St. Carlo Acutis
The older we get, the further away our childhood's recede until we no longer understand the young. They become objects of fear to us, fear and resentment. We want to be young again, to live again with their carefree nature. We forget that when we were young, we wanted to be grown up, to own our lives so that we could act as we pleased.
Tomorrow (7th September 2025), Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 at the age of just 15, will be canonised in Rome. He is undoubtedly the Thérèse of Lisieux of the twenty-first century, a young saint who appeals to all ages. For the young he is one of them. His piety either is or can be theirs in a way that his age helps them to understand. For the old, he makes us young again in the one way that matters: our faith.
I have included this photograph of Acutis, in which he is the coolest looking saint since Karol Wojtyła was photographed in a cassock and sunglasses, firstly in honour of his canonisation and secondly so that we might ponder how he transcends his age to help draw all of us to God. It is a wonderful thing.
St. Carlo - Pray for Us
31st August 2025
photo: communion and liberation
The older we get, the further away our childhood's recede until we no longer understand the young. They become objects of fear to us, fear and resentment. We want to be young again, to live again with their carefree nature. We forget that when we were young, we wanted to be grown up, to own our lives so that we could act as we pleased.
Tomorrow (7th September 2025), Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 at the age of just 15, will be canonised in Rome. He is undoubtedly the Thérèse of Lisieux of the twenty-first century, a young saint who appeals to all ages. For the young he is one of them. His piety either is or can be theirs in a way that his age helps them to understand. For the old, he makes us young again in the one way that matters: our faith.
I have included this photograph of Acutis, in which he is the coolest looking saint since Karol Wojtyła was photographed in a cassock and sunglasses, firstly in honour of his canonisation and secondly so that we might ponder how he transcends his age to help draw all of us to God. It is a wonderful thing.
St. Carlo - Pray for Us
31st August 2025
photo: communion and liberation
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