THE VENERABLE DON BOSCO
was inflexible. On his arrival at the hospital he said to the Sister of Charity: "I wish to receive the Holy Communion tomorrow."
"Then you must be one of Don Bosco's boys," said the Sister; "they are all alike; they ask at once for Confession and Communion."
"I am to die very soon, Sister; tomorrow Don Bosco will come for me."
"No, no," protested his mother, "do not believe him; he is under a delusion."
The morning hour came and brought the little sufferer his beloved Lord in the Holy Communion. His joy and calm were inexpressible. All the day the poor mother sat by his side while he was in a sweet sleep. At five o'clock in the afternoon he awoke from his slumber, and raising his eyes to one in front of him exclaimed: "Here he is, here he is, come quickly!" A smile of joy on his face, his pure soul sped forth with his beloved Don Bosco to his early-achieved blessedness.
The apostle's reputation for sanctity so widely established, with miracles and prophecies in so great number attributed to him, there was ere long a general petition of clergy and laity that his Cause might be introduced into the Roman Court. The petition was granted by Pope Leo XIII. The "Process Ordinary," the first inquiry into the virtues and miracles of Don Bosco, was solemnly opened in Turin on June 4, 1890, and ended on April 1, 1897 after five hundred and sixty-two meetings. These acts were all conveyed to Rome,
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