Sermon: Bishop of Namirembe Diocese, Rt. Rev. Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira to the Confirmation Candidates

File Photo/Courtesy: St. Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe in Kampala, Uganda.

Photo/Godfrey Jjuuko: Confirmation Candidate, Joshua Benjamin Kanakulya and sibling, Jonan Kateregga at St. Steven's Parish Church of Uganda, Luzira.

You have come here to be confirmed. You stand in the presence of God and His Church. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave Himself to death on the cross and was raised again for the salvation of human kind. Baptism is the sacrament in which, by repentance and faith we enter into His salvation; we are united with Christ in His death; we are granted the forgiveness of sins, we are raised with Him to new life in spirit. In confirmation, we come to be filled through the laying on of hands, with the power of the spirit to worship, witness and service.

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With your own lips and from your own heart you must renew the vows of baptism and declare your allegiance to Christ and your rejection of all that is evil. Therefore, I ask these questions:

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Bishop: Do you turn to Christ?

Answer: I turn to Christ

I turn to Christ

Bishop: Do you repent of your sins?

Answer: I repent of my sins.

I repent of my sins.

Bishop: Do you renounce Satan, his works and all powers that manifest through his work?

Answer: I renounce them all.

I renounce them all.

Bishop: Will you be willing to tell your neighbors about the love of Christ?

Answer: I will

I will

Bishop: Will you pray and support the Church, the Bishops, Clergy and all other Church work?

Answer: I will do so God being my helper

I will do so God being my helper

Bishop: Will you read the Bible regularly and fashion your life after it?

Answer: I will diligently do so.

I will diligently do so.

Bishop: Will you endeavor to meet with other Christians for fellowship and stir up the gift of God that is in you?

Answer: I will endeavor to do so.

I will endeavor to do so.

Bishop: Will you endeavor to feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, welcome strangers in your home, cloth the naked, care for the sick and visit the prisoners?

Answer: I will endeavor to do so.

I will endeavor to do so.

Bishop: Will you pray and support the lonely, orphans, widows, and the voiceless?

Answer: I will pray and support them.

I will pray and support them.

Bishop: Will you endeavor to be a good steward of God's creation and care for the environment?

Answer: I will endeavor to do so.

I will endeavor to do so.

Bishop: Will you be alert, watchful and resist your enemy, the devil firmly?

Answer: I will do so God being my helper.

I will do so God being my helper.

Bishop: Do you believe and trust in God the Father who made the world?