{"id":151,"date":"2022-04-21T17:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymetamora.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2022-11-07T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:54:10","slug":"confirmation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8220;For I know well the plans I have in mind for you\u2014oracle of the L<small>ORD<\/small>\u2014plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.&#8221;<\/strong><br><\/p><cite><em>Jeremiah 29:11<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-1500x2000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-oladimeji-ajegbile-2325729-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cBaptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the \u201csacraments of Christian initiation,\u201d whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace\u2026\u201d (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1285)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church (together with Baptism and Holy Communion). This special anointing given by the bishop or priest has the effect of increasing, deepening, and strengthening the sanctifying grace of God given to us at our baptism; while baptism removes from our souls the stain of original sin, Confirmation pours into our souls the fullness of the power of the Holy Spirit \u2013 just like the Apostles received at Pentecost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For I know well the plans I have in mind for you\u2014oracle of the LORD\u2014plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.&#8221; Jeremiah 29:11 \u201cBaptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the \u201csacraments of Christian initiation,\u201d whose unity\u2026<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/confirmation\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&nbsp;><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/498"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}