The Devil of Gluttony and Idleness: Don Bosco’s Dream | Ep. 104

This is part two of “The Monster on the Playground: A Vision of Saint John Bosco.”

Here is an excerpt from the dream:
Caught as we were in these strange positions, we heard Our Lady sing out the words of St. Paul: Sumite ergo scutum fidei inexpugnabile. [Take up, therefore, the impregnable shield of faith—cf. Eph. 6, 16] So harmonious was the sound, so full, so sublimely melodious, that we listened ecstatically. Every note could be heard from the lowest to highest, and we thought that a hundred voices had blended into one.

Intent upon this heavenly song, we noticed a number of graceful young lads, who had descended from heaven on wings, leave Our Lady's side and draw near to us. They bore shields in their hands and put one up against the heart of each boy. They were large shields, sparkling in beauty and reflecting the light which shone from the Madonna. It was a heavenly sight. Each shield seemed to have a steel center, surrounded by a large ring of diamonds, and the whole shield was edged in purest gold. It was all one could hope for in beauty, sweetness, and melody.

As I gazed about me, lost in the music, I was startled by a booming voice which cried: Ad pugnam! [To arms!] Then the wild beasts began stamping about furiously…


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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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