How much grace God gave the poor men who followed the Gospel and who
voluntarily gave up all things for the love of God was manifested in
Brother Bernard of Quintavalle who, after he had taken the habit of St.
Francis, was very frequently rapt in God by the contemplation of
heavenly things.
Thus one time it happened that while he was attending Mass in a church
and while his whole mind was on God, he became so absorbed and rapt in
contemplation that during the Elevation of the Body of Christ he was
not at all aware of it and did not kneel down when the others knelt,
and he did not draw his cowl back as did the others who were there, but
he stayed motionless, without blinking his eyes, gazing straight
ahead, from morning until None.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Little Flowers of St. Francis - 28
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