This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Hello, welcome to the Rosary.

Let's begin by calling to mind

that we are ever in the presence of Almighty God

in whom we live and move and have our being.

We call upon Him in the name of the Father and of the

son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. We offer up this Rosary tonight for the

repose of the soul of Deacon Steve White, who unfortunately lost his battle against trying to recover from a heart transplant.

We also pray for the repose of Grace Kresswell, a young mother who went to high school with some of my kids and for their families.

A Rosary is called St. John Bosco, the right kind of dreamer.

Today's a feast of St. John Bosco, also known as Don Bosco,

Don being a term of respect in Italian.

He served the street children in Turin Italy in the 19th century.

As a response to the ugly side of the Industrial Revolution.

Joblessness and job dangers left countless children homeless and orphaned on the streets of that city. So this holy priest,

Don Bosco, dedicated his life and ministry to serve them. He developed a teaching system based on Christian love rather than punishment, a method

known as the Salesian preventive system, which he named after St. Francis DeSales, his own patron, and for whom he named after St. Francis de Sales, his own patron, and for whom he named various religious congregations he founded.

His love for the saint as well as for our Lord, of course, and for the Blessed Mother under the title of

Mary help of Christians guided St. John Bosco's life and work. His life was a

mirror of the love of Jesus, and like a mirror, Jesus love and grace reflected

intensely off St. John Bosco and into his street children, so much so that some of them like

Dominic Savio became Saints in their own right. Does my life reflect the grace of Jesus with that intensity?

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