The Well of Saint Clare

ge of letters, and he rejoiced in his ignoran

n meditation on the perfections of the Most Holy Trinity and the Mysteries of the Passion, he began to d

s life fell into melancholy. But sadness was unnatural to

e Order, to be rid of it as of a galling burden. Now Gio

s; and he excelled in the science of Love, which is the science of God. He knew the four degrees which lift the creature to his C

hout Love. Fra Giovanni found him walking in h

peasants who work in the vineyards were climbing, at the foo

naventure in the garden, in the mid

tormenting me, and tell me: Can an ignorant man love G

Bonaventur

l the Doctors of Theology in the world. And seeing the sole excellence of man lies in loving

and, leaning out over the low wall of the garden, looked loving

simple-minded, you shall be set in

Brother's proclamation, smiled sweetly whe