SAINT CARLO ACUTIS PIETY AS IT CONCERNS THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST AS DESCRIBED BY TWO MEN…

This is what that great liturgical theologian and influencer of Pope Francis’ theology of the Mass and possibly the ghost-writer of Traditionis Custodis  had to say about the Eucharistic piety of Saint Carlo:

Andrea Grillo:

How is it possible that a young blessed can communicate a Eucharistic theology so old, so heavy, obsessive, focused on the inessential and so neglected instead on the decisive things? How is it possible that all the progress that the Church has made in the last 70 years, in terms of understanding the ecclesial value of the Eucharist and its celebration, has been communicated, in such a distorted way to the young ardent communicator, so much so as to suggest to him an understanding so deficient, so defective, so one-sided? Who indulged him in this interest in "miracles", neglecting the true miracle?

Pope Leo XIV:

Both Pier Giorgio and Carlo cultivated their love for God and for their brothers and sisters through simple acts, available to everyone: daily Mass, prayer, and especially Eucharistic Adoration.  Carlo used to say: “In front of the sun, you get a tan. In front of the Eucharist, you become a saint!”  And again: “Sadness is looking at yourself; happiness is looking at God.  Conversion is nothing more than shifting your gaze from below to above; a simple movement of the eyes is enough.” 

 Another essential practice for them was frequent Confession.  Carlo wrote: “The only thing we really have to fear is sin;” and he marveled because — in his own words — “people are so concerned with the beauty of their bodies and do not care about the beauty of their souls.” 

Finally, both had a great devotion to the saints and to the Virgin Mary, and they practiced charity generously.  Pier Giorgio said: “Around the poor and the sick, I see a light that we do not have” (Nicola Gori, Al prezzo della vita: L’Osservatore romano, 11 February 2021).  He called charity “the foundation of our religion” and, like Carlo, he practiced it above all through small, concrete gestures, often hidden, living what Pope Francis called “a holiness found in our next-door neighbors” (Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate, 7).