Don Bosco the man who loved and was loved

Don Bosco loved with intensity. He loved creation: the landscapes, the plants, the animals. He loved men: men, women, adults, children, young people. As a pedagogue and educator, love is the foundation of his pedagogical theory and his educational system. It is enough to remember his well-known phrase: “It is enough that you are young for me to love you very much.” And his no less famous precept: “It is not enough for boys to be loved; It is necessary for them to realize that they are loved.”

This book positively testifies to the loving dimension of Don Bosco. What is the source of Don Bosco's love? The origin of this love in Don Bosco is supernatural. Numerous testimonies and facts would be possible from this. Don Bosco would have to be listed among the great lovers of Western history, although not among the great theorists or among the great poets of love. Fausto Jiménez is a Don Bosco scholar who has provided us with other studies on the saint: Don Bosco, the other side; Approach to Don Bosco; The dreams of Don Bosco.