Blessed Carlo, the millennial saint, the cyber saint, the first saint of the internet generation.

I attended that beatatification ceremony with Carlo’s parents, Antonia and Andrea.

We stood in the Basilica of St.

Francis, that ancient church built by another young man who had revolutionized what it meant to follow Christ.

The parallels were unmistakable.

Francis had scandalized medieval society by his radical commitment to poverty and service.

Carlo had shown the modern world that holiness wasn’t outdated or irrelevant.

It was alive and possible even in an age of smartphones and social media.

During the ceremony, when they unveiled the image of blessed Carlo Acudis, I wept openly.

There he was, captured in one of his characteristic casual poses, smiling that smile that had given me hope in my darkest hour, wearing his Nike sweatshirt and jeans, looking like any teenager you might pass on the street.

Except he wasn’t like any teenager.

He was someone who had seen beyond the veil that separates heaven from earth.

Who had heard God’s voice clearly enough to save lives.

Who had loved Jesus so completely that even death couldn’t diminish his ability to change the world.

After the beatification, I returned to Milan and to Sanjueppe parish where I continue to serve even now.

I’m 66 years old, approaching retirement.

But I can’t imagine leaving this place where Carlo used to come to daily mass where he sat in that third pew with his backpack and his youthful devotion.

Sometimes, especially during morning mass when the church is quiet and the light comes through the windows in a certain way.

I swear I can almost see him there, 15 years old forever, smiling at me from that pew.

People come to San Jose now specifically because of the connection to blessed Carlo.

They want to pray where he prayed, to touch the same pews he touched, to receive communion where he received it.

I tell them all the same thing I’m telling you now.

Carlo wasn’t special because he had supernatural visions or performed miracles.

Those were gifts, yes, but they weren’t what made him holy.

What made Carlo holy was his absolute yes to God, his willingness to be used for divine purposes, his choice to love Jesus completely and share that love with everyone he encountered.

Every year on October 12th, the anniversary of Carlo’s death, we hold a special mass at San Jose in his honor.

Maria and Luca always attend, sitting in their regular pew.

Other people whose lives were touched by Carlo come from across Italy and beyond.

And every year, without fail, someone new approaches me after mass with a story.

Father, they’ll say, “I prayed to blessed Carlo when I was in trouble and something miraculous happened.

He’s still helping people, Father.

He’s still interceding for us.

I know he is.

I’ve known it since that day in Svator prison when a dying teenager told me things he couldn’t possibly have known.

When he gave me hope at my moment of utter despair, when he showed me that God had not abandoned me and never would.

” Carlo’s intercession didn’t end with his death.

If anything, it intensified.

from heaven with the clarity of vision that comes from seeing God face to face.

Carlo continues to pray for those who suffer injustice, who have lost hope, who feel abandoned by God.

And I know with absolute certainty that he prayed for you today, whoever you are, wherever you’re watching this from.

The fact that you found this video, that you’ve watched this far, that Carlo’s story has reached you.

None of that is coincidence.

Carlo is interceding for you right now.

Whatever situation you’re facing, whatever injustice you’re enduring, whatever despair threatens to overwhelm you, blessed Carlo Acudis is bringing your name before the throne of God this very moment.

I want to tell you something that might sound strange, but I believe it with every fiber of my being.

Carlo is not finished with his work on earth.

Through his intercession from heaven, through his example of modern holiness, through the countless testimonies like mine that continue to emerge, Carlo Acudis is still actively changing lives, still guiding people toward God, still demonstrating that sanctity is possible in every age and every circumstance.

Last month, I received a letter from a young man in the Philippines.

He wrote to tell me that he had been on the verge of suicide when he stumbled across an article about blessed Carlo online.

Reading about a teenager who faced death with such peace and joy, who spent his last days helping others rather than pitying himself gave this young man the courage to seek help for his depression.

Carlo saved his life without ever meeting him across an ocean and 14 years after his death.

This is the power of witness.

This is why the church declares people saints not to worship them, but to remind us that holiness is achievable.

That ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they open themselves to God’s grace.

Carlo lived only 15 years, but the impact of those years continues to ripple outward like waves from a stone thrown into water, reaching shores he never visited, touching lives he never met.

If you’re watching this video feeling hopeless, I want you to know something.

Your situation is not beyond God’s reach.

Your suffering is not meaningless.

Your prayers are not unheard.

I know this because I lived through my own Good Friday, that terrible time when everything was stripped away from me, when I was humiliated and imprisoned and abandoned.

But God was working even then, especially then, preparing me for resurrection, for restoration, for a purpose I couldn’t see while I was sitting in that cell.

Your Good Friday, whatever form it takes, is not the end of your story.

Resurrection is coming.

Vindication is coming.

The truth will emerge.

Maybe not in the way you expect, maybe not on your preferred timeline, but it will come.

I promise you this because I’ve seen it happen because a 15-year-old saint told me it would happen and then proved it by his supernatural knowledge and his intercession from beyond death.

Before I finish this testimony, I need to share one more thing with you.

Two months ago, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has approved a second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo’s intercession.

A young woman in Costa Rica who was declared brain dead after a severe car accident suddenly regained consciousness after her family prayed a novea to Carlo.

The doctors had no explanation.

The medical records showed no reason for her recovery.

But her family knew.

They knew that Carlo had answered their desperate prayers.

The second miracle means that soon, probably within the next year, Carlo Acutis will be canonized as a saint.

St.

Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, the patron saint of the internet, the teenager who loved pizza and video games and Jesus with equal enthusiasm.

When that happens, when Pope Francis declares him a saint in a ceremony at the Vatican, I will be there with Carlos parents and with Maria and Luca and with hundreds of others whose lives he touched, and I will weep tears of joy knowing that the whole world will finally recognize what I learned in a prison visiting room 18 years ago.

That God still raises up prophets and saints in every generation.

And sometimes they come wearing Nike sneakers and speaking the language of computers and youth culture.

So, what do I want you to take away from this testimony? Three things.

First, never lose hope.

No matter how dark your circumstances appear, God is working even when you can’t see it, preparing deliverance in ways you can’t imagine.

Second, pay attention to the unlikely messengers God sends.

Carlo was a teenager, someone I might have dismissed or overlooked if I hadn’t been desperate enough to listen.

God often speaks through people we least expect in voices we might ignore if we’re not careful.

Third, your suffering may be preparation for your mission.

What you’re going through right now might be equipping you to help someone else in the future, someone who will need to hear from someone who has walked through their specific kind of darkness and survived.

I mentioned earlier that you could leave uh super thanks uh if this testimony has touched you.

Let me be more direct about that.

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Every contribution, whether it’s $1 or 50, helps us reach more people with testimonies like this one, stories that prove God is still active in our world, still performing miracles, still answering prayers.

But whether or not you can contribute financially, I want to ask you to do something else.

Share this video.

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Tell your own story of how God brought you through a dark time.

Create a community of testimonies so that others who are suffering can see they’re not alone.

That resurrection follows crucifixion.

That dawn comes after even the darkest night.

I’m 66 years old now, looking back on 18 years since those terrible and wonderful days when my life fell apart and was rebuilt by a dying teenager.

I serve at San Jose still celebrating mass in the same church where Carlo used to come faithfully.

Every time I elevate the host during consecration, I think of Carlo’s words, “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.

” And I know he’s there now on that highway’s destination, seeing face to face the Jesus he loves so completely in the sacrament.

Recently, a journalist asked me if I missed Carlo, if I wished he had lived longer.

It’s a question I’ve been asked many times over the years.

My answer is always the same.

Of course, I miss him.

Of course, I wish I could have known him longer, learned more from him, being his friend for decades instead of just months.

But Carlo lived exactly the life God intended for him.

15 years was enough for him to fulfill his mission.

To create his website on Eucharistic miracles, to demonstrate what modern holiness looks like, to save lives through his supernatural knowledge and his intercession.

He accomplished more in 15 years than most people accomplish in 80.

And he’s not gone.

Death didn’t end Carlo’s work.

It amplified it.

Now he interceds for millions from his place in heaven.

Now his example inspires young people around the world to take their faith seriously.

Now his testimony proves that sanctity isn’t an antique concept from the Middle Ages.

It’s a living reality available to anyone willing to say yes to God.

I started this testimony by telling you that I was arrested during mass, falsely accused, imprisoned unjustly.

I told you that a teenage boy saved me through supernatural knowledge.

Now you know the full story.

You know about Carlo’s leukemia, his death at 15, his beatification, his continuing intercession from heaven.

You know about Maria, and how Carlo’s prophecy connected my suffering to her desperate need, creating meaning from what seemed like senseless injustice.

You know that everything I went through, as terrible as it was, prepared me for a mission I couldn’t have fulfilled any other way.

Your story might be different from mine.

Your suffering might take a different form, but the principle is the same.

God wastes nothing.

Every tear, every prayer, every moment of darkness, all of it can be redeemed and transformed into something beautiful if you don’t give up.

If you keep believing, even when belief seems impossible, if you stay open to the unlikely messengers God might send to deliver your deliverance.

Before I end, I want to pray with you.

Wherever you are right now, whatever you’re facing, let’s bring it before God together with the intercession of Blessed Carlo Audis.

Close your eyes if you’re in a place where you can do that safely.

Blessed Carlo, you who knew suffering in your young life, who faced death with courage and joy, who used your last days to help others.

We ask for your intercession now, please bring before God’s throne, the person watching this video right now.

You know their name even if I don’t.

You know their suffering even if I can’t see it.

Intercede for them, Carlo.

Ask Jesus, whom you loved so deeply in the Eucharist, to bring them hope, to show them that they’re not abandoned, to reveal his plan, even if they can’t see it yet.

Give them the courage to persevere through their Good Friday, trusting that resurrection is coming.

Amen.

Thank you for watching this testimony all the way to the end.

It means something that you stayed, that you listened, that you let Carlos story and mine speak to whatever you’re carrying in your heart right now.

Leave a comment telling me what this video meant to you.

Tell me if you’ve experienced your own encounter with God’s providence in a dark time.

Tell me if you’re still waiting for your deliverance.

This community exists to remind each other that we’re not alone, that God is real, and that miracles still happen.

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And most importantly, take what you’ve learned here today and let it transform how you see your own struggles.

You’re not just surviving difficult times.

You’re being prepared for a mission that might save someone else’s life someday.

Just as Carlo’s mission saved mine, and just as my testimony might have saved yours.

God bless you.

Blessed Carlo Acudus, pray for us.

And remember, the Eucharist is your highway to heaven, too.

Jesus is waiting there, really present, ready to meet you, sustain you, and give you everything you need to fulfill your own unique mission in this

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