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FrDavid96
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What???
Again, I’ll ask you how “it could detract from a full understanding and celebration of the Rite”?
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Again, I’ll ask you how “it could detract from a full understanding and celebration of the Rite”?
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diggerdomer
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What wasn’t clear from my response? Where in the Rite of Confirmation does choosing a saint come into play? Sorry if something I said wasn’t clear, please just let me know what I can clarify.
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FrDavid96
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Yes. It was not clear. Please clarify.
Again, I’ll ask you how “it could detract from a full understanding and celebration of the Rite”?
Apparently you’re not understanding my question. I don’t quite know how to phrase it other than to ask for an explanation of what you mean when you say the words. Instead of repeating them, would you kindly explain them?
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diggerdomer
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Sorry you’re having trouble, unlike anyone else on this thread. What exactly do you mean by your excerpt I cited? What do you mean by “the words”? Thank you.
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FrDavid96
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I mean your own words that I keep quoting. I’ll quote them again and give you yet another chance to explain.
Again, I’ll ask you how “it could detract from a full understanding and celebration of the Rite”?
If I’m counting correctly, that’s the 4th time I’ve posted the same question,
forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=6706041&postcount=19
forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=6706071&postcount=21
forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=6706213&postcount=23
and your only response is to try to play word games each time–it’s not helping you
Here’s a hint: the words in those little things called quotation marks are the words that I keep asking you to explain. They are your words from post 18
forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=6706027&postcount=18
By the way, have you noticed that in spite of the fact that you keep offering to explain, the only response you give is to say that you’ve already done so? Bad habit that.
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diggerdomer
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Wow. We’re obviously misunderstanding one another. Gee…your are really concerned or obsessed about this, aren’t you?
I have sincerely tried to respond to your comments and questions, but apparently I have failed to clarify what I’ve previously posted to your satisfactions. For that, I am sincerely sorry. I admit I am at a loss, still, as to what your question really is.
I guess I’m just not getting what you’re asking, and again, I apologize for any shortcoming on my part.
Instead of merely repeating what you’ve previously posted, which apparently I have misunderstood, again as a sign of my shortcomings and limitations, could you maybe just ask the question you really want me to respond to? Maybe in simple terms, so I can understand it?
Thank you so much for your patience. Sorry if I have been so ignorant or obtuse to not understand and helpfully respond to your previous posts.
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FrDavid96
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You posted the words in post #18, but now you refuse to defend them.
Your little word games have made it clear not only to me, but to everyone else reading here that you have no reasonable explanation for them–because if you did, you would have offered it. By refusing to explain them, you’re doing further damage to your own credibility.
In fact, your little “game” here has provided the answer I’ve been seeking all along. I thank you.
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diggerdomer
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You obviously know better than I do. Thank you for your charitable contributions. I’ve learned a lot from them.
Again, I’m sorry that in my ignorance I have failed to respond adequately to your questions. If you have the time and patience to help me better understand, I would be happy to respond.
Thanks again.
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Young_Thinker
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Very well.
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Mojoforyeshua
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Yeah, I get it for sure. Choosing a saint will not detract from my appreciation of the rite, it was just a question. Though, I have been thinking… What if, I were to ask for Mr. Lewis’ intercession on stuff and see if a miracle happens and if so perhaps he could become canonized (after due process of course). If we could get him to blessed or at least servant of God within the year, maybe then I could choose him 
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Young_Thinker
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I certainly do not know everything about this issue, but I doubt that he would ever be canonized in the Catholic Curch because he simply was not a Catholic. The Anglicans seem to have number of their own saints, though.Yeah, I get it for sure. Choosing a saint will not detract from my appreciation of the rite, it was just a question. Though, I have been thinking… What if, I were to ask for Mr. Lewis’ intercession on stuff and see if a miracle happens and if so perhaps he could become canonized (after due process of course). If we could get him to blessed or at least servant of God within the year, maybe then I could choose him
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Mojoforyeshua
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If I understand it correctly, a saint is someone in heaven. And if Lewis is in Heaven and in fact intercedes for someone and a miracle happens then he can be investigated. Lewis was Anglican after all
. And of course I am only kidding, I am beginning to lean towards Polycarp or Justin Martyr
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Mintaka
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Ss. Polycarp and Justin Martyr are great choices!
Just for the record, there is a St. Lewis who’s not an Anglicized Louis…St. David Lewis, a Welsh Jesuit who spent 30 years as an undercover missionary priest.
Here’s a fresco from a secret chapel in the attic of one of his relatives, where he was known to have said Mass.
Just for the record, there is a St. Lewis who’s not an Anglicized Louis…St. David Lewis, a Welsh Jesuit who spent 30 years as an undercover missionary priest.
Here’s a fresco from a secret chapel in the attic of one of his relatives, where he was known to have said Mass.
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Young_Thinker
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All right. Although not a Catholic saint as of yet, G.K.(Gilbert Keith) Chesterton is also someone from which to draw inspiration, and there was a St. Gilbert.If I understand it correctly, a saint is someone in heaven. And if Lewis is in Heaven and in fact intercedes for someone and a miracle happens then he can be investigated. Lewis was Anglican after all
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Mojoforyeshua
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Oh, he’s interesting! I will consider him for sure
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DJJG
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Hi,
You may also choose, as your confirmation name, a virtue such as, Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, Chasity, etc. or even one of the Gifts or Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
I teach the confirmation class at our parish and many have chosen one of these.
You may also choose, as your confirmation name, a virtue such as, Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, Chasity, etc. or even one of the Gifts or Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
I teach the confirmation class at our parish and many have chosen one of these.
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diggerdomer
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I am absolutely not playing word games about a Sacrament. If you continue to refuse to answer my sincere questions, that’s fine. Peace.
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kmuestwin
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I chose Saint John of God when I got confirmed about a month ago. I liked him because he followed God without hesitation. Most of the time that lead to him being humiliated and/or beaten up but he seemed like a good pick for me.
What you need to do is get online and start reading biographies and just keep looking until you see one that you think is how you might aspire to be. Look for qualities that you want to emulate you will find someone. I liked St. John of God’s spontaneity and all or nothing attitude!
Read read read! It just takes time and a little effort. (for a while I didn’t think I would ever find a saint but it just happened and I felt an instant connection.)
What you need to do is get online and start reading biographies and just keep looking until you see one that you think is how you might aspire to be. Look for qualities that you want to emulate you will find someone. I liked St. John of God’s spontaneity and all or nothing attitude!
Read read read! It just takes time and a little effort. (for a while I didn’t think I would ever find a saint but it just happened and I felt an instant connection.)
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Young_Thinker
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But that reminds me too much of the Puritans, who often gave their daughters names like Charity and Humility.
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wisdomseeker
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St Augustine was a great defender of the Faith and the Church against heresies and he was a convert. ask him for help. how about St Ignatius?
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