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Sacraments - Ch. 4
The Sacrament of Confirmation
Question | Answer |
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Feast of Tabernacles | A Jewish holiday, beginning five days after Yom Kippur and lasting eight days, which commemorates the 40 years Jews spent in the desert when they had to protect themselves by constructing huts or booths; also known as Sukkot or the Feast of Booths |
Advocate | Like "Paraclete," this is another name for the Holy Spirit that means "helper." He will live in us and guide us to truth. |
laying on of hands | A gesture that is part of the matter and origin of Confirmation |
Chrismation | The name in the Eastern rites for the Sacrament of Confirmation |
age of discretion/reason | The point in a person's life (typically at the completion of the seventh year) at which s/he becomes capable of moral reasoning |
confirmand | A candidate for Confirmation |
Chrism Mass | An annual liturgy celebrated in a diocesan cathedral on or near Holy Thursday in which the bishop consecrates the Sacred Chrism that will be used in the diocese throughout the year |
balsam | An oily, resinous substance that flows from certain plants, like pine, and which the Church usually mixes with olive oil for use as chrism; also known as the "balm of Gilead" |
cathedra | The chair or throne in a bishop's cathedral from which he presides over special functions |
Universal Prayer | Prayers of petition for the sake of others; formerly called the General Intercessions or Prayers of the Faithful |
fruits of the Spirit | Perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit |