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
August 9
“Throngs of people stand in interminable lines to buy tickets to rock concerts or soccer matches, but I don’t see crowds of people lined up outside church waiting to see Jesus in the Eucharist. This should make us pause and reflect.”
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
August 8
“A Catholic cannot help but be happy; sadness should be banished from their souls. Suffering is not sadness, which is the worst disease. This disease is almost always caused by atheism, but the end for which we are created guides us along life’s pathway, which may be strewn with thorns, but is not sad. It is happy even through suffering.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
August 6
“Jesus is very creative because he hides in a little piece of bread, and only God could do something so incredible!”
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
August 5
“Jesus, make yourself at home! Live within me as if it were your own dwelling!”
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
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