St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Author: Saint Bonaventure

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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

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St. Bonaventure's PrefaceChapter I. The Angels intercede for Man's redemptionChapter II. The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her seven petitions to GodChapter III. The Incarnation of Christ, and the angelical salutation of the Blessed VirginChapter IV. Our blessed Lady visits her cousin St. Elizabeth, in whose house the Magnificat and Benedictus were composedChapter V. St. Joseph thinks of dismissing the Blessed Virgin, and God suffers his beloved to be afflictedChapter VI. The Nativity of Jesus ChristChapter VII. The Circumcision of our Lord Jesus ChristChapter VIII. The Epiphany, or manifestation of our Lord JesusChapter IX. The Blessed Virgin remains at the crib at Bethlehem, till the full term of forty days is expiredChapter X. The Purification of our blessed Lady, or Candlemas-dayChapter XI. Christ's flight into EgyptChapter XII. Our Lord's return from EgyptChapter XIII. Our Lord remains at JerusalemChapter XIV. Our Lord's life from his twelfth to his thirtieth yearChapter XV. The Baptism of our Lord Jesus ChristChapter 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 miraclesChapter XVII. Christ opens the book in the synagogueChapter XVIII. He calls his disciplesChapter XIX. The conversion of water into wine at the marriage-feastChapter XX. The sermon of our Lord on the mount, which he begins by povertyChapter XXI. The servant of the centurion and the son of the prince curedChapter XXII. The paralytic brought in to our Lord by the house-top and curedChapter XXIII. Our Lord cures Simon's mother-in-lawChapter XXIV. Our Lord sleeps in the boatChapter XXV. The widow's son raised by our LordChapter XXVI. Our Lord raises a girl from the dead, and cures MarthaChapter XXVII. The conversion of Magdalen, and other thingsChapter XXVIII. John sends his disciples to JesusChapter XXIX. The death of St. John the BaptistChapter 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 himselfChapter XXXI. The disciples of our Lord pluck ears of corn and eat them, through hunger, on the SabbathChapter XXXII. The Jews having driven our Lord Jesus out of the city to the top of a steep mountain, endeavor to throw him down thenceChapter XXXIII. The man with a withered hand cured by our Lord JesusChapter XXXIV. The multiplication of the loaves, and how our Lord provides for those who truly love himChapter XXXV. Our Lord's flight when they would have made him king; and against worldly honors in generalChapter XXXVI. Our Lord prays on the mount; and descending walks on the waters; some reflections on prayerChapter XXXVII. Christ relieves the daughter of the woman of Canaan who was possessed with the devil; our guardian angels faithfully assist usChapter XXXVIII. The Pharisees and others scandalized at the words of our LordChapter XXXIX. The reward promised by our Lord to those who forsake all for himChapter XL. Our Lord Jesus asks his disciples what the Jews say of himChapter XLI. The glorious transfiguration of our Lord Jesus on Mount TaborChapter XLII. Our Lord casts the buyers and sellers out of the templeChapter XLIII. The sick man who was healed at the water in Jerusalem, called Probatica PiscinaChapter XLIV. Our Lord Jesus received by the two sisters, Mary and Martha; and of the two sorts of lives signified therebyChapter 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 LordChapter XLVI. The Jews seek to ensnare our Lord by his own wordsChapter XLVII. The blind man restored to sight at Jericho; etc.Chapter XLVIII. Our Lord goes into the house of ZacheusChapter XLIX. Christ gives sight to the man born blindChapter L. Our Lord retreats from the temple to hide himself, when the Jews would have stoned himChapter LI. The Jews seek a second time to stone himChapter LII. The raising of LazarusChapter LIII. Christ curses the fig-treeChapter LIV. The woman detected in adulteryChapter LV. The conspiracy of the Jews against Christ, and his flight into the city of EphraimChapter LVI. Our Lord's return to Bethania, where Mary Magdalen anoints his feetChapter LVII. Our Lord Jesus comes to Jerusalem en Palm Sunday riding on an assChapter LVIII. What our Lord Jesus did from Palm Sunday to the following ThursdayChapter LIX. Our Lord's supper the night before his passion, and circumstances relating to itChapter LX. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and his prayer in the gardenChapter LXI. Our Lord Jesus betrayed by JudasChapter LXII. Our blessed Lord is carried before Pilate, scourged at the pillar, and crowned with thornsChapter LXIII. Our Lord is condemned to suffer a cruel death on the cross, and compelled to carry the same to Mount CalvaryChapter LXIV. Our Lord Jesus Christ is nailed to the crossChapter LXV. The words which our Lord spoke while hanging upon the cross: he yields up his spiritChapter LXVI. The opening of our blessed Saviour's side with a spearChapter LXVII. The descent of our Lord from the crossChapter LXVIII. The embalming and burial of our Lord's bodyChapter LXIX. Our blessed Lady's departure from the sepulchre, and return to Mount SionChapter LXX. A meditation on our blessed Lady's conversation with her devout companionsChapter LXXI. Our Lord Jesus descends into the Limbo of the FathersChapter LXXII. The glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus, and his appearance first to his motherChapter LXXIII. The coming of the three Marys to the sepulchre, etc.Chapter LXXIV. Our Lord's appearance to the holy womenChapter LXXV. Our Lord's appearance to Joseph, to James the less, and to PeterChapter LXXVI. Christ returns to the holy Fathers after his resurrectionChapter LXXVII. Christ appears to the two disciples going to EmmausChapter LXXVIII. Our Lord appears to the disciples who were shut up on the day of the resurrectionChapter LXXIX. Our Lord appears to the disciples on the octave of Easter, when St. Thomas was with themChapter LXXX. Our Lord appears to his disciples in GalileeChapter LXXXI. He appears to them again near the sea of TiberiasChapter LXXXII. Our Lord appears to more than five hundred disciples together; some remarks relating to his apparitions in generalChapter LXXXIII. The glorious ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus ChristChapter LXXXIV. The coming of the Holy GhostAppendix. Rhythmical Prayer to the Sacred Members of Jesus hanging upon the Cross. By St. Bernard

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