GUIDED AND STRENGTHENED BY THE HOLY SPIRITConfirmation Session #2Mr. Herrera

Objectives

To deepen the candidates understanding of and appreciation for the activity of the Holy Spirit

To explore the connections between the work of the Spirit and the sacrament of Confirmation

To explore the images of the Holy Spirit

Outline

Opening Prayer – 5 mins Intro to the Holy Spirit – 10 mins Exercise: Life in the Spirit – 20 mins Experience the images and effects of

the Holy Spirit – 20 mins Closing Prayer – 5 mins

Opening Prayer

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Intro to the Holy Spirit

Each divine person of the Trinity is the one God The Holy Spirit has been active in the world since

Creation The Spirit, whom we experience and celebrate in

Baptism, the Eucharist, and Confirmation, indeed all Sacraments, is the same Sprit throughout all of salvation history

The Holy Spirit will continue to work with the Father and the Son until the plan for our salvation is complete

The Holy Spirit is united with the Father and the Son in an unbreakable bond of love

In Jesus we see a visible image of God, but The Holy Spirit reveals the Father and the Son

Exercise: Life in the Spirit

Luke 1:29-32, 35 Luke 4:1-2 Luke 10:21 Luke 4:14-21 Luke 24: 46, 48-

49

What actions were signs of the Spirit’s presence in Jesus?

What actions or attitudes show that the Holy Spirit was with Him?

Just before Jesus left his Apostles, what did he ask them to do?

Scripture: Questions:

Exercise Follow Up

Believe in the Holy Spirit also means the Christ is present and active in our lives today

To each is given a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

The Holy Spirit has given each of us gifts and a corresponding challenge

The presence of the Holy Spirit is an extraordinary gift

Images and Effects of the Holy Spirit Who can recall the story of Pentecost?

Sticking Events? Physical manifestations?

Read Acts 2:1-4 What are the two images of the Holy

Spirit presence and Power? Think about what they suggest or hint

about the Holy Spirit

Wind Exercise

Jot down as many ideas or insights about how wind symbolizes the Holy Spirit

Fire Exercise

Jot down as many ideas or insights about how fire symbolizes the Holy Spirit

Share with the Group

Get volunteer to write them on board

Get volunteer to write them on board

Wind Fire

Other images of the Holy Spirit What are other images of the Holy

Spirit? Dove Cloud and light Hands Oil

How is the Holy Spirit Present in the Sacraments? Baptism

Blessing of the Water The Eucharist

“Make holy, therefore this gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them…”

Confirmation “Send down your Holy Spirit upon them to

be their Helper and Guide”

Closing Prayer - Hail, Holy Queen

            Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!            Our life, our sweetness, and our hope!            To thee do we cry, poor banished             children of Eve, to thee do we send            up our sighs, mourning and weeping               in this valley, of tears.         Turn, then, most gracious advocate,            thine eyes of mercy toward us; and            after this our exile show unto us the            blessed fruit of thy womb Jesus;            O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.

            Pray for us, O holy Mother of God

            That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.