Some good news for a change. [16] Always rejoice. [17] Pray without ceasing. [18] In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all. [19] Extinguish not the spirit. [20] Despise not prophecies. [21] But prove all things; hold fast that which is good. [22] From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. [23] And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. [24] He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it. [25] Brethren, pray for us.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/...-venerable-carlo-acutis-to-be-beatified-19861 Computer programming teen Carlo Acutis to be beatified By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Feb 22, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- The Vatican announced Saturday the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer programmer, who died in 2006. The miracle involved the healing of a Brazilian child suffering from a rare congenital anatomic anomaly of the pancreas in 2013. The Medical Council of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave a positive opinion of the miracle last November. With Pope Francis’ approval of the miracle promulgated by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Feb. 21, Acutis can now be beatified. The beatification is expected to take place in Assisi. Acutis is currently buried in Assisi’s Church of St. Mary Major. Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, offered his suffering for the pope and for the Church. He was born in London on May 3, 1991 to Italian parents who soon returned to Milan. He was a pious child, attending daily Mass, frequently praying the rosary, and making weekly confessions. In May 2019, Acutis’ mother, Antonia Salzano, told CNA Newsroom: “Jesus was the center of his day.” She said that priests and nuns would tell her that they could tell that the Lord had a special plan for her son. “Carlo really had Jesus in his heart, really the pureness … When you are really pure of heart, you really touch people’s hearts,” she said. Exceptionally gifted in working with computers, Acutis developed a website which catalogued Eucharistic miracles. This website was the genesis of The Eucharistic Miracles of the World, an international exhibition which highlights such occurrences. Pope Francis also authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree regarding the approval of two other miracles. One miracle attributed to 18th century Indian martyr Blessed Lazarus, also called Devasahayam, who converted from Hinduism to the Catholic faith and was severely persecuted. The other approved miracle was through the intercession of Blessed Maria Francesca of Jesus, the missionary foundress of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of Loano, who died in Uruguay in 1904. Both Blessed Lazarus and Blessed Maria Francesca of Jesus can now be canonized as saints. Their canonization dates have yet to be announced. The Vatican decree also recognized the martyrdom of a Jesuit priest, Fr. Rutilio Grande García, and two lay companions, who were killed in El Salvador. Grande, a close friend of St. Oscar Romero, was shot by a right-wing death squad while traveling in a car on March 12, 1977. The heroic virtues of Servants of God Mario Hiriart Pulido, a Chilean engineer and lay member of the Secular Institute for the Schoenstatt Brothers of Mary who died in Wisconsin in 1964, was also approved by the pope, along with the heroic virtues of three Italian priests: Fr. Emilio Venturini, Fr. Pirro Scavizzi, and Fr. Emilio Recchia.
Totally incredible! Just like new! God is wonderful in his saints!! How heart warming. What a gift to the Church. ..and his family of course, his parents must be overwhelmed.
I will be praying to Carlo Acutis for my children, his beatification is on October 10 the day of the international rosary crusade.
I was touched by his mother saying that she regarded him as her spiritual father as he brought her back to the Faith. Remarkable,.
I got a phone call on Sunday from a friend who told me that something amazing had happened. Now this guy is severely disabled and is very innocent and pious man and I would totally rely on his word. He has been known as Neil throughout his life although his baptismal name is Cornelius. Neil lives alone and spends most of his time on his computer watching Masses, religious programs and praying, especially the Rosary, on-line with others. So, on Sunday morning he was looking forward to 'attending' an on-line Mass and then praying with others on-line but he dropped his computer. When he switched on he was faced with a black screen. He switched on and off repeatedly to no effect. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything done until Monday and that, if no-one was available to take his computer for repair, it would cost a fortune to get a home visit from someone who could fix it. Then he thought of Carlo and his expertise with computers and said a prayer to him. To his astonishment a message appeared on the screen of his 'dead' PC which was switched off. The message was 'Cornelius Switch On'. He did and everything worked fine.
A second response: All my years in Protestantism (born & baptized, and until 2019) ... I hardly EVER received answers to prayer. I wondered why all the miracles and direct answers to prayer in the Bible, but in "my church(es)" it was an ongoing drought. I'd heard of "miraculous" events in Catholicism, but never checked it out (skeptical, considering). Got tired of trying to figure it out, so mostly gave up request prayers. But now? Since mid-2019, becoming Catholic, I get answers to prayer. REAL and DIRECT answers, CONTINUALLY. It's like night to day.
