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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.

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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.

Discernment, Pope Leo XIV, Prayer, Prayer Intention

July Prayer Intention and Prayer For Discernment by Pope Leo XIV

 

Pope Leo invites us to pray with him for his monthly prayer intention.

The prayer intention for July is for Discernment in Formation.

“Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.”

Prayer for Discernment by Pope Leo XIV

Holy Spirit, you, light of our understanding,
gentle breath that guides our decisions,
grant me the grace to listen attentively to your voice
and to discern the hidden paths of my heart,
so that I may grasp what truly matters to you,
and free my heart from its troubles.

I ask you for the grace to learn how to pause,
to become aware of the way I act,
of the feelings that dwell within me,
and of the thoughts that overwhelm me
which, so often, I fail to notice.

I long for my choices
to lead me to the joy of the Gospel.
Even if I must go through moments of doubt and fatigue,
even if I must struggle, reflect, search, and begin again…
Because, at the end of the journey,
your consolation is the fruit of the right decision.

Grant me a deeper understanding of what moves me,
so that I may reject what draws me away from Christ,
and love him and serve him more fully.

Amen.

Faith, Pope Leo XIV, Prayer, Quote

Quote for Today Pope Leo XIV

Unity in the Church and among the Churches is fostered by forgiveness and mutual trust, beginning with our families and communities. If Jesus can trust us, we can certainly trust one another in his name.                                                                                                 

 June 29,2025    Pope Leo XIV on X.   

                                                                                               

The history of Peter and Paul shows us that the communion to which the Lord calls us is a unison of voices and personalities that does not eliminate anyone’s freedom. Our patron saints followed different paths, had different ideas and at times argued with one another with evangelical frankness. Yet this did not prevent them from living a living communion in the Spirit, a fruitful harmony in diversity.                                                                             

 June 29,2025. Pope Leo XIV on X

Pope Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – MAY 8: The newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. White smoke was seen over the Vatican early this evening as the Conclave of Cardinals took just two days to elect Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo (Leone) XIV, as the 267th Supreme Pontiff after the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

 

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Prayer to the Sacred Heart by Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV has released the following prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  June is considered to be month of the Sacred Heart.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Pope Leo XIV

Lord, I come to your tender heart today, to you who have words that set my heart ablaze, to you who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor, on those who suffer and on all human miseries.

I desire to know you more, to contemplate you in the Gospel, to be with you and learn from you and from the charity with which you allowed yourself to be touched by all forms of poverty.

You showed us the Father’s love by loving us without measure with your divine and human heart.

Grant all your children the grace of encountering you.  Change, shape, and transform our plans, so that we seek only you in every circumstance, in prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine.

From this encounter send us out on mission, a mission of compassion for the world in which you are  the source from which all consolation flows.

Amen

Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us!  
Pope Leo XIV during the Regina Caeli prayer on the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV, Prayer, Sacred Heart

Prayer to the Sacred Heart by Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV has released the following prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  June is considered to be month of the Sacred Heart.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Pope Leo XIV

Lord, I come to your tender heart today, to you who have words that set my heart ablaze, to you who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor, on those who suffer and on all human miseries.

I desire to know you more, to contemplate you in the Gospel, to be with you and learn from you and from the charity with which you allowed yourself to be touched by all forms of poverty.

You showed us the Father’s love by loving us without measure with your divine and human heart.

Grant all your children the grace of encountering you.  Change, shape, and transform our plans, so that we seek only you in every circumstance, in prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine.

From this encounter send us out on mission, a mission of compassion for the world in which you are  the source from which all consolation flows.

Amen

Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us!  
Pope Leo XIV during the Regina Caeli prayer on the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)