tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2830246422810459345..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Walk Softly But Carry A Big StickPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-77699635598400417752009-10-26T10:00:11.814-05:002009-10-26T10:00:11.814-05:00I was confirmed pre-conciliar RC, so that rite was...I was confirmed pre-conciliar RC, so that rite was quite close to what you saw in the EC. And of course you know it is seen as connected to Baptism, even moreso in the East where it is administered at the same time.<br /><br />But you're quite right, whether the service resembles a graduation or not, so often functionally it is just that -- you graduate and leave.<br /><br />I think the use of the pastoral symbol is entirely appropriate. Rather than hassle over who has it right about Confirmation, the RCC or the EO, and what should we do, I think it better to understand it as the Messianic bar mitzvah, where one upon education and training and examination becomes an adult member of the community -- one begins something rather than ends something.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.com