The next two days are going to be pretty busy, with the relics of Don Bosco arriving and the events at Stony Point and St. Patrick’s Cathedral tomorrow and Friday. I’ll have my reflections on these days of prayer and pilgrimage over the weekend.
My first thought is that it’s hard to believe that the day is finally here. I know that many people have been working hard to make this a reality, and there are some who wonder if this is all going to be worth the time and expense in making the relics tour a reality. Without questioning anyone’s sincerity, because I don’t, we need to have a bigger vision than just worrying about the material concerns connected with this event. This is a time of grace, and it needs to be taken advantage of.
Don Bosco is one of the giants of the Faith that no one has heard of here in the USA (at least it seems that way sometimes). He founded what has become the second largest religious community in the Church, and fathered a wider movement of lay people and diocesan clergy who cooperate with the Salesian mission to the young. In some cases people have heard of Don Bosco or have heard of the Salesians but don’t know the connection between the two. This is a time to connect the dots for them, sort of speak.
In the Salesian Family we have a dynamic combination of missionary outreach and Catholic spirituality, the active and the contemplative aspects of our Faith directed toward the salvation of the young. It’s time to stop keeping our lamps lit under a bushel basket and shout it from the roof tops (excuse me for mixing my scriptural metaphors). This tour of Don Bosco’s relics is a perfect opportunity to do that.
Ok, off the soap box for now. I’m off to do a memorial Mass. More on the relic tour soon.
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