St. John Bosco was a dynamic saint who founded the Salesians (Society of St. Francis DeSales) in nineteen century Italy. His many prophetic dreams, beginning at age nine, guided his ministry and gave insights on future events.
On May 14, 1862, Don Bosco dreamed about the battles the Church would face in the latter days. A sign of that time, aside from attacks on the the Pope and great adversity against the Church, was a Pope whose election would come almost as quickly: "the news of the death of the Pope coincides with the news of the election of the successor."
The new Pope anchors the 'ship' of the Church between two pillars, one with a statue of Mary (Auxilium Christianorum or 'Help of Christians') and the other with a large Eucharistic Host (Salus Credentium or 'Salvation of the Faithful'). Pope John Paul II's writings and witness anchored the Church to these two pillars and Pope Benedict has done the same. Let's pray that each of us remain anchored to these two great pillars!
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