In Mass for San Carlo Acutis before his remains in Assisi, Bishop explains the secret of his life

The Bishop of Assisi, Mons. Domenico Sorrentino, explained which is “the secret” of the life of San Carlo Acutis, buried in the sanctuary of dispossession in that Italian city.

San Carlo Acutis and San Pier Giorgio Frassati were declared Santos yesterday in the Vatican, at a Mass presided by Pope Leo XIV before about 80,000 people.

“Thanksgiving for the canonization of Carlo, whom we can final Misa In which Andre Acutis and Antonia Salzano, Carlo Acutis’s parents, civil authorities such as the local mayor and representatives of the forces of order participated.

Before the mortal remains of the first Millennial Saint of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Assisi stressed that “there is no Eucharist without Mary. Carlo has understood. Mary and the Eucharist were for him a single love. He saw Jesus with the eyes of Mary and loved Mary with the heart of Jesus.”

“Thus, this young millennial tells us (…) What has been the secret of his life and what should be the secret of ours: the Holy Trinity, the Eucharist, Mary, are the spiritual company that constitutes our paradise already on this earth and prepares that of heaven,” said the prelate.

Mons. Sorrentino also recalled that Carlo considered the Eucharist as his “highway to heaven” and said that “God wants us original and not as photocopies’, also in holiness: all called to be saints, but each one by his path. And the path drawn by him was extremely simple and linear, we can all follow him: it is the path of the welcoming of all the gifts of God. is excluded. ”

The Bishop then encouraged to live the life of life: “If you like music, sings; if you are good in a sport, be a champion, if you are intelligent, do not content just by approveing ​​the exams; get well on the Internet, do not be afraid to use this instrument well. Everything is from God, everything comes from God.”

After warning of the “stars” of the world that sometimes do not show the true “stars that God has put us in heaven, the saints,” Mons. Sorrentno stressed that San Francisco, who stripped everything in that sanctuary, and Saint Carlo Acutis, point to Jesus, to the Eucharist.

The encounter with Pope Leo XIV after the canonization of Acutis and Frassati

At the beginning of today’s Mass, the Bishop of Assisi said that this morning he was able to talk with Pope Leo XIV “to thank him. We were ready with Pope Francis, but the providence has wanted him to be (León) who would give us the joy to canonizing two young saints: Carlo and Pier Giorgio.”

After pointing out that he was impressed to see the Plaza de San Pedro Colmada of people, vibrant and varied, he shared today the Pope who feels “a bit like the old Simeone when he saw Jesus in his arms. My joy has been very great in these 20 years. I arrived in 2006, when Carlo was born for heaven”.

“Now I have reached compliance as Simeone. And (Pope León) told me ‘move on.

At the end of the Mass, Mons. Sorrentino venerated the remains of San Carlo Acutis, and then give the blessing solemn to the attendees.

Who was Carlo Acutis?

Born on May 3, 1991, Carlo Acutis was a young Italian who from an early age lived a deep love of God, with a special devotion to Eucharistic miracles, which compiled in a digital exhibition that spread through the Internet.

Sick of leukemia, Carlo died on October 12, 2006, at age 15. Was Beatified on October 10, 2020.