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October 12: ST. CARLO ACUTIS: The First Millennial Saint
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St. Carlo Acutis was a completely normal kid who loved video games and dogs — and also visited Jesus in the Eucharist every single day. From the day of his First Communion, Carlo went to daily Mass and spent an hour before the tabernacle, calling the Eucharist his highway to heaven. He used his gift for coding to build a website cataloguing Eucharistic miracles from around the world, and when leukemia took his life at fifteen, he offered his suffering for the Pope and for souls in Purgatory. "I offer this suffering for the Pope and fo...
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Welcome back to the Catholic Sproust podcast, where we know that every day is a feast day. It's October 12th, so join us for St. Carlo Acudis, the first millennial saint. late afternoon in Milan, Italy and school is out. Most kids from Carlos's class are headed to the park or home to play video games. But Carlos, who's just 12 years old,
is walking in the opposite direction. He turns in at the door of a church near his apartment. He drops his backpack in a pew and kneels in front of the tabernacle above which a small candle burns. Inside, behind that golden door, he knows his Savior sits and waits for him. He stays an hour in the church. He comes there every day, but not because anyone makes him.
He comes because he can't imagine ending the day without it. Jesus is here. Welcome back Sprouts. Today is October 12th, the feast day of St. Carlo Acudas, a teenager from Milan, Italy who loved soccer, video games, his three dogs, and who also happened to be one of the holiest people in our modern age. Stay tuned as we discover how an ordinary kid with a laptop
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