WelCom August 2024
Speaking to the Confirmation candidates Archbishop Paul reminded them, as well as everyone in the congregation, that the values displayed behind the altar during Mass, are sealed in us by the Holy Spirit through the Sacrament of Confirmation: love, peace, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, chastity, patience, humility, generosity, joy, goodness and self-control.
Archbishop also invited all those confirmed, including those in the congregation, to say the name of their chosen Confirmation saint every day in their prayers ‘as that name is now part of you’.
Special readings have been chosen for the confirmation programme throughout the archdiocese this year.
The reading at Mass was from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 1:9-11.
‘Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John.
No sooner had he come up out of the water than he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him.
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you”.’
