Confirmation

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Confirmation is the sacrament through which the baptised are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. The symbol of anointing with Holy Chrism oil is used. This points to one's consecration as a Christian: sharing more completely in the mission of Jesus and in the fullness of the Holy Spirit with which Jesus is filled. A seal is a sign of authority, of personal ownership. Confirmation imparts a spiritual seal or character, which marks the Christian as belonging wholly to Christ. It calls one to share in Christ's priestly, prophetic and kingly mission.