Living in a country where there is no catholicism and fearing that you will die without a baptism

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Hi, I’d like to start this post by sharing my testimonial and telling about how Jesus saved me. In 2022, I was in a park with my two friends from high school and there I saw 2 korean girls walking down the pavement in the middle of the park from across where I sat down in the bench we were at. I saw them and I told my friends to look at those two korean girls because they were so cute (all 3 of us are females, don’t get this the wrong way) and my friends turned around and one of them invited them over to our bench. I was so embarrassed and shy at the moment but as it turns out they were speaking our language. I was so happy to be meeting with these korean girls because I always loved the korean culture and people and after some small talk they told us that they were christians and that they were holding a worship service at their church-home every sunday and they invited us over there. So we went there and they had another korean girl that they introduced us to who was their roommate that sunday and it was my first time ever hearing about jesus and they sang songs about jesus and played instruments and it was just so cute and beautiful the whole thing. At the end they told us that they always pray at the end of the service and asked us what we’d like prayers about. Now at the time I had a brain tumor, and a week or so ago I had gone through MRI imaging and I was waiting for my next doctor’s appointment to decide what the course of action was going to be about the tumor, I know for certain I had a tumor not only because of the MRI imaging that confirmed it but also I had gone 4 other tests, 2 different blood tests and 2 sugar tolerance tests. I told them about my brain tumor and they were really upset by it but they put their hands over my head and they started praying really fervently and I swear I could feel this almost warm water like sensation flowing into my head, it was like my head was filling with flowing hot water but it was not unpleasant at all. At my next doctor’s appointment, they did some more tests, and the test results were completely fine, as if I’ve never had any tumor. They ran the tests again, and they came out clean again which was so shocking to me. From that day on I’ve started attending their protestant home-church service almost every week and I told them about how my tumor just miraculously disappeared, which was what happened. Jesus had saved me despite me not knowing who he ever was or what he even was. 2 years passed and in 9th of august 2024 I became a full christian and I moved back in with my parents. Now during this time I did not know what denomination I was supposed to believe in and I prayed to Jesus like ‘’Jesus I love you and I’m a christian but what denomination am I supposed to believe in? There are over 40.000 denominations.’’ And it was then that Jesus gave me to His Mother and led me personally to catholicism.

Now my problem is that there is no Catholic Church that I can attend in my country, no catholicism, and christianity and the bible is persecuted, and foreign christian missionaires are being deported without any reason. This also means that there are no sacraments, no baptisms, and no Eucharist or masses. And I am afraid I haven’t been the best person before coming to Christ, I have sinned and I did not know that what I did was a sin. In fact if I died right now I would a 100% go to hell because I am not able to get out of the state of mortal sin because of impossibilities. I know I am supposed to receive a baptism and receive communion and be baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church for my salvation and go to confession, but I do not have access to any of these, nor do I have the financial means or the passport power to travel outside of my country to actually go where the Catholic Church has a hold to be able to receive these things.

When this is the case, just what do I do ? I am praying everyday that I somehow get out of my country and go live in a catholic country to receive God’s graces, because in my country that’s just impossible, I am so scared to die in my country without ever receiving God’s grace and go to hell even though I know and love and believe in Jesus. Would I still be able to go to the purgatory if I don’t receive the sacraments ever and die in my country?

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Peace to all,

We always know to Fear not for the opposite of fear is Eternal fulilled Love becoming again for all in One Family, I believe.

The Automomy of the Faith in the Catholic Church is having the Power to stand before the Family of God self-righteous and justified to be able to become from death from the flesh through The Power of The Holy Spirit Family becoming again glorified and transfigured in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

Logically we are the Disciple from the Cross He loves the most for He loves only with only the Most love and we were at the Cross when He calls us by Name, “Disciple, Ecce Mater Tua,” Behold Your Mother and we as John take Mary home with us from The Cross, OMNiLogically.

Sorry no Catholic Church is around, and rember He will never leave us orphins, logically The New Eve, Mary, Queen of Heaven, God of Mercy and The Bride of Jesus through His Passion becomes The Christ for all and is in the Catholic Church for Our Souls through the flesh and we become Baptized from the living waters for the created souls through the flesh to be able to become from death through resurrection. Anyone can Baptize through the words, I Baptize you, in the Name of The Father the Son and The Holy Spirit becoming transformed brothers and sisters for all Through the New Eve into the Catholic Church, becoming sanctified immortalized and becoming Holy Spirit Incorruptible on the spot, OMNiLoigically.

And From Sacrifice through the Logical formulas of the Wondrous Mysteries of the Faith in Penance we become forgiven to become glorified Sons and Daughters for Jesus becoming The New Adam through the Immortal and Incorruptible Christ for all from Sacrifice through Penance becoming forgiven becoming again through Immortality from Holy Spirit incorruption glorified and transfigured for all creation in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

Peace always,
Stephen

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“For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament,” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catechumens are people preparing to enter the Church. From what you have said, you have met Jesus through the Korean girls, repented of your sins, and desire to be baptized when you can. I dare say you are on the road to heaven, not hell. The Catechism also says that anyone can baptize you; if there is no priest or deacon available, one of the Korean girls or anyone else could do it. As Pope John Paul II repeatedly said, do not be afraid.

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Would God give his grace if I have just anybody baptise me? Even a non-believer?

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Peace to all,

Yes, water and the words immortalize from the spirit through the soul for the fesh becomming immortalized to be able to become from death though resurrection becoming again in all creation glorified and transfigured in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being.

And From the Didache:
“Concerning baptism, baptize thus: Having first rehearsed all these things, baptize in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, in running water; but if thou hast no running water, baptize in other, and if thou canst not in cold, then in warm. But if thou hast neither, pour water three times on the head in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

Peace always,
Stephen

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Another quotation from the Catholic Catechism: “In case of necessity, any person, even someone not baptized, can baptize, if he has the required intention. the intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian baptismal formula” (that is, “I baptize you, [your name], in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”).

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Thank you so much for sharing your story! Amazing! God is good.

When you say that you “became a full Christian” in 2024 were you Baptized in the in-home Church that you were a part of? The reason that I ask is that we recognizes most Protestant Baptisms.

We believe in a Baptism of desire. This is when someone desires to receive the gift of Baptism, but are unable to. I’m sure that you already tell God your desire in Prayer and that is what I would suggest.

None of us have been the best person at times throughout our lives, but the fact that you acknowledge that you are a sinner is important. In Luke 18:13, Jesus tells a parable about two men. And the more sinful of the two responds greater than the other: “God, have mercy on me, a sinner!”

We all should humbly Pray that Prayer, especially if one does not have access to the Sacraments.

My youngest daughter’s Godmother encountered Christ in a preeminently Muslim Country, though at the time she did not know who Jesus was, she later came to know that the man who had appeared to her in a vision was Him. God led her out of her Country and to Russia (first) and then to America (second). So have hope and keep Praying that God will help you and accept whatever God’s will in your life may be.

Yes, the fact that you long to receive Jesus’ outpouring of grace and forgiveness, and do not have access to the Sacraments, will not prevent you from Heaven. I recall the thief on the Cross, who asked Jesus, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom” (Luke 23:42). This man did not have access to Baptism, Confirmation, The Eucharist, and yet, Jesus tells the man that He would be in Heaven with Him, because he recognized Jesus as the Lord. Jesus is God and He makes exceptions for those who do not have access to the means, by which He gifted us, to receive His salvific grace. So, know that Jesus loves you and desires you to be with Him in Heaven. And not even your current circumstances can keep you from this : )

As far as purgatory goes, we know that nothing unclean can enter into Heaven. We also know that only those who are saved go to/through purgatory (whether it is a place or a process by which we are made clean before entering into Heaven).

Keep your faith in Jesus and do not lose hope. Thank Him for this day and trust Him. It does not mean that there will not be bad days. It does not meant that we will not have to suffer. But, we can unite our suffering with His suffering and offer it up in Prayer for others.

And thank God for those two Korean girls. And thank God for your friend who invited them over to your bench. And thank God for everyone He has blessed you with along the way. God puts people in our lives to guide us on the right path. And God may use you in someone else’s life to guide them on theirs. I think about all the people God has blessed my journey with along the way. And often we don’t even see how God is working in our lives until we look back and reflect. Conversion is like that. It isn’t a one-time event in our lives. Sure, some events are bigger than others and very explicitly recognizable, but there are many mini conversions; everyday conversions in our lives that we sometimes take for granted, letting us know that God is wish us, Emmanuel!

Look to the lives of the Saints, individuals who kept faith in Jesus, even when it was hard. Some of these individuals lived in hostile places where Christians were persecuted greatly. We ask these holy ones to Pray for us. We are not on this journey alone. God the Father is with us. Jesus His Son is with us. The Holy Spirit is with us. Our Blessed Mother (Mary) is with us. The Saints & Martyrs are with us. And the Prayers of our Christian brothers and sisters are with us. Know that you are in my Prayers, as you Pray, Come Holy Spirit in times of need.

Thank you so much for being here. Your story of how God is working in your life has truly touched my soul.

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This is a very good point. Thank you for this. As long as it is done reverently and sincerely, this too is an option.

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