When the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her son and called him Moses; for she said, "I drew him out of the water." (Ex 2:1-15a)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071525.cfm
Moses gets his name from the Egyptian word for water or to draw water. Of course, Moses will draw his people to freedom. When the papal representatives arrived at the monastery to give Saint Bonaventure the cardinal’s hat (the galero), it happened to be his day to wash dishes for the community. So he made the papal representatives wait until he had finished the dishes. They got tired of waiting and left the cardinal’s hat hanging in the tree in the garden. Today’s hymn in honor of Saint Bonaventure is from an East Indian Catholic Community. https://youtu.be/hOOErecY-mY?si=L8TkCQTWFFPGqDcp
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Bonaventure, bishop & doctor, July 15
