Jeff Cavins

is equally important in the sacraments of initiation because it is in confirmation that the Holy Spirit is given to the church to fulfill the baptismal graces and power and give us the courage to be, as the catechism says, official witnesses of Jesus. So I would say that anybody who is joining us that has not been confirmed, maybe you've been baptized, but you haven't been confirmed,

is equally important in the sacraments of initiation because it is in confirmation that the Holy Spirit is given to the church to fulfill the baptismal graces and power and give us the courage to be, as the catechism says, official witnesses of Jesus. So I would say that anybody who is joining us that has not been confirmed, maybe you've been baptized, but you haven't been confirmed,

is equally important in the sacraments of initiation because it is in confirmation that the Holy Spirit is given to the church to fulfill the baptismal graces and power and give us the courage to be, as the catechism says, official witnesses of Jesus. So I would say that anybody who is joining us that has not been confirmed, maybe you've been baptized, but you haven't been confirmed,

this is your period now. This is the time where you go to pastor and you say, you know what? I need to be confirmed. I have never been confirmed. I talked to one priest father a while ago and I said to him, how many people in your church have not been confirmed? And he goes, oh, I don't know, maybe 20 or so. I don't know. I said, why don't you do some work? Go into the database and check.

this is your period now. This is the time where you go to pastor and you say, you know what? I need to be confirmed. I have never been confirmed. I talked to one priest father a while ago and I said to him, how many people in your church have not been confirmed? And he goes, oh, I don't know, maybe 20 or so. I don't know. I said, why don't you do some work? Go into the database and check.

this is your period now. This is the time where you go to pastor and you say, you know what? I need to be confirmed. I have never been confirmed. I talked to one priest father a while ago and I said to him, how many people in your church have not been confirmed? And he goes, oh, I don't know, maybe 20 or so. I don't know. I said, why don't you do some work? Go into the database and check.

He called me back a couple of weeks later and he said, you're not going to believe this. We have over 500 people who have not been confirmed. And so I said, well, you can imagine what Easter Vigil is going to look like next year then. So I just say that as a sort of a word of encouragement that if you're reading this and saying, I want to live this way,

He called me back a couple of weeks later and he said, you're not going to believe this. We have over 500 people who have not been confirmed. And so I said, well, you can imagine what Easter Vigil is going to look like next year then. So I just say that as a sort of a word of encouragement that if you're reading this and saying, I want to live this way,

He called me back a couple of weeks later and he said, you're not going to believe this. We have over 500 people who have not been confirmed. And so I said, well, you can imagine what Easter Vigil is going to look like next year then. So I just say that as a sort of a word of encouragement that if you're reading this and saying, I want to live this way,

then you've got to be equipped the way the early church was equipped. And as Jesus went in Matthew 3 and 4, and he went into the water, came out of the water, the Holy Spirit came down upon him. That's how he began his ministry. And he said, as the Father has sent me, so I send you. And that is very powerful, the Holy Spirit in the life of this early church.

then you've got to be equipped the way the early church was equipped. And as Jesus went in Matthew 3 and 4, and he went into the water, came out of the water, the Holy Spirit came down upon him. That's how he began his ministry. And he said, as the Father has sent me, so I send you. And that is very powerful, the Holy Spirit in the life of this early church.

then you've got to be equipped the way the early church was equipped. And as Jesus went in Matthew 3 and 4, and he went into the water, came out of the water, the Holy Spirit came down upon him. That's how he began his ministry. And he said, as the Father has sent me, so I send you. And that is very powerful, the Holy Spirit in the life of this early church.

Yeah. And there's one book that you're going to be covering, which if you, when I take polls in the past and say, what book would you like me to teach? What book would you like to learn from? Overwhelmingly, the book of Revelation.

Yeah. And there's one book that you're going to be covering, which if you, when I take polls in the past and say, what book would you like me to teach? What book would you like to learn from? Overwhelmingly, the book of Revelation.

Yeah. And there's one book that you're going to be covering, which if you, when I take polls in the past and say, what book would you like me to teach? What book would you like to learn from? Overwhelmingly, the book of Revelation.

I would have been right. Yeah, it is. Because it's such a mystery. And when our good friends will hear you reading the book of Revelation, just to put that into context, the book of Revelation was written by John. And John received quite a revelation from God about the end of that era, the end of the Old Testament era and the beginning of something new.

I would have been right. Yeah, it is. Because it's such a mystery. And when our good friends will hear you reading the book of Revelation, just to put that into context, the book of Revelation was written by John. And John received quite a revelation from God about the end of that era, the end of the Old Testament era and the beginning of something new.

I would have been right. Yeah, it is. Because it's such a mystery. And when our good friends will hear you reading the book of Revelation, just to put that into context, the book of Revelation was written by John. And John received quite a revelation from God about the end of that era, the end of the Old Testament era and the beginning of something new.

And there will be judgment on Jerusalem and Rome. And there will be this new beginning. But the book of Revelation is a mystery to so many people because it's not written the way the epistles are written. The epistles are letters. Hey, Father John, how are you doing lately? I hope you're... But the book of Revelation is called apocalyptic literature. In other words, it's written differently.

And there will be judgment on Jerusalem and Rome. And there will be this new beginning. But the book of Revelation is a mystery to so many people because it's not written the way the epistles are written. The epistles are letters. Hey, Father John, how are you doing lately? I hope you're... But the book of Revelation is called apocalyptic literature. In other words, it's written differently.