Prayer For Those Preparing For Confirmation
Lord, You send out Your Spirit to touch the hearts of all people, so
that they may believe in You and in Jesus whom You sent.
Look kindly on all candidates for Confirmation as they listen to
Your voice. Open their hearts to Your Spirit and bring to fulfilment
the good work that You have begun in them.
As we prepare these children for Confirmation, make each of us an
instrument of Your love. Teach us to appreciate what is holy in
others, and to be patient with what we do not understand.
Deepen our faith in the Gospel and help us to pass it on by our
example. We pray that You will continue to guide us and sustain us.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Holy Spirit, strengthen our St. Peter Parish Confirmandi with your gifts of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord, as a disciple of Christ. Fill them with the joy of your presence. Increase in them the fruit of your Spirit. Help them to experience and trust your dwelling within, so that they may count on your guidance today and every day. Show us the way to help one another become better disciples of Jesus Christ, sharing your love with our world and with each person we encounter.
Amen.
O God, I pray that you give me a right heart,
that I may come to know you in Jesus.
Lead me to know the sinfulness of my own heart,
and your great love for me,
in Christ Jesus.
Help those who teach me,
to give me the teaching I need.
Grant that, on my Confirmation Day,
I may be ready to give myself to be your faithful
soldier
and servant to my life's end;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Dear Lord, today is my confirmation and I do not take this lightly as I have grown in my spiritual walk with You. I thank You for guiding me on this path of closeness with You because a truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death. I pray that You continue to show me the path of life because along that path is immortality. In You is my eternal reward, Amen.
Magnificent God, Your word tells me that man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers is blessed. This word encourages me to avoid thinking like, behaving like and dealing with the wicked. Today I do this as I confirm my faith to You instead. My delight is in Your Law, and on Your law, I will meditate day and night. I will be like a tree planted by streams of water that yields fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither. Whatever I do shall prosper, Amen.
God of Grace, I want to confirm my faith today as just a small token of my love for You. I must be careful to love You my God for You are holy. I will fear You and serve You with all faithfulness, and in being a confirmation candidate, I purposely throw away any gods or anything that I hold in my heart above You. I will serve You, Lord, wholeheartedly, for the rest of my days, Amen.
Holy Father, Your word tells me that if I seek You, I will find You if I look for You with all my heart and with all my soul. I have sought You with all my heart and I know that I must confirm my faith to You because You are my God. Thank You for being merciful. I know that You will not abandon or destroy me or forget the covenant with my forefathers. Thank You, Lord, for being faithful to me, uphold me as I complete this act of faith to You, Amen.
God of Creation, I thank You for Your Scriptures that are appropriate reminders for me as a confirmation candidate. I acknowledge and take to heart this day that You are God in heaven above and on earth below. There is no other. Therefore, I will keep Your decrees and commands which You have given to me, so it may go well with me and my children after me and that I may live long in the places and positions that You have given me, Amen.