Prayer to Bonaventure of Bagnoregio

O Saint Bonaventure,

who climbed by the path of humility,

and burned with the fire of divine love—

teach us not to seek brilliance, but surrender;

not to chase glory, but to kneel before Truth.

Help us ask for grace, not instruction;

for desire, not understanding.

Guide us upward, not by pride,
but by the way of the Cross,

that we may see the Light which no eye can see—

not the light that dazzles,

but the fire that inflames.

Amen.