While at supper with the school staff, Don Bosco abruptly became serious and turning to the director, whispered, "At this moment, at the entrance of the second playground, there are two boys by the water fountain who should be supervised. Send somebody there at once to tell them to join their companions."
The director quickly sent a young cleric who reported, "There was nobody by the water fountain, but two boys who were coming from that direction. I asked them where they had been, and they answered: 'At the fountain.' "
Privately, after night prayers, Don Bosco whispered a word to each in his ear. They blushed and, admitting their fault, promised to do better.
It was clear that God favored Saint John Bosco with heavenly insight. In today’s episode, I’ll discuss an incredible vision that he received in August of 1880 that might well be entitled, “The Mysterious Banquet.”
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Thank you to Salesiana Publishers for their kind permission to use the English translation of The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco by Fr. Giovanni Battista Lemoyne et al. (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana Publishers, Inc., 1964-2003).
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The photographs of Saint John Bosco shown in this video are from the Salesian Central Archives, Rome.