MIRROR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

by St. Bonaventure

CONTENTS

I. ON THE ANGELICAL SALUTATION

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

III. THE MEANINGS OF THE NAME MARY

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

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

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

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

VIII. MARY SHARES ALL GIFTS WITH THE LORD

IX. "THE LORD IS WITH THEE"

X. MARY THE DAUGHTER, MOTHER, SPOUSE, AND HANDMAID OF THE LORD

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

XII. MARY A ROD OR STEM, AND A FLOWERING STEM

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

XIV. MARY IS BLESSED ON ACCOUNT OF HER FULLNESS OF GRACE, THE MAJESTY OF HER OFFSPRING, THE MULTITUDE OF HER MERCIES, THE GREATNESS OF HER GLORY

XV. MARY IS BLESSED BY THE SEVEN VIRTUES AGAINST THE SEVEN CAPITAL VICES

XVI. WHO AND WHAT WAS THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF BLESSED MARY

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

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