Prayer to San Giovanni Bosco

Father and Master of youth,
St. John Bosco,
docile to the gifts of the Spirit
and open to the realities of your time
you were for young people,
especially for the little ones and the poor,
a sign of God's love and predilection.

Be our guide on the path of friendship
with the Lord Jesus,
so that we discover in him and in his gospel
the meaning of our life
and the source of true happiness.

Help us respond generously
to the vocation we received from God,
to be in everyday life
communion builders,
and collaborate with enthusiasm,
in communion with the whole Church,
to building the civilization of love.

Get us the grace of perseverance
in living a high measure of Christian life,
according to the spirit of the beatitudes;
and do that, led by Mary Help of Christians,
we can meet one day with you
in the great family of heaven. Amen