Carlos Acutis - A computer genius in heaven

Carlo Acutis, a fifteen-year-old boy, a teenager like any other: lively, full of projects and full of the future, attracted by computers and video games. He has friends, a family, goes to school. Nothing extraordinary, so far. But Carlo was determined, as St. Therese of Lisieux said, to "do ordinary things extraordinarily well and out of love." And then we discover that Carlo's life has a mark of holiness. His goal is union with Christ. His daily nourishment is the Eucharist and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The Mass, his unmissable appointment. In this way, the life of this teenager is clothed with unique qualities, because everything is lived with an eye on God. Carlo challenges us, shows us that commitment to God is something current, possible and the most beautiful pact we can make in this life. As Monsignor Sturla writes in his prologue, “Reading the life of this adolescent, we can experience that the Lord calls us, alerts us, shakes us out of our Christian lethargy, out of our distracted, sleepy, lazy way of life. At 15 years old, Carlo lived life intensely, with the passion of an apostle, with the ardor of a lover, with the smile of a blessed man.”

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