Salesian Spirituality | |
   | Spirituality is for everyone and is not the prerogative of the chosen few! This is the particular message that Francis de Sales preached to Christians of his day and the same message inspired Don Bosco. There are many expressions of Christian Spirituality and the Salesian Way is one of them. It is about living each day immersed in the mystery of God in our everyday life situations. Jesus reveals to us that God is at the very heart of life and that His Spirit is at work within the very fibre of our humanness, our actions, our words and our daily life experiences. Spiritual women and men allow the mysterious and all-pervading presence of the living God to give meaning and purpose to their lives, their life choices and their optimism. This was Don Bosco’s conviction and he has left this heritage to the Church and to the members of the Salesian Family within it. The Salesian Way is living a spirituality that gives meaning to all that happens in the ordinariness of every day living, together with the new insights of our times `in relation to God and the human person holistically understood. Salesianity is therefore a particular way of living the Gospel. The noun "spirituality" attempts to reclaim a serious and challenging commitment based on the tradition of discipleship. The adjective "salesian" distinguishes it from other ways offered within the Church. Young people were always at the heart of all that Don Bosco thought, said and did. Salesian Spirituality therefore tends to have the characteristics of youthfulness also when it is embraced by adults. This spirituality, a way within The Way, is attractive, ordinary and engaging, appealing to people in all walks of life. Many young people, men and women continue to carry forward the apostolic mission which Don Bosco and Mary Mazzarello* have entrusted to us through living cheerfully the ordinary events of each day, a mission which has education very much at heart. From the smallest of seeds sown so many years ago a huge tree has grown and continues to grow wherever there is an educator working with the enthusiasm of Don Bosco and Mary Mazzarello, spreading the Kingdom among the young. Could this spirituality be for you? * founding member of Don Bosco’s new religious congregation for women.  |