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that is almost a perfect description of what the Sacrament of Confirmation....Confirmation is a Sacrament through which the Holy Spirit comes to us, in a special way, to enable us to profess our faith as strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.

And finding certain disciples, he said unto them, `Have ye RECEIVED the holy Ghost since ye believed?'

And they said unto him, `We have not so much as heard whether there be any holy Ghost.'

And he said unto them, `Unto what then were ye baptized?'

And they said, `Unto John's baptism.'

Then said Paul, `John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.'

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

And all the men were about twelve." (Acts 19:1-7)

And finding certain disciples, he said unto them, `Have ye RECEIVED the holy Ghost since ye believed?' And they said unto him, `We have not so much as heard whether there be any holy Ghost.' And he said unto them, `Unto what then were ye baptized?' And they said, `Unto John's baptism.' Then said Paul, `John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.' When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve." (Acts 19:1-7)

WOW...sounds EXACTLY like a ritual that we currently have in the Catholic church...when adults choose to enter the church, they, after going through proper instruction in the Christian religion and Catholic teachings, are allowed to recieve the Eucharist (The Body and Blood of our Savior) and are allowed, at the same time, to declare their allegiance, by Confirmation, as adults, to the Catholic church....a beautiful and very meaningful ceremony....come, join in.....and you probably wouldn't need to be rebaptized a Catholic.......you once were, you know.