ST JOHN BOSCO, PATRON OF EDITORS, FOUNDER, FRIEND OF YOUNG PEOPLE

PRAYER TO ST JOHN BOSCO FOR YOUTHS TO READ CLEAN BOOKS AND WEBSITES

ST JOHN BOSCO, PATRON OF EDITORS, FOUNDER, FRIEND OF YOUNG PEOPLE

– FEAST: JANUARY 31

In St John Bosco the liturgy honors a Saint whose soul was all simplicity, joyfulness and zeal, whose trust in divine Providence overcame every difficulty and persisted through every obstacle. Born near Turin in 1815, St John Bosco devoted his life as a priest to the poor, to prisoners and to all the unfortunate of the capital of Piedmont, but especially to poor and homeless children. He sheltered them and educated them and helped them to begin an honest way of life, with no other resources than his unwavering faith, he founded several institutions and also two religious congregations, the Salesian Fathers in 1868, and the Daughters of our Lady Help of Christians in 1876. St John Bosco died in Turin in 1888, leaving behind him the reputation of a great miracle worker.

PRAYER:

Always help us, O Lord, to read good clean literature, both books and electronic media. Through the intercession of St John Bosco grant that, by being preserved from all impurity, we may, with spotless minds and pure in heart, ever burn with the fire of charity to seek after souls and serve You alone, all the days of our life.

Amen.

Mary, Our Lady help of Christians, pray for us.

St John Bosco, pray for us