Confirmation Prayers: Catholic Prayers for Confirmation Candidates and Sponsors

Come, Holy Spirit, fill my heart.
As I prepare for Confirmation, give me your gifts of wisdom and courage,
and make me a faithful witness to Jesus Christ. Amen.

Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of thy love.

V. Send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created.

R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come,
From Thy bright, heavenly throne;
Come, take possession of our souls.
And make them all Thine own.

Thou Who art called the Paraclete,
Best gift of God above;
The living spring, the living fire.
Sweet unction and true love.

Thou Who art sevenfold in Thy grace,
Finger of God’s right hand,
His promise, teaching little ones
To speak and understand.

Oh! guide our minds with Thy blest light.
With love our hearts inflame;
And with Thy strength, which ne’er decays,
Confirm our mortal frame.

Far from us drive our hellish foe,
True peace unto us bring;
And through all perils lead us safe
Beneath Thy sacred wing.

Through Thee may we the Father know,
Through Thee, th’ eternal Son,
And Thee, the Spirit of them both —
Thrice-blessed Three in one.

All glory to the Father be,
And to His risen Son,
The like to Thee, great Paraclete.
While endless ages run.
Amen.

Holy Spirit, on the day of my Confirmation, come upon me as you came upon the apostles at Pentecost.
Take away my fear, strengthen my faith, and set my heart on fire with your love.
Help me to live as a true disciple and to share my faith with others. Amen.

St. (name), I have chosen you as my patron for Confirmation.
Pray for me, that I may follow Jesus as faithfully as you did. Amen.

Lord, (name) has chosen me as sponsor for Confirmation.
Make me a good example and a faithful friend in the faith,
and help me to support (name) in prayer for the rest of their life. Amen.

Holy Spirit, our child is about to be confirmed.
Fill (name) with your gifts, protect (name) from evil,
and help (name) to remain faithful to Jesus and his Church. Amen.

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.

Holy Spirit, give me wisdom to love what is good, understanding to grasp the faith,
counsel to choose rightly, fortitude to stand firm, knowledge to see things as you see them,
piety to love God as my Father, and fear of the Lord to never want to offend him. Amen.

And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place:
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.

Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
Who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.
For he was not as yet come upon any of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.