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St. Bonaventure, Franciscan and Doctor of the Church
St. Bonaventure, Franciscan and Doctor of the Church
Feast Day: July 15th. Lived: 1221-1274.
If you’re interested in celebrating the feast day of St. Bonaventure, see Creator Mundi’s beautiful, symbolically-rich St. Bonaventure Plaque.
Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Bonaventure. This great Doctor of the Church played an instrumental role in the prominence of the Franciscan Order. He was a a colleague of St. Thomas Aquinas, and in fact took his degree with Aquinas. However, he was very much his own thinker, taking influence from St. Augustine and Pseudo-Dionysius especially. His thought is a beautiful and edifying complement to the work of his peers such as St. Thomas Aquinas, who were more influenced by Aristotle. Bonaventure, on the other hand, represents a more mystical and Platonic worldview. The vast range of thought coming from this generation shows us what a rich and vibrant time this was in the history of the Church.
The Nourishing Writings of St. Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure’s writings still ring with truth and edifying joy today.
“A spiritual joy is the greatest sign of the divine grace dwelling in the soul.”
“Since happiness is nothing other than the enjoyment of the highest good and since the highest good is above, no one can be happy unless he rises above himself, not by an ascent of the body, but of the heart.” “When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than the proceedings from the mouth.”One of our favorite quotes here at Creator Mundi:
” In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable. If you desire to know … ask grace, not instruction; desire, not understanding; the groaning of prayer, not diligent reading; the Spouse, not the teacher; God, not man; darkness not clarity; not light, but fire that totally inflames and carries us into God by ecstatic unctions and burning affections.”On Sale
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