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Claire Ku
Mr. Martinello
HSP3U1
27 May 2022
Confirmation As A Rite of Passage
I was recently invited to a celebration of a family friend's confirmation, which had been
postponed for a long period due to the pandemic. Confirmation is a religious rite of passage as
well as one of the seven sacraments essential to a Christian's life. This is the time when a
baptized person is given the chance to reaffirm the pledges they made as a child during baptism.
Confirmation signifies a lifelong commitment to the Christian faith. Like many other Catholic
rites of passage, confirmation deepens your faith and relationship with God (Daniels). The three
rites of passage, beginning with separation, transition, and eventually returning, can help explain
the process of preparing to receive confirmation (Martinello). The process begins with a person
leaving their current stage of life and enrolling in confirmation camps. Since the individual is
separated from their family and friends, they must concentrate on themselves and their faith.
Attendees will learn about the responsibilities of being a practicing Christian throughout this
camp, which will be devoted solely to God and guarantee readiness for the ceremonial process.
When the person is ready, they should enter liminality (Ross). This is the same as the rites of
passage transitioning phase; the person is no longer in their pre-ritual status but has not yet
transitioned to their new one (Martinello). In the case of confirmation, this is when the person is
separated from their parents and asked a series of questions in preparation for joining the
Christian community. The rite begins after liminality, and this is also when the person reflects on
their previous sacraments. Confirmation is symbolized by the priest drawing a cross on the
person's forehead with olive oil, which represents Jesus as well as peace, and the church is lit
with candles to signify God's light. The person is reintroduced to the community as a practicing
Christian in the final step of this rite of passage. After the ceremony, the individual celebrates
with their family and friends before returning to the church to embrace their new status.
Confirmation is a rite of passage for my family friend and many others, that brings a person
closer to their faith.
Both Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Freud's id, ego, and superego theory do not
include religion in the study of personality theory; this could be because both founders were
known to be atheists. In his book "New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis," Freud even
suggests that "religion is an illusion" (Freud). In this case, the simplest method to explain how
Confirmation satisfies some of the wants that the personality theory suggests a human seeks is
through Freud's thesis, specifically on how religion and confirmation are ways for the
unconscious mind to seek fulfillment in life (Cherry). The unconscious mind, often known as the
id, is a psychoanalytic theory of personality proposed by Sigmund Freud, according to which this
component of the mind is responsible for gratifying urges and desires (Martinello). According to
Freud's thesis, confirmation is a way for people to find security in the Christian society, as well
as a way to be free of their guilt through the forgiveness of sins. According to Freud, the desire
for fulfillment is the driving force behind people's willingness to be restricted to religion, as
evidenced by the confirmation rite of passage.
Works Cited
Cherry, Kendra. “Did Freud Believe in Religion?”
Verywell Mind
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2020,
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Daniels, Erica. “The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church.”
Personal Creations Blog
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17 Oct. 2017, https://www.personalcreations.com/blog/seven-sacraments.
Freud, Sigmund, and James Strachey.
New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
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Hogarth Press, 1974.
Martinello, Christopher. “Class Notes.”
27 May. 2022, 230 Shaftsbury Ave, Richmond
Hill, Ontario.
Ross, Rev. Craig. “Liminality & Confirmation.”
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
, 19 May
2019, https://www.stpeterslutheran.org/2019/05/liminality-confirmation/.
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