Prayer Of The Seraphic Doctor

St Bonaventure, whose feast we celebrate today, is known as the "Seraphic Doctor of the Church" because of his burning zeal and holy passion which is very evident in his writing. Bonaventure was a friend of St Francis and was cured of an illness by Francis.  Bonaventure joined the Franciscans. He lectured at the University of Paris before becoming a Cardinal-Bishop. He instituted reforms, settled internal conflicts, and wrote the first biography of St. Francis. 
I will leave you with this beautiful by St Bonaventure. Let us ask his intercession for the grace to be filled with his great zeal, holy passion and love for Christ and His Church.

Prayer of St Bonaventure

Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most

joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, and with true, calm

and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish

and melt with entire love and longing for Thee, may yearn for

Thee and for thy courts, may long to be dissolved and to be

with Thee.  Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the

Bread of Angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and

supersubstantial bread, having all sweetness and savor and every

delightful taste.

May my heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, Whom

the angels desire to look upon, and may my inmost soul be

filled with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it ever thirst for Thee, the fountain of life, the

fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the

fullness of the house of God; may it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee,

come up to Thee, meditate on Thee, speak of Thee, and do all for the praise and glory of

Thy name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ease and affection, with

perseverance to the end; and be Thou alone ever my hope, my entire confidence, my riches,

my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my food,

my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom, my portion, my possession, my treasure; in

Whom may my mind and my heart be ever fixed and firm and rooted immovably. 

 Amen.