The tradition of private revelation in Catholicism is long and very interesting. Private revelations include locutions, visions, apparitions, theophanies, etc. They are extremely rare gifts given for God’s purposes and are of unparalleled profundity. In the case of being informed of ones salvation, this would probably involve a locution where one is given a word by word communication or direct knowledge in any case about their having eternal life. They would know without shadow of doubt where the information came from, no different in that particular sense from a communication you might receive while speaking to any other individual; one is actually being told a specific bit of information. It is not the same as answering an alter call, being convicted of sin, repenting, and converting, accepting Jesus as Lord and confessing His name as such, believing yourself to be saved, being enlightened by scripture, etc. That God can do these things is, of course, possible-and these experiences can bring with them certain responsibilities and even hardships as well more or less in line with Luke 12:48. Most of us are not dealt with that way.
