Travel some of the heated roads in America with John. In the book Saint John Masias by Mary Fabyan Windeatt is an incredible story of a boy who will make a journey to America, but first he must make sure his ma and sister are well cared for before he leaves. John needs to discover what he will become in life. He finds himself working long hours working his hands to the bone .Join John in his adventure to go to America and live a wonderful life and find out how he becomes a Saint.
When Johns father passes, John has to take on all of the work enable to provide for his family. John has two jobs, his first job he is a shepherd, he walks up and down hills in the heat of the sun herding sheep all day. He also has a job
in the fields, digging hole plowing rows and planting seeds and tear after year collecting the fruits and carrying gallons of water on his back to water the plants. John is a hard working boy trying to save enough money to support his ma and sister.
John is a Catholic and loves God more than anything and would die for him, he shows that in many ways. As John prays constantly he is given the gift where he pray so constantly he floats in the air without his notice, all of the other priests see him floating and try to clarify him as a saint. John prayed many long hours
When John is in the seminary, he has many gifts he uses them abundantly to pray for other people and for the souls in poor souls in purgatory. John can pray so diligently he levitates in the air. When John was a shepherd he would pray endless rosary’s for the poor souls in purgatory. John was known to pray for many people, including strangers he was once confronted by a traveler and the traveler asked him to pray for him and that’s what John did. Saint John saved 1 million souls from purgatory through out his life.
The most intriguing true story of Saint John has many great examples of a loving son and brother. John has many wonderful gifts and is a prayerful priest. This book gives many examples of how to become a loving and kind person, and I had many great inspirations reading this book.