Confirmation Names

[BlondewithaBrain]

I am beginning to work toward making my confirmation, and I am thinking about my confirmation name.. i know why i should have one, and all that stuff..i just wanted to know how did you come up with yours? and what is it? just curious..thanks in advance

[JuCa]

I chose mine for various reasons. It is my middle name and it is my grandmothers name.

But to add to that....I had some exposure to the Poor Clare Nuns in our diocese. I was at camp and we made a visit there to learn about them. It was the first time I had any real exposure to Nuns with habits and the first time i had ever though....."hey, i could become a Nun". That was in 7th grade or so...and now I am a sophomore ini college and still discerning vocations! I really enjoyed hearing about St. Clare......

So that is why I chose St. Clare as my patron Saint.

[IcePrincessKRS]

Mine is Maria Goretti,

my mothers is Veronica

my older sister's is Antonia

my younger sister's is Agnes

You can also choose a male saint

my Dad chose Cosmos

one of my brothers chose Christopher,

another brother chose Blaze

and another brother chose Maximillian Kolbe (I think... not positive on this one)

[Freaky Chik]

Can someone please explain to me what this is all about?

My aunty/uncle/cousins are catholic and I remember when I was about 13 or 14 i went to watch my cousin have his confirmation... it was very confusing... I had no idea what was going on...

[littleflower+JMJ]

good question, fc.

after the sacraments of baptism, first holy communion, sacrament of reconciliation, its the sacrament of confirmatoin.

its the sacrament that we recieve. its called confirmation because we are coming before God and confirming our faith to Him. we are making our faith true and strengthing, with no doubt in mind, and coming up to God to recieve this special and important sacrament.

we, mature and ready, are at the point where we need the graces that this sacrament bestows to strengthen us for what God's love and will.

its our yes to God.

GodBLess!

+JMJ

Confirmation (CCC 1285–1321)

God strengthens our souls in another way, through the sacrament of confirmation. Even though Jesus’ disciples received grace before his Resurrection, on Pentecost the Holy Spirit came to strengthen them with new graces for the difficult work ahead.

They went out and preached the gospel fearlessly and carried out the mission Christ had given them. Later, they laid hands on others to strengthen them as well (Acts 8:14–17). Through confirmation you too are strengthened to meet the spiritual challenges in your life.

http://www.catholic.com/library/confirmation.asp

[littleflower+JMJ]

also a part of the sacrament of confirmation is taking a saint's name. male or female. a saint who we will pray to for help to confirm our love and faith for the rest of our lives. since they have already achieved the price that they are working for, heaven, the saint is then our patron (male) or our patroness (female) saint. thats the saint who guide us and help us. also we strive to model how they lived and prayed, we are all a family of God, us here on earth and all in heaven.

TALKING WITH GOD AND HIS SAINTS

One of the most important activities for a Catholic is prayer. Without it there can be no true spiritual life. Through personal prayer and the communal prayer of the Church, especially the Mass, we worship and praise God, we express sorrow for our sins, and we intercede on behalf of others (1 Tim. 2:1–4). Through prayer we grow in our relationship with Christ and with members of God’s family (CCC 2663–2696).

This family includes all members of the Church, whether on earth, in heaven, or in purgatory. Since Jesus has only one body, and since death has no power to separate us from Christ (Rom. 8:3–8), Christians who are in heaven or who, before entering heaven, are being purified in purgatory by God’s love (1 Cor. 3:12–15) are still part of the Body of Christ (CCC 962).

Jesus said the second greatest commandment is to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matt. 22:39). Those in heaven love us more intensely than they ever could have loved us while on earth. They pray for us constantly (Rev. 5:8), and their prayers are powerful (Jas. 5:16, CCC 956, 2683, 2692).

Our prayers to the saints in heaven, asking for their prayers for us, and their intercession with the Father do not undermine Christ’s role as sole Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5). In asking saints in heaven to pray for us we follow Paul’s instructions: "I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone," for "this is good and pleasing to God our Savior" (1 Tim. 2:1–4).

All members of the Body of Christ are called to help one another through prayer (CCC 2647). Mary’s prayers are especially effective on our behalf because of her relationship with her Son (John 2:1–11).

God gave Mary a special role (CCC 490–511, 963– 975). He saved her from all sin (Luke 1:28, 47), made her uniquely blessed among all women (Luke 1:42), and made her a model for all Christians (Luke 1:48). At the end of her life he took her, body and soul, into heaven—an image of our own resurrection at the end of the world (Rev. 12:1–2).

from www. catholic.com

my patroness saint is st. therese the little flower.

http://www.ewtn.com/therese/therese.htm

also after the sacrament of confirmation we have the sacrament of holy matrimony (marriage), the sacrament of holy orders (becoming a priest) and annointing of the sick....

[willguy]

Mine is Aloysius (for St. Aloysius Gonzaga). I choose him for several reasons:

1. My sister just went with Mary (her middle name is Marie), and my parents expected me to go with Francis (as that is my middle name). I, however, did not want to just choose a name because I was expected to.

2. I wanted an unusual name. So, I went to an Encyclopedia and started looking through the saints that they had there. The name Aloysius stuck out to me. I liked his story, partly because it was similar to St. Francis of Assisi's (giving away his wealth). When I found out that he was the patron saint of youth and that he had died by contracting the plague from victims that he had dedicated his life to helping, I knew that this was the guy I wanted.

And that is why I am William Francis Aloysius Dotson.

[littleflower+JMJ]

amesome willguy!

:D

[geetarplayer]

Mine is not a saint's name. I chose David, because I, like King David, was called to be a warrior for God at a very young age, and I'm also very musical.

But I'm not confirmed yet. I'm still in the process of getting confirmed. So my question is this: Does your confirmation name have to be a saint's name?

-Mark

Edited October 14, 2003 by geetarplayer

[Dave]

Mine is not a saint's name. I chose David, because I, like King David, was called to be a warrior for God at a very young age, and I'm also very musical.

But I'm not confirmed yet. I'm still in the process of getting confirmed. So my question is this: Does your confirmation name have[]i to be a saint's name?

-Mark

Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!! Of course David is a saint's name! St. David was a Welsh bishop. I don't know any other details about him, though. And I'm too lazy to look him up.

[geetarplayer]

Well, yeah, it's a common enough name to be a saint's name too, but I didn't choose it because of the saint.

-Mark

[cmotherofpirl]

http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/ss-ind-d.htm#D

You have a choice of 10 different Saint or Blessed Davids.

[Dave]

Actually, King David in the Bible IS considered a saint. Sorry I forgot to say that in my previous post. So are all the rest of the holy men and women in the Old Testament.

[foundsheep]

I read through a lot of saints and found which one I really felt a deep connection with. Mine was St. Jerome.

[nippy316]

Mine is Maria Goretti

Me too!

It's almost my 5 month Confirmation anniversary!