Confirmation: Prayers and Expectations to Remember

Act of Contrition

1. My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.

2. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.

3. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.

4. Our savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.

The Mystery of Faith

1. The unity of the Most Holy Trinity.

2. The Incarnation, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Seven Sacraments

1. Baptism

2. Penance

3. Holy Eucharist

4. Confirmation

5. Anointing of the Sick

6. Holy Orders

7. Matrimony

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1. Wisdom

2. Understanding

3. Counsel

4. Fortitude

5. Knowledge

6. Piety

7. Fear of the Lord

The Fruits of The Holy Spirit

1. Love

2. Joy

3. Peace

4. Patience

5. Kindness

6. Goodness

7. Generosity

8. Gentleness

9. Faithfulness

10. Modesty

11. Self-control

12. Chasity

Theological Virtues

1. Faith

2. Hope

3. Charity

The Cardinal Virtues

1. Prudence

2. Justice

3. Fortitude

4. Temperance

The Last Four Realities

1. Death

2. Judgment

3. Hell

4. Heaven

Creed

1. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

2. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.

3. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.

4. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

5. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the scriptures.

6. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

7. He will come again to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

8. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

9. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

10. I confess on baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

The Ten Commandments

1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.

2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.

4. Honor your father and mother.

5. You shall not kill.

6. You shall not commit adultery.

7. You shall not steal.

8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods
    

The Commandments of Charity

1. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

2. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

The Golden Rule

In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.

Precepts of the Church

1. Take part in the Mass on Sunday and holy days. Keep these days holy and avoid unnecessary work.

2. Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation at least once a year if there is serious sin.

3. Receive the Holy Communion at least once a year during Easter time.

4. Fast and abstain on days of penance.

5. Give your time, gifts, and money to support the Church.

Marks of The Church

1. One

2. Holy

3. Catholic

4. Apostolic

Corporal Works of Mercy

1. Feed the hungry.

2. Give drink to the thirsty.

3. Clothe the naked.

4. Visit the sick.

5. Shelter the homeless.

6. Visit the imprisoned.

7. Bury the dead.

Spiritual Works of Mercy

1. Warn the sinner.

2. Teach the ones that do not know.

3. Counsel the doubtful.

4. Comfort the sorrowing.

5. Bear wrongs patiently.

6. Forgive all injuries.

7. Pray for the living and the dead.

Capital Sins and Virtues

1. For Anger you need Patience

2. For Lust you need Chastity

3. For Greed you need Generosity

4. For Pride you need Humility

5. For Sloth you need Diligence

6. For Gluttony you need Temperance

7. For Envy you need Charity

Sins Against The Holy Spirit

1. Despair of salvation.

2. Pretend salvation without merit.

3. Deny the known truth.

4. Envy the grace of others.

5. Be obstinate in sin.

6. Final impenitence.

The Four Sins That Cry To Heaven

1. Voluntary homicide.

2. Impure sin against the natural law.

3. Oppression of the poor.

4. Fraud in the payment of wages to workers.