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Saint John Bosco 1815-1888 Feast day: January 31 Patronage: Christian apprentices, editors, publishers, schoolchildren, young people, magicians, magic tricks

John Bosco, also known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth, employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment. A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Saint Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco. {website}

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Modern Saint Bracket Announcement

Instead of waiting until Sunday, the modern bracket will open immediately after the post-schism bracket is over. This is the modern bracket, which will be followed by a final four, and then there will be even MORE polls (losers' brackets, Marian apparitions, we're going all summer baby.)

Catholic Saint Tournament Modern Bracket Round 1 Pairings:

St Therese of Lisieux vs St Elizabeth Ann Seton

St Padre Pio (of Pietrelcina) vs St Charles de Foucauld

St Maximilian Kolbe vs St Benilde Romancon

St John Bosco vs St John Neumann

St Mother Teresa (of Calcutta) vs St Arnold Janssen

St Jacinta Marto vs St Edith Stein

St Maria Goretti vs St Marianne Cope

St Charles Lwanga (& co) vs St John Vianney

St Oscar Romero vs St Josemaria Escriva

St Bernadette vs St Damian of Molokai

St Faustina vs St Catherine Laboure

St Mary MacKillop vs St Katharine Drexel

St Gemma Galgani vs St Frances Xavier Cabrini

St John Henry Cardinal Newman vs Pope St John Paul II

Pope St John XXIII vs St Mark Ji Tianxiang

St Francisco Marto vs Sts Louis & Zelie Martin (package deal)

You can still submit nominations for beatified folks, propaganda for your favorite saints, or other thoughts in the ask box! Or suggestions for future polls, questions, etc.

May the best saint win!

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Prayer of St John Bosco to Mary Helper of Christians

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Cake

At the end of each day, Ben Franklin asked himself, “What good have I done today?”

It’s the mirror of the question that he started each day with, “What good shall I do today?”

Bookending your day with these questions (and some time on both ends to thoughtfully answer them) is a great way to sort out your priorities, to give yourself focus and accountability.

The problem for a lot of people (apart from remembering to it at all) is that we use the questions the wrong way. Especially the end of the day question.

That is, we use the first question as a very aspirational to do list. And then we use the end of the day question viciously.

Using the first that way has a lot of potential problems. Using the second that way ensures that those problems reach their potential. Here’s what I mean.

At the end of a getaway Saturday, I’m hitting the second question. Going through the list I (stupidly) made with the first question. Rattling off stuff like a great time with family, my favorite state park, a two-mile hike in the snow to a winter waterfall, a roaring fire, good coffee, half a slice of cake for dessert.

If I’m using the second question wrong, I’ll miss all the good stuff. And get stuck on what wasn’t 100% perfect - half a slice of cake.

If you stop and think about it, it’s nonsense.

But if we don’t stop and think about it (and we rarely do), it’s easy to get stuck there. In a negative loop. Where we use the second question (consciously or unconsciously) to create impossible standards. Which leads to beating ourselves up with them. Or just giving up and not even trying.

If you think this sounds absolutely ridiculous, you’re right.

You would be surprised how many people take this approach to their relationship with God.

Consciously or unconsciously using the second question wrong, to create a God of impossible standards. And getting stuck on what’s not perfect.

When we do this, when we approach God this way? We end up doing the Enemy’s work for him.

Because whatever it is we think we’re interacting with? It’s not God.

As St. John Bosco (today’s saint) puts it,

“This was the method that Jesus used with the apostles. He put up with their ignorance and roughness and even their infidelity.

He treated sinners with a kindness and affection that caused some to be shocked, others to be scandalized, and still others to hope for God’s mercy.

And so He bade us to be gentle and humble of heart.”

That is God’s way.

Being gentle and humble of heart starts with being gentle and humble of heart with yourself.

Today’s Readings

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Feast Day: Saint John Bosco - Ora Pro Nobis !

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SAINT OF THE DAY (January 31)

On January 31, the Roman Catholic Church honors St. John Bosco (or “Don Bosco”), a 19th-century Italian priest who reached out to young people to remedy their lack of education, opportunities, and faith.

John Bosco was born on 16 August 1815 to a family of peasant farmers in Castelnuovo d'Asti — a place which would one day be renamed in the saint's honor as “Castelnuovo Don Bosco.”

John's father died when he was two years old, but he drew strength from his mother Margherita's deep faith in God.

Margherita also taught her son the importance of charity, using portions of her own modest means to support those in even greater need.

John desired to pass on to his own young friends the example of Christian discipleship that he learned from his mother.

At age nine, he had a prophetic dream in which a number of unruly young boys were uttering words of blasphemy.

Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary appeared to John in the dream, saying he would bring such youths to God through the virtues of humility and charity.

Later on, this dream would help John to discern his calling as a priest.

But he also sought to follow the advice of Jesus and Mary while still a boy:

He would entertain his peers with juggling, acrobatics and magic tricks, before explaining a sermon he had heard, or leading them in praying the Rosary.

John's older brother Anthony opposed his plan to be a priest and antagonized him so much that he left home to become a farm worker at age 12.

After moving back home three years later, John worked in various trades and finished school in order to attend seminary.

In 1841, John Bosco was ordained a priest.

In the city of Turin, he began ministering to boys and young men who lived on the streets, many of whom were without work or education.

The industrial revolution had drawn large numbers of people into the city to look for work that was frequently grueling and sometimes scarce.

Don Bosco was shocked to see how many boys ended up in prison before the age of 18, left to starve spiritually and sometimes physically.

The priest was determined to save as many young people as he could from a life of degradation.

He established a group known as the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales and became a kindly spiritual father to boys in need.

His aging mother helped support the project in its early years.

John's boyhood dream came to pass:

He became a spiritual guide and provider along with his fellow Salesian priests and brothers, giving boys religious instruction, lodging, education, and work opportunities.

He also helped Saint Mary Dominic Mazzarello form a similar group for girls.

This success did not come easily, as the priest struggled to find reliable accommodations and support for his ambitious apostolate.

Italy's nationalist movement made life difficult for religious orders, and its anti-clerical attitudes even led to assassination attempts against Don Bosco.

But such hostility did not stop the Salesians from expanding in Europe and beyond.

They were helping 130,000 children in 250 houses by the end of Don Bosco's life.

“I have done nothing by myself,” he stated, saying "it was Our Lady who has done everything through her intercession with God."

John Bosco died in the early hours of 31 January 1888, after conveying a message:

“Tell the boys that I shall be waiting for them all in Paradise.”

Pius XI beatified him on 2 June 1929 and canonized on 1 April 1934.

He is a patron saint of young people, apprentices, and Catholic publishers and editors.

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Don Bosco's Prayer to Mary

Author: St. John Bosco

Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians,

how sweet it is to come to your feet

imploring your perpetual help.

If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children,

how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me?

Grant then to me, I implore you,

your perpetual help in all my necessities,

in every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations.

I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering.

Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners.

Grant through your intercessions many vocations to the religious life.

Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Christians,

that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven.

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The Roys being Catholic is actually soooo good. Like that kinda makes this a lot more fun for me. which saints do u think they chose for their confirmation

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About St Elizabeth, mother of John

About St John Bosco

Losers' Bracket Round 1

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A lazy mind is the devil's plaything.

St. John Bosco

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