Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by Bonaventure

Saint Bonaventure composed these two plays on the Virgin Mary, to celebrate the Lord 's Daughter. And as he says in his Mirror of the Blessed Virgin "... to offer this poor script of mine to so great a Queen, that in it, so to speak, as in a dim mirror, the simpler lovers of this great Queen should in some imperfect way perceive who and how great she is ..." As he always writes with all his heart to reflect Mary 's life, grace, and glory. He also paraphrases the 150 Psalms in the Blessed Virgin Mary's Psalter to honor and exalt Virgin Mary 's role as Mother of God and Mediatrix of mankind.

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2009

About the author

Bonaventure (b. 1221 as John of Fidanza) was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonized on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in the year 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (Latin: "Doctor Seraphicus"). Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventura.

Reviews

[SUSAN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stirring the flames of charity!

St. Bonaventure explains the Angelic Salutation in 18 short, well organized chapters, bolstering his meditations with Old and New Testament quotations. This little book will increase your love of Our Lord and Our Lady, and increase your devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament.

[Rusty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit repetitive at points but very good reasons for why Mary is so highly revered