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1 Set the Stage Present each young person with a copy of Confirmed in the Spirit. Have young people look through their books. Ask volunteers to tell the main topics of the book and discuss their meanings. (spirit, discipleship, faith) Invite young people to share their insights about the pictures.
Have you ever felt all alone in the world? Have you ever faced a difficult situation and didn’t know what to do?
2 Get Started
Whom did you ask for help?
Invite volunteers to tell what they know about Confirmation. Write their ideas on the board. Then have young people open their books to page 1 and read aloud the chapter title. Lead them in a discussion of the chapter title and the questions. Explain that our parents want what is best for us. They chose to have us baptized because they want us to become disciples of Jesus. Ask: Who can help us
“Let us pray to our Father that he will pour out the Holy Spirit to strengthen his sons and daughters with his gifts . . .” – Rite of Confirmation
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• Recognize Confirmation as an
opportunity renew commitPDF Signoff:toProduction _______ ment to Jesus and the Church. • Describe Jesus’ promise of the
Holy Spirit. • Describe how the Holy Spirit is
portrayed in the Old Testament and the New Testament. • Express an understanding of how
the Holy Spirit is at work in the world and in our lives. • Identify images of the Holy Spirit. • Tell how the Holy Spirit can enable
us to help others in need. • Describe our relationship with the
Holy Spirit. • Reflect prayerfully on the Holy
Spirit, the Advocate sent by God to guide us and renew us in Confirmation. • Define Advocate, Christ, Church,
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If you haven’t already done so, you may wish to teach Optional Chapter A before Chapter 1. See page T-123a for more information.
Resource DVD Track 1 If you haven’t already done so, have young people watch Track 1: Marty’s Call from the Resource DVD Called and Confirmed.
become disciples? (parents, friends, catechists, teachers, priests, religious, parishioners, Holy Spirit) Conclude by saying: Just as we turn to people for help in difficult situations, Jesus’ disciples turned to him. After Jesus’ Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, his disciples had to face the future without him. In Jesus’ last talk with his disciples, he told them he would always be with them. Jesus gave them the Holy Spirit to help and guide them.
3 Pray Introduce the prayer with the quote from the Rite of Confirmation on page 1. Then invite all young people to pray the Prayer to the Holy Spirit on page 108. Say: Part of the process for preparing for Confirmation is opening yourself to God in your hearts. Explain that the
Holy Spirit comes to guide and help us as we journey through our lives as faith-filled people.
PDF 1A: Test Your Catholic Knowledge Go online to www.loyolapress .com/confirmation for PDF 1A. Distribute photocopies of this PDF to assess young people’s current understanding of the Catholic faith.
grace, Messiah, and stewardship.
CHAPTER 1: Confirmed in the Spirit
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