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Prayers, Quips and Quotes: St. Carlo Acutis

 

The Feast Day of Carlo is celebrated on October 12.  Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991  in London to Italian parents who working there.   He was raised in Milan, Italy.  Carlo died at the age of 15 in Manza, Italy of leukemia on October 12, 2006.

St. Carlo Acutis was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020 and Canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7, 2025.  He is considered the first millennial saint and the patron saint of the internet.

At a young age of 11, Carlo became very interested in Eucharistic Miracles.   He visited the birthplace of many of the saints and sites of the Eucharistic miracles.  His passion for the Eucharist led him to use his skills as a coder to build a website cataloging over 150 Miracles.  He listed them by country and date.   His site is still active at Carlo Acutis La dlinea del tempo di Carlo Acutis

St. Carlos was known for being very generous.  He helped the poor and defended students in his school from bullies.  He enjoyed helping the elderly and disabled.    His passion for his faith inspired his parents to become active in their faith.  They enrolled in a theology class so they could answer questions which came up.

At the age of 14, Carlo fell ill.  At first, they believed he had the flu; however he was diagnosed with acute Myeloid Leukemia.  Afte r suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage, he went into a coma and died on October 12.

Initially buried in Ternengo his body was reburied in January 2007 in Assisi because of his devotion to St. Francis of Assisi.

St. Carlo is credited with two miracles.  The healing of a Brazilian boy born with a malformed pancreas was healed after prayers of intercession to Blessed Carlo in 2020.  The second miracle occurred in Costa Rico then a woman was healed in 2024 after suffering a serious head injury.  Prayers of intercession were prayed at St. Acutis’s tomb after which she was healed.   These miracles led to the canonization of St. Carlo in 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.

Prayers, Quips and Quotes: St. Carlo Acutis

The Feast Day of Carlo is celebrated on October 12.  Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991  in London to Italian parents who working there.   He was raised in Milan, Italy.  Carlo died at the age of 15 in Manza, Italy of leukemia on October 12, 2006.

St. Carlo Acutis was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020 and Canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7, 2025.  He is considered the first millennial saint and the patron saint of the internet.

At a young age of 11, Carlo became very interested in Eucharistic Miracles.   He visited the birthplace of many of the saints and sites of the Eucharistic miracles.  His passion for the Eucharist led him to use his skills as a coder to build a website cataloging over 150 Miracles.  He listed them by country and date.   His site is still active at Carlo Acutis La dlinea del tempo di Carlo Acutis

St. Carlos was known for being very generous.  He helped the poor and defended students in his school from bullies.  He enjoyed helping the elderly and disabled.    His passion for his faith inspired his parents to become active in their faith.  They enrolled in a theology class so they could answer questions which came up.

At the age of 14, Carlo fell ill.  At first, they believed he had the flu; however he was diagnosed with acute Myeloid Leukemia.  Afte r suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage, he went into a coma and died on October 12.

Initially buried in Ternengo his body was reburied in January 2007 in Assisi because of his devotion to St. Francis of Assisi.

St. Carlo is credited with two miracles.  The healing of a Brazilian boy born with a malformed pancreas was healed after prayers of intercession to Blessed Carlo in 2020.  The second miracle occurred in Costa Rico then a woman was healed in 2024 after suffering a serious head injury.  Prayers of intercession were prayed at St. Acutis’s tomb after which she was healed.   These miracles led to the canonization of St. Carlo in 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.

Twenty-five Quotes about Heaven from the Saints

Have you pondered what heaven might be like.  We will only know for sure when we enter into the Kindom of Heaven.  The saints share their insights with us in the quotes below.

 1.   How insignificant earth seems to me, when I consider heaven.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola
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2.  The gate of heaven is very low, only the humble can enter it.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
3.  Heaven is a city on a hill; hence we cannot cast into it, we have to climb.

Ven. Fulton Sheen

Ven. Fulton Sheen
4.  Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

St. Thomas More

St. Thomas More
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5.  Those who carry God in their hearts bear Heaven with them wherever they go.

St. Ignatius Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyla
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6.  What does it matter to you whether Jesus wishes to guide you to heaven by way of the desert or by the meadow, so long as He is always with you and you arrive at the possession of the blessed eternity.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio
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7.  Walk with your feet on earth, but in your heart, be in heaven.

St. John Bosco

St. John Bosco
8.  As mariners are guided into port by the shing of a star, so Christians are guided to Heaven by Mary.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas
9.  Let us sing alleluia here on earth, while we still live in anxiety, so that we may sing it one day in heaven in full security.  

St. Augustine

St. Augustine
10.  Heaven and hell are inevitable, but the choice between them is up to us.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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11.  Heaven is full of love, but hell is full of loneliness.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

St. Teresa of Calcutta
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12.  Heaven is for all of us, but we must remember that we must earn it.

St. Francis Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
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13.  We are not made for this world but for heaven, where we will live forever.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II
14.  Can you expect to go to heaven for nothing?  Did not our dear Savior track the whole way to it with His blood and tears?

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
15.  No one reaches the Kingdom of Heaven except by humility.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo
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16.  Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.  

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima
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17. All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, ” I am the way.”

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena
18.  When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens.   I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux          The Little Flower
19.  The pains of hell are not the greatest part of hell, the loss of heaven is the weightiest woe of Hell.

St. John Chrysostom

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20.  An angel fell from heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.

St. John Climacus

St. John Climacus
21.  In the moment of temptation, think of the Love that awaits you in heaven, foster the virtue of hope.

St. Josemaria Escriva

St. Josemaria Escriva
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22.  Heaven is where all tears are wiped away.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo
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23.  Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.  

St. Jerome

St. Jerome and the Angel
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24.  As in heaven Your will is punctually performed, so may it be done on earth by all creatures, particularly in me and by me. 

St. Elizabeth of Hungary

25.  O Saving Victim, opening wide, the gate of heaven to us below.  Our foes press on from every side, Your aid supply, Your strength bestow.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas