Quotes of Saint Carlo Acutis
“Our goal must be the infinite, not the finite. Infinity is our homeland. We have always been expected in Heaven.”
“Our Compass must be the Word of God, with which we must constantly measure ourselves.”
“The Eucharist is the highway to Heaven… The more we receive Communion, the more we will become like Jesus, and already on this earth we will have a foretaste of Paradise… If we approach the Eucharist every day, we go straight to Heaven… When we stand in the sun, we get a tan. When we stand before Jesus in the Eucharist, we become saints.”
A phrase he loved to repeat: “All are born as originals, but many die as photocopies.” To direct ourselves toward this Goal and not “die as photocopies”:
“If people knew what eternity is, they would do everything possible to change their lives… Conversion is simply turning one’s gaze from below to above; a simple movement of the eyes is enough.”
“To be always united with Jesus: this is the purpose of my life… Find God, and you will find the meaning of your life… Everything passes away… What will truly make us beautiful in God’s eyes is the way we have loved Him and loved our brothers and sisters.”
“Life is a gift because, as long as we are in this world, we can increase our degree of charity. The higher it is, the more we will enjoy eternal beatitude in God.”
“All are born as originals, but many die as photocopies…
To be always united with Jesus: this is the purpose of my life.”
“To be always united with Jesus: this is my life program.”
“The true disciple of Jesus Christ is the one who, in everything, seeks to imitate Him and to do the will of God.”
“If souls truly run the risk of being damned, as indeed many saints have testified and even the apparitions of Fatima have confirmed, I wonder why today people almost never speak about hell. It is something so terrible and frightening that I am afraid just thinking about it.” At the family table, he would say to his parents: “Do you realize what it means to be in hell forever?… For all eternity, forever, forever…” Carlo found consolation only in praying his Rosary. “The only thing we should truly fear is sin.”
“Holiness,” Carlo said to his friends, “is not a collection of virtues… Holiness is walking in the presence of God, striving for perfection, and living in encounter with Jesus Christ… People worry so much about the beauty of their bodies and not about the beauty of their souls.”
“The smallest defect keeps us anchored to the earth, like little balloons held down by the string in our hand.” And also: “For a hot-air balloon to rise to the heights, it must rid itself of its weights; likewise, for the soul to rise to Heaven, it must remove even the smallest weights, which are venial sins… Do as I do, and you will see the results.”
“Physical beauty fades quickly. Time inexorably carries it away. Nothing remains of it. Spiritual beauty, however, does not fade but lasts for eternity.”
“The Eucharist is the highway to Heaven… The more we receive Communion, the more we will become like Jesus, and already on this earth we will have a foretaste of Paradise… If we approach the Eucharist every day, we go straight to Heaven… When we stand in the sun, we get a tan. When we stand before Jesus in the Eucharist, we become saints.”
We must struggle to be converted. “Vices are like weights that prevent our soul from rising spiritually.” (Cf. Ephesians 6:12) “Our ego is like a wall: if we do not tear it down, we prevent God from entering us and flooding us with His grace.”
“Sanctification is not a process of addition, but of subtraction: less of ‘me’ to make room for God.” Or again: “Not ‘me,’ but God.” For “every act of disobedience is an act of pride.”
“From birth, our earthly destiny is written: we are all called to climb Calvary and take up our cross.”
“Sadness is a gaze turned toward oneself; happiness is a gaze turned toward God… The only thing we should truly fear is sin… Without Him, I can do nothing.”
“I offer all the sufferings I must endure to the Lord, for the Pope and for the Church, so that I may go directly to Heaven, avoiding Purgatory…
“I die serene because I have lived my life without wasting even a minute on things that do not please God.”
“The true disciple of Jesus Christ is the one who, in everything, seeks to imitate Him and to do the will of God… Only the one who does God’s will will be truly free… What does it profit a person to win a thousand battles if, afterwards, they are unable to triumph over themselves?”
“A life is truly beautiful only if one succeeds in loving God above all things and one’s neighbor as oneself.”
“To criticize the Church is to criticize ourselves! The Church is the one that dispenses the treasures necessary for our salvation.”
“The love that the Blessed Virgin has for all of us gives me great hope… Who more than the Virgin Mary can teach us to enter ever more deeply into intimacy with the three Persons of the Holy Trinity? She is the Mother of Jesus, our God and Redeemer, and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Surely God will never refuse her anything, for she is the creature He loves more than any other.”
“After the Holy Eucharist, the Holy Rosary is the most powerful weapon to fight the devil… The Rosary is the shortest way to Heaven… Conversion is simply turning one’s gaze from below to above; a simple movement of the eyes is enough.”
“I am happy to die because I have lived my life without neglecting even a single minute on things that do not please God.”
