Book Review: My Confirmation Book by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle
By Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, released March 2013, Paraclete Press, 70 pages. Available from Paraclete Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Major books stores and Catholic and Christian book stores . Reviewed by JEAN M. HEIMANN, wife and mother, M.A. in Theology, freelance writer, retired psychologist, and oblate with the Community of St. John. Pope John Paul II in his weekly catechesis stated: The grace conferred by the Sacrament of Confirmation is more specifically a gift of strength. This gift corresponds to the need for greater zeal in facing the 'spiritual battle' of faith and charity in order to resist temptation and give the witness of Christian word and deed to the world with courage, fervor and perseverance. This zeal is conferred by the Holy Spirit. ( L'osservatore Romano , 8 Apr 92. Summa Theol. III, q.72, a.5) The Holy Father went on to say, "Since the Middle Ages, theology — which developed in a context of generous commitment to 'spiritual com...