"The supreme perfection of man in this life is to be so united to God that all his soul with all its faculties and powers are so gathered into the Lord God that he becomes one spirit with him, and remembers nothing except God, is aware of and recognises nothing but God, but with all his desires unified by the joy of love, he rests contentedly in the enjoyment of his Maker alone."

St Albert the Great

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"A person who rails at God in adversity, suffers without merit; moreover by his lack of resignation he adds to his punishment in the next life and experiences greater disquietude of mind in this life."

St Alphonsus de Liguori

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"God speaks to us without ceasing by his good inspirations."

The Cure D'Ars

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St Bonaventure  (1221 - 1274)
 

THE MIND'S ROAD TO GOD

by St Bonaventure

CONTENTS

 
Preface

Biographical Note On St. Bonaventura

Introduction

Selected Bibliography

THE MIND'S ROAD TO GOD

Prologue

THE MENDICANT'S VISION IN THE WILDERNESS
1. Of the Stages in the Ascent to God and of His Reflection in His Traces in the Universe.
2. Of the Reflection of God in His Traces in the Sensible World.
3. Of the Reflection of God in His Image Stamped upon Our Natural Powers.
4. Of the Reflection of God in His Image Reformed by the Gifts of Grace.
5. Of the Reflection of the Divine Unity in Its Primary Name, Which Is Being.
6. Of the Reflection of the Most Blessed Trinity in Its Name, Which Is Good.
7. Of the Mental and Mystical Elevation, in Which Repose Is Given to the Intellect When the Affections Pass Entirely into God through Elevation.