Session 61: Finding Our True Selves
FACING OUR IMMORTALITY Sr.AnneMarie Walsh is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Finding Our True Selves Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/6516969698?pwd=WWQ4dndGQnVyTGx6SW1Hc0RrMjM3UT09 Meeting ID: 651 696 9698/Passcode: 246122 FINDING OUR TRUE SELVES Blessed Carlo Acutis, the young Catholic, Italian website designer who died of Leukemia at 15 years of age while living a holy life in the modern world, observed that “All people are born as originals, but many die as photocopies.” This is a problem if we understand that God has a master plan for our happiness but that many people do not, knowingly or unknowingly, choose to follow it. Blessed Carlo understood this. His plan for life was to stay close to Jesus and allow Jesus to unfold his life and its unique purpose. It wasn’t a long life, but it was one in which he could say: “…in eternal life, something extraordinary awaits us.” “I am happy to die because I have lived my life without wasting a minute on those things which do not please God.” He also understood that …