Tuesday, August 16, 2011

This saint urged Catholics to profess their faith before men courageously, without human respect…

"[Saint John Bosco] often expressed his great joy at having been made a Christian and an adopted son of God through Baptism. He never ceased to proclaim his good fortune for having had such a pious mother who, early in his childhood, taught him his catechism and directed him in the ways of piety. He thanked the Lord every morning and evening for these signal favors.

“A thousand times he was heard trying to instill in others gratitude to God for having destined them to be born in the Catholic Church and enjoining them to show appreciation for such a grace by professing their faith before men courageously, without human respect, by avoiding sin and by observing the divine law."

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Rev. Fr. Giovanni Battista Lemoyne, S.D.B., The Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana Publishers, Inc., 1965) Vol II: (1841-1846), p. 19.

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