St. John Bosco and the Eucharistic miracle
Don Bosco was an Italian priest and educator, founder of the Congregation of the Salesians. In his life, dedicated to the education of young people, Don Bosco witnessed numerous Eucharistic miracles, including a particularly significant one, which occurred in 1848.
Don Bosco lived in an era in which the poverty and unemployment were widespread and he dedicated his life to supporting and educating them marginalized youth. The philosophy of education was based on prevention, human and Christian formation, affection and reason, and his work had a significant impact on society and education in Italy and in many other parts of the world .
The multiplication of the hosts
This story dates back to 1848, when St. John Bosco, at the time of distributing communion a 360 faithful realized that in the Tabernacle there were only left 8 hosts.
During the procession, Don Bosco noticed a big problem: the number of available hosts was insufficient to meet the needs of the faithful. However, instead of surrendering to the situation, Don Bosco decided to pray and entrust himself to God's will. He did so and suddenly, the hosts multiplied surprisingly, enough to feed all the crowd present.
Joseph Buzzetti, who became one of the first Salesian priests, was serving Mass that day and when he saw Don Bosco multiply the Hosts and distribute communion to the 360 boys, he felt sick with emotion.
Don Bosco on that occasion told of having made a dream. A multitude of vessels was waging a battle at sea against a single vessel, symbol of the Church. The ship was hit several times but always emerged victorious. Led by Pope, anchored to two columns. The first at the top had a wafer with the inscription "Salus credentium", on the lower one there was instead the statue of the Immaculate Conception with the inscription "Auxilium Christianorum".
The history of the multiplication of hosts teaches us many things, including theimportance of faith, prayer and dedication to others. In a world where we often get caught up in despondency and despair, we must remember that faith can be one source of strength and hopeable to overcome difficulties.