Wisdom to Ponder
Having worked almost 40 years with the Journey into God of St. Bonaventure, we were drawn by some of his wisdom that springs forth throughout the entire manuscript. We have gathered several wisdom statements for you to ponder.
Originally published as individual cards accompanied by a photo, we now offer them here for your personal meditation.
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Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Prologue
In the beginning I call upon that Eternal Source
from whom all illumination flows
as from the God of lights
from whom comes every good and perfect gift.
Made Fit
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
At creation humanity was made fit for the quiet of contemplation.
Creation
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 1
Open your eyes,
alert your spiritual ears,
unlock your lips and
apply youur heart
so that in all creation
you may see, hear, praise, love and adore,
magnify and honor your God.
Within
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
We return to our interior
where we see God in the splendor of the Saints,
and in them, as in our bed, we sleep in peace.
Related
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter IV
We are made to be a daughter of God,
a spouse,
and a friend.
Prayer
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 1
Prayer is the mother
and the wellspring
of the upward movement into God.
Psyche
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 3
It becomes clear that the psyche itself
has the capacity for God and the ability
to participation in God.
Being
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
For the most pure being
is an intelligible sphere
whose center is everywhere
and whose circumference
is nowhere.
Participate in God
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
It becomes clear that the psyche itself has the capacity for God and the ability to participation in God.
Rooted
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Let us be rooted
and grounded
in love.
Proportions
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
There is no beauty
or delight
without proportion.
Happiness
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Happiness is nothing other
than the enjoyment
of the highest Good.
Every Creature
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 1
For every creature is by nature
a kind of copy
and representation.
Mirror
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
The mirror of the external world
is of little significance
unless our interior mirror is cleansed and polished.
Flooded
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Flooded with all thes intellectual lights,
we are inhabited
by the divine Wisdom.
Puzzle
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Totally immersed in deceptions,
the human person is unable to reenter into itself
as the image of God.
Desire
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Desire tends above all to that
which is loved the most.
And that which is loved the most is happiness.
In God
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
From God and through God and in God are all things, for God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good.
Fountain of Delight
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
It is in God alone,
that the true fountain of delight
is to be found.
Close
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 3
Behold, therfore, how close the psyche is to God.
and how memory leads to eternity.
the intellect leads to truth,
and the power of choice
leads to the highest Good.
Echo
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
Creatures are shadows, echoes, and pictures of that eternal Source,
Light, and Fullness.
At Peace
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God
We arrive at peace
by which the truly contemplative person
is filled with the light of heavenly wisdom.
Attention
Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Journey into God, Chapter 7
Little attention should be given to investigation
and much to zeal,
little to speech but much to interior joy,
little to words and all to the gift of the God.
