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My dear friends:
On October 30, 1835, the young John Bosco entered the seminary for the priesthood initial preparation the evening before, Margarita Mama called his son and said

"Dear John came into the world (...) When I consecrated to the Blessed Virgin, to begin studies I recommended the devotion to our Mother, now I advise you to be all yours : love fellow devotees of Mary and if you become a priest, always recommend and spread devotion to Mary "

Don Bosco himself fondly remembers the words of his mother in the Memoirs of the Oratory. John, with tears in his eyes, replied:

"Mother, I appreciate what he said and done for me, his words have been spoken in vain and cherish as a treasure for a lifetime. "

And indeed it was! Don Bosco not only never forgot the words of his mother but that he lived admirably at all times. Mary, Mother of Jesus, was always present in their vocational journey. In that dream providential, when it was only a boy, the woman who told him took him by the hand as mother and teacher and not away from him anymore. Margarita Mama

devoted to the small Juan to the Virgin and recommended the devotion to the Mother of Jesus. Don Bosco learned at the knees of that peasant full of wisdom, to discover the mediating presence Santa Maria in the midst of the Church, attending the prayers of the disciples of His Son and always remember: "Do whatever he tells you."
Mary Immaculate, Consolation and Help of Christians were devotions Don Bosco lived intensely in these invocations discovering the woman who asked him to be humble, strong and robust and showed him the area where he was working: the poor and abandoned youth . María Auxiliadora

in Valdocco, was the mother of the house walked through the courtyards, touched the hearts of the boys, stretched his cloak over them and was for all the comfort and strength in so many difficult times.

Don Bosco

instill in the lives of young people a strong and filial devotion to the Mother of Jesus. How many times asked his son to turn the water into wine at the Oratory to continue having party! How many times pleaded for the Lord to multiply the loaves and fishes (and chestnuts) in the poor hands of our father! How many times listened to the pleas of the kids kneeling at the feet of your image!

We are preparing for the feast of Mary Help of Christians. These days begin its ninth and our house wearing their best clothes and an air of joy everywhere. In the house of Don Bosco have learned to rely and Helper, dispenser of all graces of his Son, mediator and intercessor before God, near and dear mother at all times.
Amid the cares of every day, draw near to Mary Help of Christians under his eyes and put our troubles and hopes. She, as it has always, we welcome under his robe and whispered that we are not afraid because his son sustains us and gives us life in abundance.
Your friend, Jose Miguel Núñez