Happy Feast Day of St. John Bosco!

"The true Christian should be willing to endure the sufferings of the spirit as Jesus Christ did, when He was betrayed by one of His disciples, denied by another, and abandoned by all." 

~ St. John Bosco

I have not yet visited the shrine of St. John Bosco in Turin, so I'm posting another picture from Annecy, the hometown of St. Francis de Sales. :) St. John Bosco admired the Annecy saint so much that he named his order after him - the Salesians. 

(Photo taken at the Chateau de Menthon in Annecy. The castle belonged to the family of St. Bernard de Menthon, after whom St. Bernard dogs are named. He is the patron saint of mountain climbers.)

As Lent approaches, and as we take up our crosses daily to follow Christ as true Christians, it is sometimes helpful to remember these words of St. John Bosco.