Come Holy Ghost

Mark 1:1-13

I was confirmed when I was twelve or thirteen years old. I thought I was old and wise enough to make the decision then I wanted to follow Jesus. A lot has happened since then. Some days and years I have followed him and others I have not.
The girls wore white veils. Since it was a special occasion my mother had washed my long silken braids. I was sure my veil was slipping off my head, especially when the bishop laid his hands on my head. my whole head seemed alive. The sceptic in me allows for the laying on of hands by a bishop at confirmation to be symbolic. But information and knowledge that I have gained through the years of coming and going I now know that it was the Holy Spirit, just as our fathers intended.