Blessed Carlos Acutis is getting canonized tomorrow by Pope Leo XIV
Here are some of his best quotes to help you in your spiritual life
1) "All people are born as originals, but many die as photocopies."
2) "Why do we care so much about the beauty of the body and don't worry about the beauty of the soul? A life is only truly beautiful if we come to love God above all else and our neighbor as ourselves."
3) "Do not be afraid, because with the Incarnation of Jesus, death becomes life and there is no need to escape: in eternal life something extraordinary awaits us."
4) "The more we receive the Eucharist, the more we become like Jesus, so that on earth we will have a foretaste of Heaven."
5) "There are people who suffer much more than I do. I offer all the suffering that I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope and for the Church."
6) "To criticize the Church is to criticize ourselves! The Church is the dispenser of treasures for our salvation."
7) "Our soul is like a hot air balloon. If by chance there is mortal sin, the soul falls to the ground. Confession is like the fire under the balloon that allows the soul to rise again. It is important to confess frequently."
8) "Continually ask your guardian angel for help. Your guardian angel must become your best friend."
9) "Conversion is nothing more than moving your gaze from below to above, a simple movement of the eyes is enough."
10) "Not me, but God. Sanctification is a process of subtraction, addition that generates multiplication: less of me to make room for God, which increases my sanctified humanity."
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848 years ago, on November 25, 1177, one of the most unlikely victories in Christian history took place.
A sick king and a few Crusader knights faced, and defeated, Saladin's giant army - Outnumbered 20 to 1
The Battle of Montgisard - a🧵✝️
The great protagonist of this battle is Baldwin IV, the "Leper King."
Diagnosed still in his youth, he already suffered from the numbness of his hands and legs, but his strength of spirit was indomitable.
No disease took from him the duty to protect Jerusalem.
With what many believed to be the end of campaign season, many of Baldwin’s barons had already ridden north.
But when word reached Jerusalem of Saladin’s approach, Baldwin, the young leper King, did not hesitate.
War was once again upon them and they were to fight, or die.
Saladin launched a new offensive against the Kingdom of Jerusalem with about 26,000 men, relying on surprise and the apparent weakness of the Crusader forces.
Christians are supposed to be pacifists? Just say you know nothing about Christianity
The saints and doctors of the Church taught that war is sometimes not only permitted, but a duty
Let’s talk about Just and Holy War - a🧵✝️
Let’s begin with a myth: “Christianity means absolute pacifism. War is always evil.”
This is FALSE.
From the early Church Fathers to the great Doctors like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, the Church has always taught that some wars are just, even holy.
War is an evil, but sometimes necessary to restore just peace and avoid greater evils.
The Church does not glorify violence.
But she teaches that peace is the fruit of justice, not cowardice - Is 32,17
If tyrants threaten the innocent. If evil crushes the weak.
Then Christian men may, and sometimes must, take up arms in defense of the good.
The tilma of Guadalupe still hasn’t decayed after 500 years.
Its colors can’t be reproduced.
And in her eye? A reflection of witnesses, 1/100th of a millimeter.
This is the image that shouldn’t exist , but it does - a 🧵✝️
The year was 1531. A poor indigenous man named Juan Diego sees a woman “brighter than the sun” on a hill near Mexico City.
She speaks to him in his native tongue.
She says: "Am I not your mother?"
What happened next changed the Americas forever.
To prove the apparition was real, Our Lady tells Juan Diego to gather roses in December.
He finds them blooming out of season.
He carries them in his tilma, a rough cactus-fiber cloak. When he opens it before the bishop, the roses fall and an image appears.
You’ve probably prayed novenas before.
But have you ever heard of a 12-year novena that if prayed daily Jesus will defend you at judgment?
Plus no purgatory, protection for 4 generations, and even foreknowledge of death?
The 12-Year Prayer of St. Bridget of Sweden – a 🧵
From Eden to Calvary, salvation has always been written in Blood.
When Adam and Eve fell, God clothed them with garments of animal skin, the first blood sacrifice to cover sin. (Gen 3:21)
But these sacrifices only pointed forward.
The Israelites shed the blood of lambs, goats, and bulls.
Yet none of these could heal the wound of sin.
It took the Blameless Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, whose Precious Blood was poured out at Calvary, once for all, for our redemption.