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| St. John Bosco |
History
Beginning at the age of nine, John Bosco started having dreams that told him what God’s will for him. His family laughed at him when he told them about his dreams. But in time, John found the dreams coming true as he worked with a group of poor, loud, naughty boys. Trying to help them was really hard work and sometimes it seemed like John wasn’t doing any good at all. When priests and other friends gave up on John’s work, God would send him an encouraging dream.
Activity
When Saint John Bosco was young, he learned how to juggle and do magic tricks to catch the attention of children. Once they were listening to him, he would teach them about Jesus and take them to Mass. Here’s a magic trick that you can learn – a rope is cut in half and then knotted together, and then it becomes perfectly whole again. It’s a lot like when Jesus saves us from our sin and makes us whole again. Here's a video of another one that shows how Jesus washes away our sin (and here are instructions for recreating this magic trick at home).
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