Comments on: Some Verses for Bonaventure http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/07/some-verses-for-bonaventure/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: St. Bonaventure at Cornell Society for a Good Time http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/07/some-verses-for-bonaventure/#comment-57757 St. Bonaventure at Cornell Society for a Good Time Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:49:26 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/07/some-verses-for-bonaventure/#comment-57757 [...] convoluted and, thus, difficult to follow. I posted them last year here and for the first time here. I want to make them better, but I don’t know that I should take the time now . . . .) [...] [...] convoluted and, thus, difficult to follow. I posted them last year here and for the first time here. I want to make them better, but I don’t know that I should take the time now . . . .) [...]

]]> By: Clara http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/07/some-verses-for-bonaventure/#comment-6831 Clara Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/07/some-verses-for-bonaventure/#comment-6831 Thank you, Iosephus! I am glad that St. Bonaventure's day did not pass unremarked. It is a shame that there are not more anecdotes from the personal life of that great saint, but I still thought I might add one of my favorites: St. Bonaventure was notoriously humble and tried to avoid positions of high authority (with little success, obviously). Eventually the Pontiff more or less insisted that he be made a Cardinal. When the messengers came to give him the news and bring him his red hat, St. Bonaventure was occupied in doing the dishes. He told the messengers to hang the hat on a nearby tree, and finished his work before paying them any further attention!<BR/><BR/>Truly, he must have had a noble spirit, to combine so fully the keen intellect of a Doctor of the Church with the gentle humility and love of St. Francis. Thank you, Iosephus! I am glad that St. Bonaventure’s day did not pass unremarked. It is a shame that there are not more anecdotes from the personal life of that great saint, but I still thought I might add one of my favorites: St. Bonaventure was notoriously humble and tried to avoid positions of high authority (with little success, obviously). Eventually the Pontiff more or less insisted that he be made a Cardinal. When the messengers came to give him the news and bring him his red hat, St. Bonaventure was occupied in doing the dishes. He told the messengers to hang the hat on a nearby tree, and finished his work before paying them any further attention!

Truly, he must have had a noble spirit, to combine so fully the keen intellect of a Doctor of the Church with the gentle humility and love of St. Francis.

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