Deathbed Conversions: Two Incredible Don Bosco Stories | Ep. 99
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2023
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Don Bosco opened the gates of heaven as reasonably as he could, even to those who remained unrepentant. Bisio Giovanni served in Don Bosco’s rooms from 1864 until 1871, and he affirmed, “I can say that Don Bosco was called to the city many times to hear the confessions of sick and obstinate sinners. Whenever I questioned him upon his return to the Oratory, his answer was always: ‘Well… That fellow confessed.’”
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Let us pray an Ave Maria for whoever is the most abandoned soul in Purgatory.
I going to do that right now - thank you for your inspiration.
Done. Thank you for your charity.
Inspiring. Done.
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WOW, VOLTAIRE, now that is REALLY SOMETHING!!!! God is TRULY MERCIFUL!!!!
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I read a French historian and people don't know what a complete scoundrel he was
Too merciful and we don't deserve it. Let us all grow in great love of Him and serve Him to our best.
@@Buttlands ABSOLUTELY!!!!
God's infinite mercy is so beautiful. This gives me hope for my family members who aren't practicing their faith
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Thank you so much Matthew..this is one of the best episodes for me. How beautiful and what a blessing always hearing these stories. God bless and protect you Matthew..and happy birthday to our blessed Mother.
It is always a great inspiration to hear about St Don Bosco, and how beautifully narrated by Matthew!
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Just wonderful and inspiring. Sweetness and Holiness. I thank God for St John Bosco. Thank you kindly, dear narrator(Mrs B )
If ever a good men walked the Earth in grace, St John Bosco was one. A man worth emulating. Love and Blessings+
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Inspiring stories. 🙏
I’m happy to hear Voltaire was ready to accept Our Lord. Praise God. 🙏❤️🙏
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Christ forgive us
all of us!!
I am assured that Don Bosco can talk to any men of great prestige yet conversing and converting Voltaire and known philosophers are a whole new level of Don Bosco's confidence with humility. God forever bless him. 🙏🙏🙏
He converted many, many people, but Voltaire died before he was born. He mentioned the facts about Voltaire that he had read. He had a stunning intellect as well and proved that he had memorized all that he had read, or had heard read in high-school. So he was not only incredibly holy, but was extremely intellectual as well.
@@donboscostories Indeed God sends the Holy Spirit to enlighten not only the acts of prayer yet the greatest intellect of the human mind. Why seek the hidden knowledge of heaven when we can humble ourselves to God who can reveal it if ready our hearts. May God bless you and St. John Bosco.
Yep! Incredible stories! I think this is my favorite video of all the amazing ones you’ve made so far... Thanks Matthew!
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Thank you for sharing this video. Went to Don Bosco Technical College. Manila Philippines from Kindergarten all the way through Fifth year College. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. 1965-1982.
I really love watching your videos, thank you Matthew.
Thank you for the video and God bless!
God Bless you Matthew! These are absolutely wonderful
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St. John Bosco sure knew how to put those scandalous books to good use: as fuel in the furnace, they provided some heat to the Oratoty.
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I love the way you narrate such explendid and heartwarming stories. Mmay God bless you.
Don Bosco, pray for us.
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Super interesting about Voltar.
Excellent narrator and excellent voice.
I always liked the famous quote to know who rules over you figure out who you can't criticize. Something like that it's great to know Voltaire and Mussolini are saved Dominus vobiscum
Mussolini? I never heard that from any saint. It'd be pretty tough because he was friends with Adolf Hitler.
@@donboscostories Im pretty sure Padre Pio said he had a vision of mussolini being cleansed of his sins or something like that
Well done Matt
Saint John Bosco, pray for us sinners. Amen!
St Don Bosco pray for us
you have the sweetest affect and your narration is wonderful these Saintly stories are sublime! thank you for all you do for Jesus & Mary.
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Thank you Merciful Saviour.
St. Don Bosco. Pray for us .
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I will enroll shortly. Thank you for the inspiring videos! My best to Griffin too!
Prayer to our blessed mother mary to pray for us sinners amen
Best channel 🙏🏻❤️🇦🇺🦘
Enthusiasm is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong.
- Voltaire.
Modernism is Mad Enthusiasm.
- Me.
Such beautiful stories 🥰 and funny too
That’s Amazing, we need good priest’s like this, I remember my uncle who passed away over a year ago, he was on his 60 s big family grandchildren great grandchildren, he didn’t go to mass confession adoration, had no time for GOD, he was very sick with diabetes for years but later in life lost his lag, in hospital for long time, his wife asked him many times to see a priest, but always no, but one day she brought him his soup 🍜 he had it eat his bread 🍞 said he loved her,she said again will you see a priest, he said happily yes, priest came in said his Rosary with the priest had his confession , all went well, said good night to his wife said I will see you tomorrow and bring more soup, that night alone he passed away, GOD is good in his Divine Mercy, Amen.
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Let us add to our daily rosary, for all these hardened souls to convert at the hr of their death.
Thank you very much, Matthew, Praise to don Bosco!
Those who believe and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord will be saved. Amen.
Amen🙏🙏🙏🌹📿
Nice suit.
Thanks so much
Ok. I’m a monthly contributor now!😊
Thank you so much and God Reward You!
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Supposedly, the exorcist of the possessed boys of Alsace asked one of the demons if Voltaire was damned. The demon answered that he arrived at the gates of hell terrified. Of course, demons are liars, so who knows?
Amazing about Voltaire. Because Voltaire was a Rosicrucian/Luciferian.
In the end, he repented.
If Mussolini is in heaven, according to a vision of a saint, than God is incredibly merciful and loves us so much that he forgives us when we repent.
I don't believe Voltaire converted
Voltaire was screaming for a priest when he almost died. Don Bosco was saying if his heart was in the right place, God would've forgiven him and he would be in Heaven. That's the whole point. He wasn't saying definitively that he was in Heaven, because no one can possibly know that. He's saying that IF Voltaire converted, he is in Heaven. Some people don't believe that someone that evil can turn everything around and be converted at the very end. Some people think that there are unforgiveable souls. Although not advisable to take that chance, God can forgive someone at the last minute if they are truly repentant, as he did St. Dismas. Also, he was trying to show that EVEN Voltaire, an apparent bastion of atheism, had many doubts at the end.
I thought Voltaire died a horrible death because of being anti catholic.
I also thought Fidel Castro had a horrible death.......................commit evil deeds and then saved??????
Please look up Saint Dismus, because it is possible to be saved and forgiven at any point in your life. That being said, I think that Fidel is probably in Hell because there's no evidence of conversion. But no one can be 100% sure, that's only for Judas (the only person in history that we can definitively say went to hell). But if a Saint says that he has evidence that someone made it to heaven, I'm inclined to believe him. Don Bosco was extremely learned and memorized everything he had read. The death of Voltaire is a hotly contested topic because he's a darling of the enlightenment. Being closer to Voltaire in history, Don Bosco probably had access to sources that are now no longer available or have been hidden. OR... Don Bosco was speaking about the first time that Voltaire nearly died.
Perhaps their horrible death mitigates some of their time in purgatory.
Anyone can be saved if they truly repent. You are commenting in a Catholic channel, you must know that.
The first part of his video brought tears to my eyes. But tears were not a guarantee that truth would follow in the next story. St. Don Bosco certainly must have studied his Bible better than to say that Judas was the only one whom Scriptures say is in Hell. Moses wrote about many people who went to Hell. A dramatic example was Core in Numbers 16: 31ff. He and his fellow conspirators and all the members of their families, and the incense carriers, were cast into Hell alive for all to see. In the New Testament there are also many examples. Ananias and Saphira (Acts 5) come to mind. They fell dead in the act of lying to the Church. The Church also celebrates God's justice towards the Herods, Pilate, and the curious onlookers, and "all those who love a lie." The Church has also officially stated that Catholics are not allowed to hope for the salvation of certain categories of people. This is a holy teaching. Hell is a holy doctrine, not one that we should combat and be ashamed of. God is All-holy and His Judgments are to be feared. St. Don Bosco was shown that the majority of his boys would not be saved, but his work was more than rewarded in those who were saved and sanctified.
You can read this story in “The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco,” by Fr. Giovanni Battista Lemoyne, Volume 6, Chapter 3, Page 19. Everything that he said checks out with Catholic Doctrine.
You say so, though what is said sounds like a green light for priests to soft peddle Catholic doctrine in order to make it more pleasing to a stubborn sinner. Really, to do this is sinful. It is kindness-- tragically misunderstood. Remember to take Our Lady as an example of the perfect catechist. She wasted no time in teaching little children about Hell, she even showed it to them. Every day of their lives their minds flashed back to that scene -- and it made them great saints and victim souls.
If you would've taken the time to look over the channel, you would've seen our four part series on Saint John Bosco’s vision of Hell:
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You left out the the godly attributes of all knowing and all powerful, which overrides the free will of both the saved and the unrepentant.
In other words nothing you can do or not do can change God's predetermined plan for humanity.
Nope, that's predestination and is denounced by the Catholic Church as a heresy. Humanity's free will is never suspended by God.
There is absolutely a predestination for heaven prepared for every soul, but it must be desired and confirmed by the individual will. We are given free will to choose God's plan for our salvation. There's a reservation booked in heaven for everyone who accepts it with faith, gratitude, purity, and love for God.
I wouldn't use the term, "predestination," because that's the same word for a very evil heresy.
@donboscostories I appreciate the distinction. I had hoped to make a point to the original reply; but you are correct that *predestination* as the poster understands it is heresy and spiritual impoverishment. Thanks be to God for His beautiful Will, which allows us to choose Him.