Good fortune

Bonaventura - Good fortune. Born in the early 1200's, this young man made quite a splash on the world scene by taking on the mantle of the minister general of the fledgling Franciscan order (the seventh to follow in Francis' feet) and teaching alongside St. Thomas Aquinas at the enormously influential University of Paris. Wow! Imagine attending classes, sitting at the feet of Bonaventure and Thomas. I would think, though that students, while at times fully engaged and receptive and at others letting minds wander to dinner invitations and parties, were no different then than they are now. But what an opportunity! Let's pray in particular for college students today to stand on the shoulders of the giants who have paved the way, so they can be the shoulders on which future students will gaze into the eyes of God and declare their love.