August 19
“I think that many people do not fully understand the value of Mass, because if they recognized the enormous blessing we have in a Lord who gives himself as our food and drink in the Sacred Host, they would go to Mass every day to participate in the fruits of the sacrifice and let go of so many superfluous things.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
August 18
“In prayer the soul rises above life’s sadnesses.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 17
“There is no need to pay attention to gossip, much less get ill by giving in to those who perhaps have never known what truth is.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 16
“True happiness does not consist in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we only have if we are pure of heart and mind.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 15
"Jesus is really present to the world, just as when his apostles and disciples saw him walk the streets of Jerusalem."
–Blessed Carlo Acutis on the Eucharist
August 14
“The Heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary are indissolubly joined, and when we receive Communion, we come into direct contact with Our Lady and the saints in heaven. God is extremely pleased by the souls that approach the great gifts of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Confession."
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
August 13
"When we face the sun we get a tan… but when we stand before Jesus in the Eucharist we become saints."
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
August 12
“To live without faith, without a heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along.’”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 11
“Learn to be stronger in spirit than in your muscles. If you are, you will be real apostles of faith in God.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 10
"The more often we receive the Eucharist, the more we become like Jesus and the more we get a foretaste of heaven.”
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
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