St. Francis would never let any call of the Spirit go unanswered; when he experienced it, he would make the most of it and enjoy the consolation afforded him in this way for as long as God permitted it. If he was on a journey, and felt the near approach of God's Spirit, he would stop and let his companions go on, while he drank in the joy of this new inspiration; he refused to offer God's grace an ineffectual welcome( 2 Dorinthians 6:1). He was often taken out of himself in a rapture of contemplation, so that he was lost in ecstacy and had no idea what was going on about him, while he experienced things which were beyond human understanding.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure, Major Life
CHAPTER X : 2
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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