Let No Chance Go Unseized: Saint Dominic Savio

Dominic Savio is the kind of saint anyone could be best friends with. Full of laughter and entirely down to earth, he was a normal teenage kid who easily won his classmates' hearts and was voted second place in a popularity contest at school - not at all the stiff-necked and unapproachable person some may think him to be. Yet beyond the joy spilling out of his character lay an intensely strong ardor and uncompromisingly high set of ideals which continuously pushed him closer and closer toward his first and greatest Friend - God. He never flaunted his virtue but it shone through him everywhere he was. The kids on the nearby, questionable streets of Turin cut short their profanity when they saw him coming. Bullies and troublemakers turned around almost unfailingly when their teacher strategically seated them near Savio. Even Saint Don Bosco himself often asked his pupil for advice and never regretted taking it. In Dominic Savio, the boys of the Oratory found an example of holiness whom they respected rather than disdained. They wanted to be like him. This book dives right into the unforgettable scenes of Savio's life, portraying him as the unquenchably motivated yet completely real young person he was. It brings to life the meaning of sainthood by leading the reader to encounter one of the most fully alive persons this earth has ever known. Dominic Savio had little less than fifteen years to become a saint, and with the grace of God he did it. Perhaps by reading of his simple and inspiring life, more of us will come to understand what sainthood is really about. For all ages, with an intended teenage audience.