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‘You don’t have to play Jesus on TV to be Jesus to the world around you. And we can do this by making the Eucharist part of our daily life, like St. Carlo.’
Editor’s Note: Actor Jonathan Roumie took part in the Napa Institute’s Eucharistic procession through the streets of New York City on Oct. 14, 2025. Below is a transcript of the talk he gave inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral just before the Mass that preceded the procession. The transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Good afternoon. Well, the story goes that St. Carlo Acutis, as a 7-year-old on his way to make his first Holy Communion a year early at a monastery in Milan, profoundly uttered on the drive up that “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” And shortly after experiencing daily Mass, he wanted — quote — “to always be united to Jesus. This is my life’s program” — end quote.
As a born-and-raised New Yorker, I would like to add a similar kind of sentiment: that the Eucharist is my express train to heaven. Probably the “3” train, for obvious reasons, unless it’s the weekend, in which case, due to closures, you probably have to take the “2,” or, worse yet, you got to shuttle over to Grand Central and then maybe take the “4” or the “5.” And we all know how that ends up.
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Editor’s Note: Actor Jonathan Roumie took part in the Napa Institute’s Eucharistic procession through the streets of New York City on Oct. 14, 2025. Below is a transcript of the talk he gave inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral just before the Mass that preceded the procession. The transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Good afternoon. Well, the story goes that St. Carlo Acutis, as a 7-year-old on his way to make his first Holy Communion a year early at a monastery in Milan, profoundly uttered on the drive up that “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” And shortly after experiencing daily Mass, he wanted — quote — “to always be united to Jesus. This is my life’s program” — end quote.
As a born-and-raised New Yorker, I would like to add a similar kind of sentiment: that the Eucharist is my express train to heaven. Probably the “3” train, for obvious reasons, unless it’s the weekend, in which case, due to closures, you probably have to take the “2,” or, worse yet, you got to shuttle over to Grand Central and then maybe take the “4” or the “5.” And we all know how that ends up.
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Actor Jonathan Roumie: ‘The Eucharist Is My Express Train to Heaven’
‘You don’t have to play Jesus on TV to be Jesus to the world around you. And we can do this by making the Eucharist part of our daily life, like St. Carlo.’
