Was my confirmation "tainted" in some way?

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I don’t want to go so far as to say “invalid…” So, the MonSignor mispronounced my confirmation name twice. It’s Tamsin (after Thomas), and this totally distracted me (bc I was very excited choosing this name)…while he was blessing me with the chrism so much so I forgot to respond to his handshake with “and with your spirit” and just said “thanks.” My S-L also claims she caught me on vid giving him a half of an eye roll…🤷 Is My confirmation OK? :rolleyes:
 
No, there is no problem with your confirmation. Confirmation names are not an essential part of the sacrament. It is just a custom. Nor is the confirmand strictly required to say anything.
 
Want to hear a lot of name mispronunciations?-listen to a baseball game.

That video showed you a bit about yourself on that day. You weren’t so Holy either after all.

Learn from it and be a bit more mindful about yourself. It’s a great lesson. I didn’t get such an objective view about myself until a bit later in life when I was supposed to have been “grown up.”
 
Your confirmation name is great. I’m sorry your Bishop struggled with the pronunciation.

I’m glad you made it home into the Church even if there were aspects of your experience that were less than perfect.

My oldest was confirmed a few years ago, nearly the whole experience made me worry she’d end up leaving the church. Her personality hated the ‘kids club’ meetings she was required to attend. She would have been happier in a classroom setting. And choosing “Agnes” as her name , she wasn’t too impressed with the Bishop’s comments on her chosen name during the ceremony. My dd loved the young saint who as she described was ‘salty’ to Roman authorities.

She just might have ‘eye rolled’ during the Bishop’s interaction with her.

I have still a load of work to do as a mother.

When I got confirmed, I missed the class on picking a name because I was ill. So my mom called the office to get the information. The Sister in charge told my mom “We don’t encourage children to take a new name. Your daughter should use her own name.” This was the early eighties. So even though I had a couple of good saint names lined up, I was now required to use my given name. There was no listing of that name in the lives of the saint books, and this caused me some distress. Confirmation day arrived and all my classmates were getting new names by the Bishop! There I was without a patron saint! I was upset.

Lucky for me I found out in recent years that although I was named for my dad’s Pentecostal grandmother, that name is a little known saints name anyway! My guardian angel must have been chuckling at me on my Confirmation day knowing full well I was just fine and I had a patron saint in heaven waiting for me to discover her.

God Bless you Tamsin! St Thomas has your back.
 
No problems, when I was confirmed, the Archbishop mispronounced Sean (shawn) was seen…so it happens.
 
The Holy Spirit is not hamstrung by the foibles of man.
Relax. 🙂
 
RC1960 said:
Want to hear a lot of name mispronunciations?-listen to a baseball game.

That video showed you a bit about yourself on that day. You weren’t so Holy either after all.

Learn from it and be a bit more mindful about yourself. It’s a great lesson. I didn’t get such an objective view about myself until a bit later in life when I was supposed to have been “grown up.”
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Thanks for your opinion, but I wasn’t accusing the Mon Signor of any lack of holiness for an innocent mistake. I must have just been cringing on the inside a bit and it showed on my face without any malice or knowledge on my part. I think it was a natural response…(if my baby my baptised by the wrong name I wouldn’t be thrilled either)…either way, no “holiness” was in question on either end, and certainly no disrespect to the Mon Signor. And btw, this was a mispronunciation in the manner that you wouldn’t even know it should have been Tasmin. Lol
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But thanks everyone for the kind words and reassurance. 🙂
 
brishen said:
Thanks for your opinion, but I wasn’t accusing the Mon Signor of any lack of holiness for an innocent mistake. I must have just been cringing on the inside a bit and it showed on my face without any malice or knowledge on my part. I think it was a natural response…(if my baby my baptised by the wrong name I wouldn’t be thrilled either)…either way, no “holiness” was in question on either end, and certainly no disrespect to the Mon Signor. And btw, this was a mispronunciation in the manner that you wouldn’t even know it should have been Tasmin. Lol
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But thanks everyone for the kind words and reassurance. 🙂
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See, even now I’m saying it wrong. Tamsin. Lol!
 
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