Sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit...
Fourteen years ago today I went to Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Stoughton. I remember it was the Easter Season, and I was so happy to be able to sing "Alleluia" again. This Mass, however, wasn't just any other Mass...something BIG was going to be happening after the homily...something that would change my life. I was to be receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. I had been taught in Religious Education classes that my choosing to be confirmed was my "coming of age" in the Church, that now I would be an adult in the faith and responsible for helping to pass it on. As an active member of the Life Teen peer group, I didn't see a challenge in that...I was already talking about the faith to the freshmen and sophomores at Life Teen, and my sister, who was in 6th grade at the time, was looking forward to the day when she could be involved in Life Teen. I was asked to be one of the lectors at the Mass. I don...