{"product_id":"a-millennial-in-paradise-carlo-acutis-paperback","title":"A Millennial in Paradise: Carlo Acutis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Conquer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each generation, heroes of the Faith, whom the Church recognizes as saints, emerge. There are many characteristics that they have in common, but none thus far have used cell phones, played PlayStation video games, or searched for information on Google.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young \"computer geek\" named Carlo Acutis, who created a website cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle in the world and died of leukemia a year later at age fifteen, was beatified in November 2019, after a healing miracle in Brazil was attributed to his intercession. Since the beatification ceremony one year later, solemn crowds have been filing past the exposed relics of the blessed youth in Assisi's Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlo is a sign of contradiction in the modern world who serves as a heroic model for today's young people--a teenager who programmed computers and enjoyed films and comics yet lived as an authentic and sincere disciple of Christ. In these pages, you'll discover how he embraced the Faith as a boy and developed the virtues necessary to live a Christ-centered life in a secular society, how he overcame the vices that plagued him, and how he gracefully dealt with heartaches he could not divulge even to his parents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he developed leukemia, he offered his suffering both for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Catholic Church, saying: \"I offer all the suffering I will have to undergo for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church.\" In this surprising and inspiring book, you'll also learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Carlo became holy, in only a few short years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe young man's unusual loneliness and how he dealt with it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis strategy for resisting peer pressure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow he had fun without losing control and learned to resist gluttony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow he interacted with teen girls who became his friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy his explanations about the Mass are used in today's catechism classes in Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow he dealt with friends who were sexually promiscuous and what he told them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow he responded to the shocking news that he was dying (which happened two weeks later)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis remarkable Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition--made possible by his computer skills--that is now touring churches all over Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFr. Will Conquer was born in France on May 30, 1989, the feast of St. Joan of Arc. The son of an American mother and a French-Canadian father, he was raised to appreciate different approaches to the spiritual life--his mother became a charismatic Catholic as an adult, and his father was very traditional in the practice of his faith. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Monaco, and was sent by the Parish Foreign Missions Society to Cambodia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.27 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966830739757,"sku":"9781644134849","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/U1p2T2pDRE1hNk1JTzQyNXA2anZxQT09.webp?v=1775539236","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-millennial-in-paradise-carlo-acutis-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}