The sacrament of confirmation has not generally been a pressing concern to the editors of People magazine. Last week, however, this often neglected and misunderstood sacrament made the news. A minor celebrity—a news anchor—returned to the Catholic Church and was confirmed. People dedicated an article to the event.
Had the ostensibly secular publication been caught up in a wave of piety? Were its writers moved by the image of the Holy Spirit, who at Pentecost brought to completion the work of Easter, now placing his seal on the heart of a child of God reborn in baptism? Did the thought of another witness of Christ equipped to build up the Church on earth energize and inspire them? Did they, like St. Thomas Aquinas, thrill at the image of more soldiers of Christ equipped for spiritual combat?
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