Saint Bonaventure, part 4
We conclude our series on Bonaventure by examining the fifth and sixth stages of mystical ascent, followed by a “seventh stage” of true union
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Hopkins’ Stonyhurst poem to Our Lady
The Blessed Virgin Mary is to us in our spiritual lives what air is in our physical lives: critical, life-giving, all-encompassing, and gently filtering the light of God’s grace
Saint Bonaventure, part 3
We continue our exploration of Saint Bonaventure’s mystical theology, focusing on the third and fourth stages of ascent in the ‘Itinerarium’
Saint Bonaventure, part 2
Explore the first two stages of mystical ascent according to Saint Bonaventure’s ‘Itinerarium Mentis in Deum’
Saint Bonaventure, part 1
This introduction to the life of Saint Bonaventure will set the stage for the next three reflections on the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
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Saint Teresa of Avila, part 4
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Saint Teresa of Avila, part 3
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