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Saint Francis was moved to compassion by the tears of the mother, and at his prayer, the child recovered so perfect a state of health that he was never known to be sick from that time until the illness of which he died. | Saint Francis was moved to compassion by the tears of the mother, and at his prayer, the child recovered so perfect a state of health that he was never known to be sick from that time until the illness of which he died. | ||
The glorious saint at whose petition God granted this favor, saw himself at the end of his mortal course, and foretelling the graces which the Divine Goodness prepared for this child, cried out in prophetic rapture. “O buono ventura.” that is, in Italian, ''Good luck''. Whence the name of Bonaventura was given our saint. The devout mother, in gratitude, consecrated her son to God by a vow, and was careful to inspire into him from the cradle the most ardent sentiments of piety, and to inure him betimes to assiduous practices self-denial, humility, obedience and gratitude. Bonaventure from his infancy entered upon a religious course and appeared inflamed with the love of God as soon as he was capable of knowing him. | The glorious saint at whose petition God granted this favor, saw himself at the end of his mortal course, and foretelling the graces which the Divine Goodness prepared for this child, cried out in prophetic rapture. “O buono ventura.” that is, in Italian, ''Good luck''. Whence the name of Bonaventura was given our saint. The devout mother, in gratitude, consecrated her son to God by a vow, and was careful to inspire into him from the cradle the most ardent sentiments of piety, and to inure him betimes to assiduous practices of self-denial, humility, obedience and gratitude. Bonaventure from his infancy entered upon a religious course and appeared inflamed with the love of God as soon as he was capable of knowing him. | ||
His progress and his studies surprised his masters, but that which he made in the science of the saints and in the practice of every virtue, was far more extraordinary. It was his highest pleasure and joy to hear by how many titles he belonged to God, and he made it his most earnest study and endeavour to devote his heart with his whole strength to the divine service. | His progress and his studies surprised his masters, but that which he made in the science of the saints and in the practice of every virtue, was far more extraordinary. It was his highest pleasure and joy to hear by how many titles he belonged to God, and he made it his most earnest study and endeavour to devote his heart with his whole strength to the divine service. | ||