# Jul 14 – S Bonaventure Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-14-s-bonaventure Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-14-s-bonaventure.md Podcast: [Traditional Catholic Daily Devotional](https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408) Published: 2026-07-14T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://sspxpodcast.com/podcast-episode/jul-14-s-bonaventure Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fa90ba37-de09-4daa-adb7-11dbbfc2cc55.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/episodes/jul-14-s-bonaventure Duration seconds: 636 ## Resource It's the Feast of St. Bonaventure , 3rd Class , with the color of White . In this episode: the meditation: "The Difficulty of Obedience", today's news from the Church: "The Oblates and the Episcopal Consecrations", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook: Chapter 7: The Battle of Mortain", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "The Difficulty of Obedience" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "The Oblates and the Episcopal Consecrations" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/oblates-and-episcopal-consecrations-60030 The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook: Chapter 7: The Battle of Mortain" (SSPX Podcast) View on YouTube Listen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook! Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2o Donate: https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Bonaventure is sometimes called the "Seraphic Doctor," but if you had met him, you probably would have remembered him first for his humility. He was born around 1221 in central Italy and given the name Giovanni di Fidanza. According to a long-standing tradition, he became seriously ill as a small child, and his mother brought him to Francis of Assisi, asking the saint to pray for him. After the boy recovered, Francis is said to have exclaimed, "O buona ventura!" "What good fortune!" Whether the story is exact history or a cherished tradition, it gave rise to the name by which the world would know him: Bonaventure.… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/episodes/jul-14-s-bonaventure/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-14-s-bonaventure.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.