Bonaventure Quotes

• Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God

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  Meditation, Divine, Creatures

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• The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue.

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  Religious, Men, Perfect

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• Cristo tiene algo en común con todas las criaturas. Con la piedra comparte la existencia, con las plantas comparte la vida, con los animales comparte la sensación y con los ángeles comparte la inteligencia. Así, todas las cosas se transforman en Cristo, ya que en la plenitud de su naturaleza abarca alguna parte de cada criatura.

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  Angel, Animal, Stones

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• Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

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  Religious, Powerful, Army

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• Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

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  Oil, Lamps, Charity

  Saint Bonaventure, Aeterna Press (1881). “The Life of Christ”, p.99, Aeterna Press

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• Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.

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  Love, Doctors, Theology

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• Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure.

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  Change, Giving, Littles

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• En las cosas bellas veía San Francisco la Belleza misma, y a través de sus vestigios impresos en la creación seguía a su Amado a todas partes, haciendo de todas las cosas una escalera por la que podía subir y abrazar a Aquel que es totalmente deseable.

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  Beautiful, Ladders, Saws

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• To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?

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  Use, Taste, Knows

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• Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.

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  Religious, Children, Mary

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• Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

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  Physicians, Needs, Infirmity

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• Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors ... He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins ... He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven ... Not only will those from whom Mary turns her countenance not be saved, but there will be no hope of their salvation ... No one can be saved without the protection of Mary.

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  Christian, Art, Blessed

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• It maketh God man, and man God; things temporal, eternal; mortal, immortal; it maketh an enemy a friend, a servant a son, vile things glorious, cold hearts fiery, and hard thing liquid.

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  Corazón, Hijo, Hombres

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