Not yet catholic...and mortal sin

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Hi I have a question. I am going through RCIA to become Catholic but I know that today I committed a mortal sin. How would I be able to get this sin forgiven? Do I just try to make a perfect act of contrition?
 
All of your sins will be forgiven at your baptism. Baptism cleanses you of Original Sin and all personal sins. 👍 As long as you are truly sorry, you really have nothing to worry about. 🙂
 
Yes I know I will be forgiven at baptism…but what about if I died tomorrow? How can God forvive my mortal sins if I am not even yet catholic?
 
so basically the baptism of desire will apply to all my sins, mortal and venial up until the day of my actual baptism?
 
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so basically the baptism of desire will apply to all my sins, mortal and venial up until the day of my actual baptism?
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Essentially, yes. Because God knows how much you are sorry for your sins and how much you want to be baptized, He would not hold your sins against you. 🙂
 
Tim_Kirchoff said:
Essentially, yes. Because God knows how much you are sorry for your sins and how much you want to be baptized, He would not hold your sins against you. 🙂
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That’s an important point. You still need to be sorry for your sins for them to be forgiven, even by baptism.

This doesn’t mean you need to conjure in your mind each and every (mortal) sin and repent of it, but you can’t not be sorry for a sin (i.e. continuing in it, holding on to it, not regret it) and have it forgiven by baptism, or confession, or extra-sacramentally by perfect contrition.

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