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This vision reveals the power of the rosary against demons. Moreover, the second part of the dream presents a remedy for people who are serious about protecting the state of their soul.
The Snake and the Rope
In his dream, Saint John Bosco is terrified to see a huge snake near the playground where his students were. Then a stranger finally convinces him to help him hold a rope over the snake. When they snap the rope across its back, the snake entangles itself in it. And when they fasten the rope, the snake tears itself to pieces in its fury to break itself loose.
Next, the stranger reveals that the snake is the devil and the rope is the Rosary, a succession of well-said Hail Marys.
Christian Beware
The second part of Don Bosco's dream describes what happens when spiritually immature souls purposely seek out what the Church warns against, and because they reach the point where they believe they can know better than what the Church teaches. Indeed, this is what happens when people dismiss the things that the Church warns against as nonsense, old-fashioned ideas, or irrelevant teachings.
Part II: Hammer and Anvil
While the stranger was explaining the meaning of the snake and the rope, some boys begin to eat the snake meat. Horrified Don Bosco tries all he can to prevent them- even punches them. But to no avail because to them, the meat is delicious. And as soon as they eat it, they fall, swell up and harden like stone.
Finally, Don Bosco pleads to the stranger for a remedy. And the stranger calls for an anvil and hammer. Don Bosco can't fathom striking anyone with a hammer. But as this is a symbol, the stranger explains that the hammer stands for the blows of Confession and the anvil stands for the support of Holy Communion.
Careful preparation for Confession!
And as soon as Don Bosco learns this, he goes to work and finds the treatment quite effective- except for a few boys. And the reason these few do not return to a state of moral health is that they make bad Confessions.
Symbols to pay attention to:
1. finding meat delicious - finding sin pleasant
2. falling - disobedience
3. swelling - to have the sin of pride (to think one knows better)
4. hardening - being stubborn in sin
How to make a good Confession, courtesy of Father John Corapi (click here)
Content obtained from the book FORTY DREAMS OF ST.JOHN BOSCO, Tan Books and Publishers
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