WISDOM OF THE YOUNG
- Feb 9
- 1 min read
200 Words: Laws Lived in Love
He was born in 1842 and died in 1857, canonised in 1954.
St. John Bosco (1815-1888) wrote a book about him, devoting a chapter to the day of St. Dominic Savio’s First Holy Communion.
Dominic wrote in his ‘little book’:
Resolutions made by me, Dominic Savio, in the year 1849, on the day of my First Holy Communion, at the age of seven:
1. I will go to Confession often, and as frequently to Holy Communion as my confessor allows.
2. I wish to sanctify the Sundays and festivals in a special manner.
3. My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
4. Death, rather than sin
Rather incredible don’t you think?
It is important that we live the Ten Commandments by avoiding grave sin:
We are not to kill. We are not to commit adultery. We are not to slander.
That’s what Dominic means by ‘death, rather than sin.’
Notice Dominic’s motivation for acting in such a way:
My friends shall be Jesus and Mary.
Laws contain important truths, but Dominic proclaims that truth is a person – Jesus:
When he enters the human heart, everything changes.
Morality becomes a response and joy, not a burden.
AMEN.
