“Carry your cross on your back and take it as it comes, small or large, whether from friends or enemies and of whatever wood it be made.”
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SaintJohnBoscolivedalifeofgreatvirtueandpatience.
TheChurchcelebrateshisfeastdayonJanuary31.
AccordingtoCatholicNewsAgency,
“Atagenine,hehadapropheticdreaminwhichanumberofunrulyyoungboyswereutteringwordsofblasphemy.JesusChristandtheVirginMaryappearedtoJohninthedream,sayinghewouldbringsuchyouthstoGodthroughthevirtuesofhumilityandcharity.Lateron,thisdreamwouldhelpJohntodiscernhiscallingasapriest.ButhealsosoughttofollowtheadviceofJesusandMarywhilestillaboy:hewouldentertainhispeerswithjuggling,acrobatics,andmagictricks,beforeexplainingasermonhehadheard,orleadingtheminprayingtheRosary.”Hespentmuchofhistimeonearthministeringtoyoungpeople,whichquicklyearnedhimthetitleofpatronsaintofyouthaftertheCatholicChurchdeclaredhimasaint.
SaintJohnBosco,founderoftheSalesianSociety,trulyhadamagneticpersonalityandzestforlife.
HerearefourtimelessbitsofwisdomfromtheamazingSaintJohnBos