Don Bosco's Dream at Nine

Don Bosco believed that his vocation was given to him in this dream when he was about nine years old. He had this dream several times during his life, each time it was a little different, adding details to what came before. Don Bosco didn't understand what the dream meant at first. In fact, he would say it wasn't until he was old that he fully understood what the Lord had asked of him, and that he had indeed been faithful. The narrative is taken from the Memoirs of the Oratory, Don Bosco's own account of the early days of his life and work, and the dream that started it all.