My mother was confirmed 2 weeks after she received First Communion. I made my confirmation in 7th grade and my daughter, in 12th grade. As Bishop Aquila points out, the Eastern Churches administer the Mystery of Chrismation at the time a child is baptized.
Wow!! Good for Bishop Aquila. Here in the Diocese of Des Moines (Iowa) our bishop wants to RAISE the age for confirmation from eighth grade to tenth grade.
We just recently joined a new FSSP parish in Omaha and will have our boys confirmed through them instead of waiting another 2+ years.
I’m of the opinion that kids NEED those graces, especially the way the world is right now.
We that answers my question.
I thought the EO administered Confirmation before Eucharist.
As Bishop Aquila points out, the Eastern Churches administer the Mystery of Chrismation at the time a child is baptized. >>
that’s right, the children of friends of mine who are byzantine, had all 3 sacraments of initiation administered at baptism as infants.
Glad you posted this, very interesting. I have to say I agree with Bishop Aquila to some extent. I believe 12 would be a better age - certainly any age before 15. Teens need those graces well before age 15!