Carlos Acutis was around fifteen years old when he died of leukaemia in 2006. He was a computer whiz kid very devoted to the Eucharist. He was beatified on 10 October 2020. The body of Acutis, which has been reassembled, is preserved in a tomb at the Sanctuary of Spoliation in Assisi, dressed in the casual clothes he wore in daily life. On the occasion of his beatification, Fr. Carlos Acácio Gonçalves Ferreira, the rector of the Sanctuary, said: “For the first time in history we will see a saint dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a sweater. This is a great message for us, we can feel holiness not as a distant thing, but as something very much within everyone’s reach because the Lord is the Lord of everyone.”
Holiness is within the reach of everyone. It is, in fact, the purpose of every person’s life. Joining a special group like “consecrated life” makes sense if it helps me to achieve this core purpose more fully. Superiors must help community to achieve this main goal of religious life, both through guidance, and, above all, through example.
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Fr Jose Kuttianimattathil SDB
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