Confirmation is the second sacrament of initiation, although it is normally received third. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC),
“By the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed” (par. 1285).