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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A mitzvah is a good deed. She's not having a mitzvah. She's having a bat mitzvah. And you should learn about what a bat mitzvah is - it can't be compared to the Catholic milestones. Your attitude really rubs me the wrong way. [/quote]

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A catholic confirmation is a holy sacrament marking a person's adulthood in the church. Sound familiar? It's the same thing as a bat mitzvah...without the over the top expensive party. [/quote]

How many kids are confirmed at one service? Now compare that to a bat mitzvah. What language is a confirmation done in by the child? Now compare that to a bat mitzvah. How much does the child speak during a confirmation? Now compare that to a bat mitzvah. Right. It's NOT the same thing as a bat mitzvah at ALL. [/quote]

There are similarities and differences.  Neither is greater nor lesser than the other.  The Bishop confers the Sacrament of Confirmation and there are more Confirmandi within our Diocese than there are days in the year so, by necessity, Confirmation involves a parish worth of kids and each parish has one ceremony per year.  We had over 140 kids in our parish alone this year.  The Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated as a community and is not solely an individual accomplishment.  We come together as an entire community to celebrate our kids transition from child to adult in our religion.

What language is the ceremony in?  Well, depends on the congregation.  Our ceremony was in English and in Spanish.  How much do the kids speak?  Depends on how many volunteers they get.  In our ceremony, a lot of kids volunteered so they shared the readings and some were done in English and some in Spanish.  In a smaller parish a smaller number of kids might have shared the readings, but no one kid would be responsible for them all because, again, Confirmation is a Sacrament celebrated as a community.    Not better than a bar or bat mitzvah.  Not worse.  Just another religious ceremony marking a transition from childhood to adulthood.  [/quote]

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