From the catechism:
Yes, tell God you are sorry, and resolve to not commit them in the future. Your desire for baptism is the first step in repentance and conversion.
God bless you, and welcome!!
This is a good idea. It might help my uneasiness!Talk to your priest… He may (or may not) sit down with you for “Spiritual Guidance”… While it’s not Reconciliation, it can be very comforting and good practice
God bless and WELCOME!!!
Hi! You are so fortunate to be heading toward Baptism!
It does seem dark sometimes. I’m terrified of hell. I find saying a few Hail Marys helps though. Hail Mary, full of Grace!Congratulations on heeding the call of the Holy Spirit.
Just be sure that you don’t presume you are owed a baptism of desire if something happens to you between now and Easter Vigil next year. Pray and hold on to hope, but never presume. God is good; trust in the justice and mercy of God. It’s all about trust. No matter how dark it may seem, everything will be all right in the end provided we persevere. It’s not always easy, but the rewards are literally out of this world
Thank you for writing this for the OP! It is profoundly beautiful.Hi! You are so fortunate to be heading toward Baptism!
If you are very concerned about dying before being Baptized then you should do some research about “Baptism of Desire”. It is real. Don’t be afraid of dying. All things are in the hand of God.
Think of it like this: The Catholic Church is often called “Holy Mother Church”. We can understand a bit about Baptism of Desire by using an analogy of a pregnant woman. You are right now in the womb of the Church. You are being formed for birth into true life. That birth is what Baptism is. You are going to be “born again” when you are Baptised, but for the time being you are not yet born. This does not mean that you are not yet a child of the Catholic Church.
Consider this: If a mother loses her unborn child due to miscarriage, she weeps with sorrow. She weeps for her “child”. What was forming within her was truly hers. It wasn’t a lump of tissue which she has no regard for. It was her baby. This child would have been born into this life if it had not been taken before hand, so the mother regards her miscarriage as the loss of her child and not as the loss of a stranger or some meaningless object. Though she never got to hold her baby in her arms, she regards her child as her own and mourns for its loss as the loss of one of the members of her family.
In the same way you are regarded by the Catholic Church as being her child. You are being formed in her womb to be born into new life. If you were allowed to die before being Baptized, she still regards you as one of her children and not some stranger which almost became a child or as a meaningless object which almost had meaning. If all things continue as they are, your desire to be Baptized will be realized, and if you are allowed to die before hand, your desire of Baptism is regarded as Baptism because Baptism would have been given to you had you been allowed to continue.
Baptism of Desire is another example of the infinite mercy of God and of His love for you.
Don’t worry so much! Your salvation is in His hands, though you must cooperate with His grace.
Peace to you,
Andrew
It was a pleasure to write it!
The beauty of the Bride of Christ is truly profound.
Thank you Andrew for that wonderful analogy. I can just imagine being held safe and warm in the womb of the Church.Hi! You are so fortunate to be heading toward Baptism!
If you are very concerned about dying before being Baptized then you should do some research about “Baptism of Desire”. It is real. Don’t be afraid of dying. All things are in the hand of God.
Think of it like this: The Catholic Church is often called “Holy Mother Church”. We can understand a bit about Baptism of Desire by using an analogy of a pregnant woman. You are right now in the womb of the Church. You are being formed for birth into true life. That birth is what Baptism is. You are going to be “born again” when you are Baptised, but for the time being you are not yet born. This does not mean that you are not yet a child of the Catholic Church.
Consider this: If a mother loses her unborn child due to miscarriage, she weeps with sorrow. She weeps for her “child”. What was forming within her was truly hers. It wasn’t a lump of tissue which she has no regard for. It was her baby. This child would have been born into this life if it had not been taken before hand, so the mother regards her miscarriage as the loss of her child and not as the loss of a stranger or some meaningless object. Though she never got to hold her baby in her arms, she regards her child as her own and mourns for its loss as the loss of one of the members of her family.
In the same way you are regarded by the Catholic Church as being her child. You are being formed in her womb to be born into new life. If you were allowed to die before being Baptized, she still regards you as one of her children and not some stranger which almost became a child or as a meaningless object which almost had meaning. If all things continue as they are, your desire to be Baptized will be realized, and if you are allowed to die before hand, your desire of Baptism is regarded as Baptism because Baptism would have been given to you had you been allowed to continue.
Baptism of Desire is another example of the infinite mercy of God and of His love for you.
Don’t worry so much! Your salvation is in His hands, though you must cooperate with His grace.
Peace to you,
Andrew
Even though I have never seen your face, you are already our sister, and we eagerly await your birth. When you are born, you will take your place among the children of God. Your prayers for the Church, for the laity in particular, will help us through grace. Don’t be afraid anymore. Trust.
Thank you for your kind words. I honestly wish I were a Priest or a Consecrated Religious, but I am not. I’m a regular Catholic. Maybe this is what regular Catholics do for each other.
If it were valid then yes, you would be required to give a general confession prior to confirmation. This general confession would consist of all of the mortal sins which you committed from the time of your Baptism.