Author: Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh

“… ‘… the Kingdom of God … is like a mustard seed … the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. … once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.’ …”

Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily for the Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]

“… He Led Young People to Meet Christ … By means of his educational style and pastoral practice, based on reason, religion and loving kindness (the Preventive System) he led young people to reflect, to meet Christ and their brothers and sisters, to the study of the faith and to apostolic, civil and professional commitment. St. Dominic Savio stands out

“… Such generosity of spirit could not go unrewarded by God, for whom this priest slaved the 72 years of his life. Besides providing for his work, God gave him the gift of miracles. With his blessing, Don Bosco cured people disease. After his prayers on their behalf, the deaf heard, the lame walked, and once, a dead boy was

Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Jan. 31, 2019, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]

Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]