Phrases San Domenico Savio, prayer of the pregnant women, thoughts and life of the saint who died at a young age, amiziza with Don Bosco and patron saint of children.
Phrases San Domenico Savio
- Oh what a beautiful thing I never see!
- Help me become a saint. Don Bosco took that question seriously. He called Domenico and said to him: “I want to give you the formula of holiness. Be careful ... First: cheer. What disturbs you and takes away your joy does not come from the Lord .... Second: duties of study and attention at school, commitment to study, commitment to prayer. Do not do this out of ambition, to feel praised, but out of love for the Lord and to become a man ... Third: do good to others. Always help your companions, even if it costs you sacrifice. Holiness is all here ”.
Prayer to San Domenico Savio
Angelico Domenico Savio, who at Don Bosco's school learned to walk the ways of youthful holiness, help us to imitate your love for Jesus, your devotion to Mary, your zeal for souls; and makes that, by also proposing that we want to die rather than sin, we obtain our eternal salvation. Amen.
Promise of mothers
San Domenico Savio is considered the angel of children, whom he has been protecting since birth. For the love of young creatures, the Saint of the cradles also blesses the mothers in their difficult educational mission.
In order to have the protection of Domenico Savio, mothers must keep the following four Promises, which however do not entail any particular new commitment, limiting themselves exclusively to remembering the fundamental duties of Christian education.
1) Teach them to love Jesus and Mary with daily prayers, with participation in the festive Mass and with the frequency of the Holy Sacraments.
2) Defend their purity by keeping them away from readings, shows and bad company.
3) To take care of their religious formation with the teaching of the Catechism.
4) Do not hinder the designs of God, if they feel called to the priesthood and religious life.
Prayer expectant mothers
Lord Jesus, I pray with love for this sweet hope that I enclose in my womb.
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You gave me the immense gift of a small living life in my life: I thank you humbly for choosing me as an instrument of your love.
In this sweet expectation help me to live in continuous abandonment to your will. Give me a pure, strong, generous mother's heart.
I offer you worries about the future; anxieties, fears, desires for the little creature that I don't know yet. Let her be born healthy in the body, remove any physical ailment and any danger to the soul from her.
You, Mary, who knew the ineffable joys of a holy motherhood, give me a heart capable of transmitting a living and ardent Faith.
Sanctify my expectation, bless my joyful hope, make the fruit of my womb sprout in virtue and holiness through your work and your Divine Son. Amen.
Life San Domenico Savio
Domenico Savio was born in Riva near Chieri province of Turin on April 2, 1842, to Carlo Savio and Brigida Gaiato.
He spent his childhood in the family, surrounded by the loving care of his father, who worked as a blacksmith and his mother, who was instead a seamstress.
Since he was a child, he manifested his deep religious devotion by wishing, at the age of seven, to confess as frequently as possible, not to commit sin and to have Jesus and Mary as his main friends.
On October 2, 1854 he met Don Bosco who saw in that young man a spirit compatible with the spirit of the Lord and was deeply affected by it.
Domenico Savio died in Mondonio on March 9, 1857, at the age of only 15.
The notoriety of his holiness, testified by the miracles performed, attracted the attention of the Church which appointed him hero of the Christian virtues on 9 July 1933, while on 5 March 1950 he declared him Blessed.
On 12 June 1954, the Marian Year, he was declared a Saint, on 6 May his feast is celebrated.
