And also, the Holy Spirit gives His gifts as He wants Himself (Acts?:10:44-47)... and sometimes before confirmation... He also gives gifts to Non Catholics...
PolskiKrol said:
I can't imagine any of our priests being happy about that. Although I suppose they might make allowances for recent widows. But that sounds like quite the scene, regardless. No wonder you'll always remember it. 
Epiphanygirl said:I've seen the spirit working through many people in this forum....It's a beautiful thing!
I'm so very happy I came across this forum, I've learned and received much from my brothers and sisters here.
In the past year that I've posted here, I can't tell you how blown away I've been by seeing others, as well as myself, grow in our faith, share our joys, our sorrows, and our pain...all the while using our faith to see us through and to help eachother along....
Shucks I feel like hugging the board nowI love you guys.....PolskiKrol.... see...it works!!!
SmileBugMG said:No, we receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism as well. But Confirmation is different... we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit then. Why this is I'm not exactly sure. I didn't care about it too much back when I was getting confirmed myself.I was more concerned about picking a name. Does someone else have a better explanation?
Susansmum said:
I was "confirmed" in the Swedish church (in communion with the Anglican since 1922) 1974; that was a kind of "exam", to show that You had learnt things about Luther (my priest liked him a lot), and to say "yes" to Your baptizm... Now, this Easter,
