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[TeresaBenedicta]

My sponsor is here on phatmass... I wonder if she'll see this...

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1319558059' post='2326860']
My sponsor is here on phatmass... I wonder if she'll see this...
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That is really razzle dazzle, I wish mine was on phatmass, she would like it. I've told her about it, but it will take a while to get her to get on

[Pax_et bonum]

I started discerning religious life the day I was confirmed. It's a powerful sacrament. The thought of religious life had never entered my head before that day, and it hasn't left me since

[Basilisa Marie]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1319558059' post='2326860']
My sponsor is here on phatmass... I wonder if she'll see this...
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'Sup, chica?

And I may or may not have only seen this because I was stalking your profile...

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1319571884' post='2326948']
I started discerning religious life the day I was confirmed. It's a powerful sacrament. The thought of religious life had never entered my head before that day, and it hasn't left me since
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That is wonderful! So razzle dazzle I can't wait until Confirmation day...

[the171]

Confirmation... my sponsor told me he's glad it isn't tomorrow, because I'm not prepared. I can't help but agree.

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

Haha, really? Well, that means you have a good sponsor

[the171]

He's a total G. He's such a G, he's an H.

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

Huh? Sorry, I am slow, I don't get the G's and H's Lol.

[the171]

A G is a "gangster." But the term is often shortened to G. So, as a joke, me and my friends often say, "I'm such a G, I'm an H." The letter H is higher than G in the alphabet, so it's a superiority joke.

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

Oh, lol haha.

[NovemberFourth]

I am horrified to admit I cannot be sure who my sponsor was. I suspect it was my Grandmother. I checked with my Mother and she cannot remember.


N4

Edited October 26, 2011 by NovemberFourth

[faithcecelia]

[quote name='FutureCarmeliteClaire' timestamp='1319591481' post='2327085']
Huh? Sorry, I am slow, I don't get the G's and H's Lol.
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I am glad a young un like you asked, I thought I was just too old to understand!

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='NovemberFourth' timestamp='1319607140' post='2327176']
I am horrified to admit I cannot be sure who my sponsor was. I suspect it was my Grandmother. I checked with my Mother and she cannot remember.


N4
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My sponsor doesn't even remember if she had a sponsor, she didn't know her saint until last week when she called the Church and they gave her that info, but they didn't mention a sponsor. She is very mad at herself.

[OnlySunshine]

My godmother was my Confirmation sponsor, but, now, I wished I had chosen someone more active in the faith. At the time, though, I really didn't care about what Confirmation really meant as I am a cradle Catholic who reverted to the Church in Dec. 2007. Before that, I was very much lukewarm. If given the choice again right now, I probably would choose my mom because she and I are much closer than I am to my godmother. But I know my godmother was very honored when I was confirmed in April 1998, so I can't say I fully regret my decision. It's just that I don't feel like I can talk to her openly.

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='LaPetiteSoeur' timestamp='1319510601' post='2326685']
I think I was 13 when I was confirmed. Either 13 or 12. At that point, I had told myself that I WAS IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS [b]NOT [/b]GOING TO BE A SISTER.
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Same... but I picked my grandfather.

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1319628021' post='2327206']
My godmother was my Confirmation sponsor, but, now, I wished I had chosen someone more active in the faith.
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I can relate (kinda). My godmother stopped going to Church (for an unknown reason) when I turn 4 or 5. She was a great Catholic and I still love her very much... but I get zero spiritual help from her.

[MissScripture]

Neither of my Godparents go to Church anymore. And they're kind of anti-religion now. While it makes me sad for them, it really makes me sad for my cousin who is also their Goddaughter. I've been meaning to do more for her as "Godsister" but I always forget. But I will definitely be sending her a nice gift when she gets confirmed this year.

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1319654589' post='2327368']
Neither of my Godparents go to Church anymore. And they're kind of anti-religion now. While it makes me sad for them, it really makes me sad for my cousin who is also their Goddaughter. I've been meaning to do more for her as "Godsister" but I always forget. But I will definitely be sending her a nice gift when she gets confirmed this year.
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It is a hard situation to be in I know. I want to do SOMETHING for her, but it is not "my place" exactly. My God parents aren't married either so I would not have any support from anybody if I did try to do something. I do pray for her though. I often try to tell myself that God made her my godmother so that I could take care of her soul. It is a nice way to look at things instead of thinking how sad it is all the time.

[TheresaThoma]

I'm a convert so my Godmother/friend is my sponsor. So thus our relationship is a little different than "normal" (she is actually younger than I am by about 3 months!). She is a really close friend and so I feel comfortable sharing stuff with her. Before I asked to be my Godmother/sponsor she had helped me through some rough times. She was also one of the first people to inspire me to discern a religious vocation.
Now that I am an RCIA sponsor myself (and I guess Godmother eek!) I will share little things with her that are going on. For example they never tell you that you will lose sleep sometimes over your catechumen/candidate. She just laughs and tells me that she went through the very same things with me.