CONFIRMATION

 

CONFIRMATION

BISHOP DIALOGUE AT CONFIRMATION SACRAMENT

Bishop: Dear brethren, through the Paschal Mystery we have been buried with Christ in
Baptism, that we may walk with him in newness of life. And so, let us renew the promises of
Holy Baptism, which we once renounced Satan and his works and promised to serve God in
the holy Catholic Church.

And so I ask you:

Bishop: Do you renounce Satan? R. I do.

Bishop: And all his works? R. I do.

Bishop: And all his empty show? R. I do.

OR:

Bishop: Do you renounce sin, so as to live in the freedom of the children of God? R. I do.

Bishop: Do you renounce the lure of evil, so that sin may have no mastery over you? R. I do.

Bishop: Do you renounce Satan, the author and prince of sin? R. I do.

Bishop: Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? R. I do.

Bishop: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered death and was buried, rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand
of the Father? R. I do.

Bishop: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting? R. I do.

Bishop: And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new
birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his
grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life.

R. Amen.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

These are the same lines said by Michael Corleone at Connie’s baby’s Baptism in the movie
Godfather … right after he had many men murdered.