St Bonaventure highlighting the futile effort of only human effort and not God's graces and support. Nothing can be gained supernaturally unless humility, devotion and repentance are practiced. Pray attentively as you think about Bonaventure's quote about our inadequacies

reading without repentance,

knowledge without devotion,

research without the impulse of wonder,

prudence without the ability to surrender to joy,

action divorced from religion,

learning sundered from love,

intelligence without humility,

study unsustained by divine grace,

thought without the wisdom inspired of God.

- St. Bonaventure

During this period there were many reforms and renewals being encouraged by the church and Bonaventure attempted to pacify both the right and the left. He governed his Order for seventeen years and has been justly called its second founder. He also wrote about his Seraphic Founder's life, St Francis of Assisi.

This cordial and warm gentleman attended significant church councils, preached at sessions and gave his all to the church whenever the Holy Father requested his assistance. In fact, he died attending one of these sessions.

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