Holiness of Life Being St Bonaventures Treatise de Perfectione Vitae Ad Sorores

Résumé du livre

Although written primarily for women living in Religion, St. Bonaventure's treatise on Holiness of Life (De Perfectione Vitae ad Sorores) will strongly appeal to every Catholic heart. Its value as a manual of spiritual reading, at once elevating, inspiriting and practical, can hardly be over-estimated. It opens an easy way to a sound and profitable self-knowledge; it wins the soul to Christian humility, and to an unworldliness which is the secret of a contented and joyful heart; it teaches a method of contemplation on the Passion of Our Lord, full of devout attractiveness; it reveals the secret of fruitful and heartfelt prayer. In a word it treats of the great and permanent things in spiritual life and practice, and does this with such living fervour that it sets our hearts on fire. Most Rev John McIntyre CONTENTS Preface 5 Foreword 8 Chapter I 12 True Self Knowledge Chapter II 19 True Humility Chapter III 29 Perfect Poverty Chapter IV 39 Silence Chapter V 46 The Practice of Prayer Chapter VI 59 The Remembrance of Chtist's Passion Chapter VII 74 The Perfect Love of God Chapter VIII 79 Final Perseverance