YEARS OF DISCRETION.
What is the proper age for confirmation? Some people are taken aback when thgy see children of- 10 or 11 being presented to the Bishop for confirmation, because they regard •confirmation as something the boy or the girl does for himself or for herself. It is true that before confirmation the candidates renew the promises already made foF them in their baptism, but confirmatipn itself is the sacrament in which the-Holy, Spirit strengthens us in order that we may be faithful to Our Lord and Bis Church. > The Prayer Book tells us that to be confirmed children must ... have come to years of discretion, which ineans they must- have some sense of right arid wrong, and also that they must ; have "some knowledge of the simple facts of the Catholic faith. • What matters then is that the candidate, whether 10 years old or 70. years old, must have the desire to serve Qod; must be willing in humility to ask His grace in Confirmation and Holy Communion.
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Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 35, Issue 4, 1 June 1944, Page 7
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170YEARS OF DISCRETION. Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 35, Issue 4, 1 June 1944, Page 7
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