Confirmation letter to Clay

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Oct. 25th 2015
Dear Clay,
While taking my walk at the park this morning on this crisp fall day, I started praying and reflecting on the letter I would write to you as your Confirmation sponser. When I write I always think in terms of themes or a choosen word and then focus my thoughts on that. Today as I prayed the word that kept popping in my head was "fruits". And why?, I think it was seeing the beautiful colors of the leaves on the tree which lead my to the thought of apples.
Trees, apples, fall, prayer, ....you are probably wondering by now, where is this all leading. Well, the other night at the confirmation meeting what really struck a chord with me was the message of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit that we are given when we receive our Confirmation. An apple tree is a gift we are given by God. Now how do we produce fruit?? We have to nurture our tree.
We are given gifts of the Holy Spirit, but in order to make the grow and produce we have to nurture them or they will go stagnant and die. In order for anything that lives we need to take good care of it to keep it living to it's fullest.
The other night you choose the gift of fortitude or courage to focus on. Which is such a great gift to be given. We need courage in our lives especially when we see others doing thing that may not be as Christian as they could be. But then the fruit you choose was peace. Peace is a fruit that comes from having courage. When we have the courage to live out our faith we are given peace in our lives. You also choose St. Michael the Archangel as your Confirmation name. What a great couragous leader of God's armies against evil. He is the patron saint of police and military, a great protector.
I am so proud of you for making the choice to be confirmed. I have loved watching you grow up so far, can't wait to see what's is store for your future!!
Love you, Aunt Kath

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