St. Bonaventure's Life Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ

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

by Saint Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure's *Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ* is a devotional work that guides readers through the life of Jesus Christ. He encourages frequent meditation on Christ's life, believing it is a powerful tool for spiritual growth, virtue, and achieving Christian perfection. Bonaventure aims to make this knowledge accessible to all, writing in a clear and direct style, emphasizing the practical application of Christian principles for daily life.

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1: Chapter I. The Angels intercede for Man's redemption
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2: Chapter II. The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her seven petitions to God
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3: Chapter III. The Incarnation of Christ, and the angelical salutation of the Blessed Virgin
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4: Chapter IV. Our blessed Lady visits her cousin St. Elizabeth, in whose house the Magnificat and Benedictus were composed
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5: Chapter V. St. Joseph thinks of dismissing the Blessed Virgin, and God suffers his beloved to be afflicted
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6: Chapter VI. The Nativity of Jesus Christ
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7: Chapter VII. The Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ
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8: Chapter VIII. The Epiphany, or manifestation of our Lord Jesus
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9: Chapter IX. The Blessed Virgin remains at the crib at Bethlehem, till the full term of forty days is expired
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10: Chapter X. The Purification of our blessed Lady, or Candlemas-day
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11: Chapter XI. Christ's flight into Egypt
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12: Chapter XII. Our Lord's return from Egypt
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13: Chapter XIII. Our Lord remains at Jerusalem
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14: Chapter XIV. Our Lord's life from his twelfth to his thirtieth year
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15: Chapter XV. The Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ
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16: 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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17: Chapter XVII. Christ opens the book in the synagogue
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18: Chapter XVIII. He calls his disciples
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19: Chapter XIX. The conversion of water into wine at the marriage-feast
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20: Chapter XX. The sermon of our Lord on the mount, which he begins by poverty
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21: Chapter XXI. The servant of the centurion and the son of the prince cured
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22: Chapter XXII. The paralytic brought in to our Lord by the house-top and cured
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23: Chapter XXIII. Our Lord cures Simon's mother-in-law
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24: Chapter XXIV. Our Lord sleeps in the boat
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25: Chapter XXV. The widow's son raised by our Lord
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26: Chapter XXVI. Our Lord raises a girl from the dead, and cures Martha
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27: Chapter XXVII. The conversion of Magdalen, and other things
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28: Chapter XXVIII. John sends his disciples to Jesus
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29: Chapter XXIX. The death of St. John the Baptist
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30: 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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31: Chapter XXXI. The disciples of our Lord pluck ears of corn and eat them, through hunger, on the Sabbath
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32: 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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33: Chapter XXXIII. The man with a withered hand cured by our Lord Jesus
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34: Chapter XXXIV. The multiplication of the loaves, and how our Lord provides for those who truly love him
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35: Chapter XXXV. Our Lord's flight when they would have made him king; and against worldly honors in general
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36: Chapter XXXVI. Our Lord prays on the mount; and descending walks on the waters; some reflections on prayer
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37: 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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38: Chapter XXXVIII. The Pharisees and others scandalized at the words of our Lord
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39: Chapter XXXIX. The reward promised by our Lord to those who forsake all for him
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40: Chapter XL. Our Lord Jesus asks his disciples what the Jews say of him
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41: Chapter XLI. The glorious transfiguration of our Lord Jesus on Mount Tabor
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42: Chapter XLII. Our Lord casts the buyers and sellers out of the temple
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43: Chapter XLIII. The sick man who was healed at the water in Jerusalem, called Probatica Piscina
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44: 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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45: 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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46: Chapter XLVI. The Jews seek to ensnare our Lord by his own words
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47: Chapter XLVII. The blind man restored to sight at Jericho; etc.
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48: Chapter XLVIII. Our Lord goes into the house of Zacheus
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49: Chapter XLIX. Christ gives sight to the man born blind
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50: Chapter L. Our Lord retreats from the temple to hide himself, when the Jews would have stoned him
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51: Chapter LI. The Jews seek a second time to stone him
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52: Chapter LII. The raising of Lazarus
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53: Chapter LIII. Christ curses the fig-tree
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54: Chapter LIV. The woman detected in adultery
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55: Chapter LV. The conspiracy of the Jews against Christ, and his flight into the city of Ephraim
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56: Chapter LVI. Our Lord's return to Bethania, where Mary Magdalen anoints his feet
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57: Chapter LVII. Our Lord Jesus comes to Jerusalem en Palm Sunday riding on an ass
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58: Chapter LVIII. What our Lord Jesus did from Palm Sunday to the following Thursday
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59: Chapter LIX. Our Lord's supper the night before his passion, and circumstances relating to it
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60: Chapter LX. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and his prayer in the garden
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61: Chapter LXI. Our Lord Jesus betrayed by Judas
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62: Chapter LXII. Our blessed Lord is carried before Pilate, scourged at the pillar, and crowned with thorns
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63: 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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64: Chapter LXIV. Our Lord Jesus Christ is nailed to the cross
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65: Chapter LXV. The words which our Lord spoke while hanging upon the cross: he yields up his spirit
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66: Chapter LXVI. The opening of our blessed Saviour's side with a spear
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67: Chapter LXVII. The descent of our Lord from the cross
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68: Chapter LXVIII. The embalming and burial of our Lord's body
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69: Chapter LXIX. Our blessed Lady's departure from the sepulchre, and return to Mount Sion
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70: Chapter LXX. A meditation on our blessed Lady's conversation with her devout companions
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71: Chapter LXXI. Our Lord Jesus descends into the Limbo of the Fathers
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72: Chapter LXXII. The glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus, and his appearance first to his mother
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73: Chapter LXXIII. The coming of the three Marys to the sepulchre, etc.
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74: Chapter LXXIV. Our Lord's appearance to the holy women
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75: Chapter LXXV. Our Lord's appearance to Joseph, to James the less, and to Peter
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76: Chapter LXXVI. Christ returns to the holy Fathers after his resurrection
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77: Chapter LXXVII. Christ appears to the two disciples going to Emmaus
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78: Chapter LXXVIII. Our Lord appears to the disciples who were shut up on the day of the resurrection
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79: Chapter LXXIX. Our Lord appears to the disciples on the octave of Easter, when St. Thomas was with them
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80: Chapter LXXX. Our Lord appears to his disciples in Galilee
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81: Chapter LXXXI. He appears to them again near the sea of Tiberias
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82: Chapter LXXXII. Our Lord appears to more than five hundred disciples together; some remarks relating to his apparitions in general
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83: Chapter LXXXIII. The glorious ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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84: Chapter LXXXIV. The coming of the Holy Ghost
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85: Appendix. Rhythmical Prayer to the Sacred Members of Jesus hanging upon the Cross. By St. Bernard
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