Mirror Of The Blessed Virgin Mary by Saint Bonaventure

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MIRROR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

by Saint Bonaventure

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER I -ON THE ANGELICAL SALUTATION

CHAPTER II -FREEDOM OF MARY FROM THE THREEFOLD WOE OF ACTUAL SIN, FROM THE THREEFOLD WOE OF ORIGINAL MISERY, AND FROM THE THREEFOLD WOE OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER III -THE MEANINGS OF THE NAME MARY

CHAPTER IV -THE NAME OF THE BLESSED MARY IS FREE FROM ALL VICE AND RESPLENDENT WITH EVERY VIRTUE

CHAPTER V -THE GRACE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS TRUE, IMMENSE, MANIFOLD, AND EXCEEDINGLY USEFUL

CHAPTER VI -THE FOURFOLD GRACE IN MARY--OF GIFTS, OF SPEECH, OF PRIVILEGES, AND OF REWARDS

CHAPTER VII -THE NINE PLENITUDES IN MARY, WHICH REPRESENT THE NINE CHOIRS OF THE ANGELS IN GLORY

CHAPTER VIII -MARY SHARES ALL GIFTS WITH THE LORD

CHAPTER IX -"THE LORD IS WITH THEE"

CHAPTER X -MARY THE DAUGHTER, MOTHER, SPOUSE, AND HANDMAID OF THE LORD

CHAPTER XI -MARY FOR HER OWN SAKE AND FOR OURS IS FITLY COMPARED TO THE AURORA

CHAPTER XII -MARY A ROD OR STEM, AND A FLOWERING STEM

CHAPTER XIII -MARY COMPARED TO A QUEEN ENTERING INTO THE PALACE WITH THE KING

CHAPTER XIV -MAJESTY OF HER OFFSPRING, THE MULTITUDE OF HER MERCIES, THE GREATNESS OF HER GLORY

CHAPTER XV -MARY IS BLESSED BY THE SEVEN VIRTUES AGAINST THE SEVEN CAPITAL VICES

CHAPTER XVI -WHO AND WHAT WAS THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF BLESSED MARY

CHAPTER XVII -TO WHOM THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF THE BLESSED MARY BELONGS, AND TO WHOM IT IS DUE

CHAPTER XVIII -TO WHOM THE RESULTS OF THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF MARY ARE NECESSARY, AND OF ITS TWELVE ADVANTAGES

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