PRAYER OF THE CONFIRMED

God our Father, You have marked us with Your sign.

Christ our Lord, You have confirmed us
Infusing our hearts with the Holy Spirit
To witness the faith in word and in deed.

Let us guard the gift of confirmation
With the power to confess the name of Christ boldly
And the love to never be ashamed of the Cross.

Jesus has told us, “Have good heart; be not afraid.”

Faith can be hard, because we fear our doubts,
We fear rejection, and we fear the spite of others,
So we sometimes lack the courage to profess our faith.

Lord, renew our hearts where the Holy Spirit dwells
To embolden us, to conquer our fears, and to free us
To live in faith as the Father has created us to do.