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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. But his
family laughed at him when he told them about his dreams, and his grandmother
said he shouldn’t pay attention to dreams. But in time, John found himself
working 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.
