Anointed for Mission

A catechetical homily on the importance and meaning of the sacrament of Confirmation, preached for the 6th Sunday of Easter (Year A). "Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in…