From the blog The Lonely Pilgrim
St. Ambrose on the Baptism of Desire
(51) But I hear that you grieve because he did not receive the
sacrament of baptism. Tell me: What else is in your power
other than the desire, the request?* But he even had this desire
for a long time, that, when he should come into Italy, he would be
initiated, and recently he signified his desire to be baptized by
me, and for this reason above all others he thought that I ought
to be summoned. Has he not, then, the grace which he desired; has
he not the grace which he requested? And because he asked, he
received, and therefore it is said: ‘By whatsoever death the just
man shall be overtaken, his soul shall be at rest’ (Wisdom 4:7).
sacrament of baptism. Tell me: What else is in your power
other than the desire, the request?* But he even had this desire
for a long time, that, when he should come into Italy, he would be
initiated, and recently he signified his desire to be baptized by
me, and for this reason above all others he thought that I ought
to be summoned. Has he not, then, the grace which he desired; has
he not the grace which he requested? And because he asked, he
received, and therefore it is said: ‘By whatsoever death the just
man shall be overtaken, his soul shall be at rest’ (Wisdom 4:7).
Continued http://lonelypilgrim.com/2013/09/23/st-ambrose-on-the-baptism-of-desire/
-Lionel Andrades
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