Catholic Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg announced that his son, Brendan, received the Sacrament of Confirmation in a celebratory Instagram post.
“Have you ever seen a Confirmation class that big?” Wahlberg asks while showing the class and the Catholic Church.
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The reel concludes with Wahlberg and his family taking photos in front of a cross while Brendan sports a classy suit for the occasion.
Mark Wahlberg celebrates his son’s confirmation in the Instagram post below:
Mark’s wife and Brendan’s mother, Rhea, also celebrated the occasion in an Instagram post.
“Congratulations, Benny, on being initiated into the Catholic Church,” Rhea writes. “God loves you so much and he will be with you through every up and every down forever. We love you, sweet boy.”
Celebrities congratulated Brendan, including singer Gwen Stefani and actor Mario Lopez.
“Congrats!! 👏👏👏🙏🏻” Stefani wrote on Wahlberg’s video.
“❤️❤️❤” Lopez wrote on Rhea’s post.
What is the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church teaches that the sacrament of confirmation seals the baptized person with “the gift of the Holy Spirit” and “is strengthened for service to the body of Christ.” (USCCB)
Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world. . . . We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church for building up the community in loving service.
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