THE FEAST OF THE SERAPHIC DOCTOR, ST BONAVENTURE, OFM.
ST BONAVENTURE, OFM. BISHOP & DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.
"Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward.
"And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”
"When Jesus finished giving these commands to his Twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns." (Matthew 10: 34 - 11: 1).
Monday 15th of July 2024 in the 15th Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of St Bonaventure, OFM.
St Bonaventure (1221 - 1274). Italian. Franciscan, Bishop, Cardinal and Doctor of the Church. Bonaventure is known as the Seraphic Doctor because of his mastery of mystical theology. He became friends with St Thomas Aquinas, another doctor of the Church in the University of Paris. St Bonaventure who succeeded St Francis of Assisi as the Superior General of the Franciscans, wrote the first thorough biography of the great saint.
St Bonaventure, a great man of God by all standards was a very meek and humble man. Although Superior General of the Franciscans for 17 years, Cardinal of the Church, eminent Theologian and Professor of Theology at the University of Paris and later to become one of the 37 Doctors of the Church, Bonaventure is childlike in character.
Who do you love more than Jesus?
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me."
Today, you have heard the word of God. Harden not your hearts. Let us without fear ask Jesus how to make Him the First Love of our life.
The Church honors the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ in July.
"..... One of the soldiers opened His side with a lance and immediately there came forth blood and water. ” (John 19:34).
“Let us draw near to the Heart of our most sweet Lord Jesus and we shall be glad and rejoice in it.
How good and how sweet it is to dwell in this Heart!
This is the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price which we discover,
O Jesus, when we dig in the field of Thy Body (cf Mt 13:44).
Who, then, would cast aside this Pearl?" (St Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church).
Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ purify and heal us.
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