Weirder Than the World
Created by Human, by Laura H. Rubin Lections: The Ascension of Our Lord , AD 2026 A Homily: Lord, we pray for the preacher, for you know his sins are great. Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The Sacramental Rite of Confirmation serves to seal the covenant created in our Baptism. We baptize at any age, including very young children, because we believe that Baptism is not our promise to God, but God’s promise to us, God claiming us as His own. For indeed, our promises are rarely worth much of anything at all, while the promise of God is unbreakable, inviolable, eternal. And that promise is given to you. My old Confessions professor used to say that if we were to die today and find ourselves before the throne of God, and God were to say to us, “You wicked, vile sinners! You deserve to burn forever in Hell,” we could then hold our Baptism aloft like a shield and cry, “...
