St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by Saint Bonaventure
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- Languages: English
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Seeing himself as "unequal to so great a task", St. Bonaventure nevertheless endeavored to introduce his readers to the practice of "the most beneficial of all devout exercises, and that which is most capable of leading [them] to the summit of Christian perfection": the contemplation of the life of Our Lord. By "frequent and habitual meditations on that divine subject" even "very illiterate persons" have been raised to such "familiarity, confidence, and love of him" that they have become "profoundly versed in the most sublime mysteries of God". What better way "to arm our breast against the flattering, yet fleeting vanities of the world; to render us steady amidst tribulations and adversities; and finally, to preserve us from vice, and facilitate the possession of every virtue"? He addresses his reader in "plain and unpolished" language, "that you may the more easily comprehend the matter here treated, and study rather to improve your mind and heart than flatter your ears." "I hope still more, that if you are but diligent in the exercise of this devout study, that the Lord, whose life is here treated of, will become your master and instructor." - Summary by ekortright
Chapters
Chapter III. The Incarnation of Christ, and the angelical salutation of the Blessed Virgin
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Chapter IV. Our blessed Lady visits her cousin St. Elizabeth, in whose house the Magnificat and Benedictus were composed
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Chapter V. St. Joseph thinks of dismissing the Blessed Virgin, and God suffers his beloved to be afflicted
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Chapter IX. The Blessed Virgin remains at the crib at Bethlehem, till the full term of forty days is expired
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Chapter XVI. The fast and temptation of Christ; his return to his mother; the four means to attain to a perfect purity of heart; the great advantages of prayer; the resistance to be made to gluttony; why, and for whom God works his miracles
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Chapter XXX. The conference our Lord had with the Samaritan woman, as he sat, being faint and wearied, by the side of the well to rest himself
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Chapter XXXI. The disciples of our Lord pluck ears of corn and eat them, through hunger, on the Sabbath
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Chapter XXXII. The Jews having driven our Lord Jesus out of the city to the top of a steep mountain, endeavor to throw him down thence
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Chapter XXXIV. The multiplication of the loaves, and how our Lord provides for those who truly love him
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Chapter XXXV. Our Lord's flight when they would have made him king; and against worldly honors in general
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Chapter XXXVI. Our Lord prays on the mount; and descending walks on the waters; some reflections on prayer
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Chapter XXXVII. Christ relieves the daughter of the woman of Canaan who was possessed with the devil; our guardian angels faithfully assist us
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Chapter XLIII. The sick man who was healed at the water in Jerusalem, called Probatica Piscina
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Chapter XLIV. Our Lord Jesus received by the two sisters, Mary and Martha; and of the two sorts of lives signified thereby
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Chapter XLV. Our Lord warns the Jews that the church shall devolve on the Gentiles, in the parable of the husbandmen who killed the son of their Lord
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Chapter L. Our Lord retreats from the temple to hide himself, when the Jews would have stoned him
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Chapter LV. The conspiracy of the Jews against Christ, and his flight into the city of Ephraim
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Chapter LIX. Our Lord's supper the night before his passion, and circumstances relating to it
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Chapter LXII. Our blessed Lord is carried before Pilate, scourged at the pillar, and crowned with thorns
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Chapter LXIII. Our Lord is condemned to suffer a cruel death on the cross, and compelled to carry the same to Mount Calvary
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Chapter LXV. The words which our Lord spoke while hanging upon the cross: he yields up his spirit
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Chapter LXIX. Our blessed Lady's departure from the sepulchre, and return to Mount Sion
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Chapter LXX. A meditation on our blessed Lady's conversation with her devout companions
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Chapter LXXII. The glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus, and his appearance first to his mother
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Chapter LXXVIII. Our Lord appears to the disciples who were shut up on the day of the resurrection
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Chapter LXXIX. Our Lord appears to the disciples on the octave of Easter, when St. Thomas was with them
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Chapter LXXXII. Our Lord appears to more than five hundred disciples together; some remarks relating to his apparitions in general
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Appendix. Rhythmical Prayer to the Sacred Members of Jesus hanging upon the Cross. By St. Bernard
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