You are Anointed, by Ember

Boy do I owe you an apology, Querci! 


Remember back when we were talking about  "What's in a name"?  Well, I said I wanted to take you seriously "regardless of your other qualifications", as if you may not have had any.  I should have backed you up better than that.  I still believe that we should listen to everyone, personally.  But that being said, you do have qualifications as regards the Catholic Church.  I know you received the sacrament of Confirmation.  It is your qualification.  During confirmation a person is anointed with oil (chrism) and,

 By this anointing the confirmed receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. (CCC 1295)  

And this anointing most assuredly is a qualification of great value.  Listen to what the Catechism states next,

This "character" perfects the common priesthood of the faithful, received in Baptism, and "the confirmed person receives the power to profess faith in Christ publicly and as it were officially (quasi ex officio)." St. Thomas, CCC 1305 

OFFICIALLY, uh huh, you heard me! Given this It would seem that, not only are you well qualified to speak about your faith, you even have the duty, because of what you have received, to speak on behalf of your faith and the church you belong to. 


 Let us all listen to one another and learn from one another.


Ember