{"id":24752,"date":"2025-09-09T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=24752"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:22:53","slug":"pope-saints-call-us-to-look-to-god-make-masterpieces-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/09\/09\/pope-saints-call-us-to-look-to-god-make-masterpieces-of-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope: Saints Call Us to Look to God, Make Masterpieces of Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Vatican City) <\/strong>\u2013 Addressing over eighty thousand faithful filling Saint Peter\u2019s Square on Sunday for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV says the examples of these two young Saints invite all of us, especially young people, to direct our lives upwards to God and make them masterpieces of holiness, service, and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Presiding over the Mass and canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis in Saint Peter\u2019s Square, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to their extraordinary witnesses to faith, hope, and trust in God, and to the Lord\u2019s great plan for eternal joy and happiness. The Pope declared the two young Italians Saints at the start of the celebration on a stunningly beautiful late summer day, Sunday September 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his homily, the Pope reflected on the extraordinary witness of both new Saints. Recalling words from the first Sunday reading from the Book of Wisdom, the Pope observed that, like King Solomon, these young men sought the gift of wisdom to better understand God\u2019s plans for our lives and world, and follow them faithfully. And in doing so, they used their gifts to bring others to God through their example, words, and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving ourselves to the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Gospel reading, Jesus speaks to us of God\u2019s plan, to which we must commit wholeheartedly, abandoning ourselves \u201cwithout hesitation to the adventure that he offers us, with the intelligence and strength that comes from his Spirit,\u201d the Pope recalled. Young people often face crossroads in their lives and have to make difficult choices, the Pope observed; and, recalling the example of Francis of Assisi, he pointed out that the Saint opted for \u201cthe wonderful story of holiness that we all know, stripping himself of everything to follow the Lord, living in poverty and preferring the love of his brothers and sisters, especially the weakest and smallest, to his father\u2019s gold, silver, and precious fabrics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saying \u201cyes\u201d to God<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many saints down through history have made similar courageous choices, looking up to God, and, while they were very young, the Pope recalled, offering their \u201cyes\u201d to God, giving themselves complete to Him, \u201ckeeping nothing for themselves.\u201d The Pope recalled how Saint Augustine felt a voice deep within him that said: \u201cI want you\u201d, and \u201cGod gave him a new direction, a new path, a new reason, in which nothing of his life was lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pier Giorgo Frassati, beacon for lay spirituality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describing the life of Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian man of the early 20th century, his participation in Catholic associations and service to the poor, the Pope said that also today \u201cPier Giorgio\u2019s life is a beacon for lay spirituality,\u201d since faith was not a private matter and could be lived in community in with membership in ecclesial associations and through generous commitment to political life and service to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlo Acutis, witness of holiness in simplicity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about the witness of young Italian Saint Carlo Acutis, a teenager of our own day, the Pope spoke about how he encountered Jesus in his family, thanks to his parents, Andrea and Antonia, recalling their presence at this celebration along with his two siblings, Francesca and Michele. Saint Carlo also found and lived his faith through school, but especially the sacraments celebrated in the parish community, the Pope went on to say, noting how \u201che grew up naturally integrating prayer, sport, study and charity into his days as a child and young man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultivating love for God and neighbour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Mass, prayer, and especially Eucharistic Adoration, marked the lives of Saints Pier Giorgio and Carlo in cultivating their love for God and neighbor through simple acts of charity, the Pope said. And even as illness struck both of them, cutting their lives short, they continued to bear witness to hope and offer themselves to God, the Pope added, recalling how Pier Giorgio once said: \u201cThe day of my death will be the most beautiful day of my life\u201d; and how young Carlo often remarked that \u201cheaven has always been waiting for us, and that to love tomorrow is to give the best of our fruit today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making \u201cmasterpieces\u201d of our lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, Pope Leo underscored how both Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis invite everyone, \u201cespecially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey encourage us with their words: \u201cNot I, but God<\/em>,\u201d as Carlo used to say. And Pier Giorgio: \u201cIf you have God at the center of all your actions, then you will reach the end<\/em>.\u201d This is the simple but winning formula of their holiness. It is also the type of witness we are called to follow, in order to enjoy life to the full and meet the Lord in the feast of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source : Vatican News<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Vatican City) \u2013 Addressing over eighty thousand faithful filling Saint Peter\u2019s Square on Sunday for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV says the examples of these two young Saints invite all of us, especially young people, to direct our lives upwards to God and make them masterpieces of holiness, service, and joy. Presiding over the … Continuar leyendo Pope: Saints Call Us to Look to God, Make Masterpieces of Our Lives<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":24788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[299562,775865498,516714022,782003440],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-24752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-father","category-salesian-holiness","category-salesian-world-news","category-youth-ministry","tag-featured"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-6re","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sim7056-e1757737471837.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24759,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24752\/revisions\/24759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}