Michèle and the Confirmation
Falque, Odile
Michèle and the Confirmation - 2010.
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The sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three sacraments together with the Christening and the Eucharist which builds the Christian initiation in the Catholic Church. The notion of rite is question in its interaction with the process of adolescence through the evolution of an adolescent girl undergoing psychotherapy. On one hand, the Confirmation can be seen as a symbolic act because of the reference to the Holy Spirit and in the fact that it includes some special gestures and words which will enable the confirmed to be integrated into the Christian community. This marks a maturation of the Christian faith. It allows the Confirmed to make its own appropriation of the questions of life, death and find his (or her) identity. It also marks the position of the confirmed in relation with his (or her) forefathers. It brings a support by the representatives of the same faith who are passing on this heritage. This sacrament can also bring new responsibilities. On the other hand, it does not take into account the physical transformations of the teenager at puberty as the integration of the gendered body in the difference of sexes. After all, it seems to be set in an ideal world.
Michèle and the Confirmation - 2010.
16
The sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three sacraments together with the Christening and the Eucharist which builds the Christian initiation in the Catholic Church. The notion of rite is question in its interaction with the process of adolescence through the evolution of an adolescent girl undergoing psychotherapy. On one hand, the Confirmation can be seen as a symbolic act because of the reference to the Holy Spirit and in the fact that it includes some special gestures and words which will enable the confirmed to be integrated into the Christian community. This marks a maturation of the Christian faith. It allows the Confirmed to make its own appropriation of the questions of life, death and find his (or her) identity. It also marks the position of the confirmed in relation with his (or her) forefathers. It brings a support by the representatives of the same faith who are passing on this heritage. This sacrament can also bring new responsibilities. On the other hand, it does not take into account the physical transformations of the teenager at puberty as the integration of the gendered body in the difference of sexes. After all, it seems to be set in an ideal world.
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