Once baptized they have an obligation to be confirmed. It’s not about being great Catholics, it’s about completing baptism and receiving the graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Why punish a child whose parents don’t practice by withholding graces? Depending on the situation the child may not be culpable – distance, the lack of public transportation, etc. could be reasons the child cannot attend Mass unless the parents go.

I think about the confirmation (and was instructed so, before I received my confirmation in 1947) that it is like a full gear for a soldier. The essential difference is that the confirmation leaves permanent sign of the character, it cannot thrown away.

Does the full gear help a soldier in a war? Does it helps a fugitive?

The problem is not the culpability, but the lack of the hope for the full Catholic life. Same problem as for the infant baptism.

More grace means more responsibility too.