Tree of Life: Incarnation, Passion & Glory; Saint Bonaventure on the Christ Story

by Stephen Joseph Wolf (Editor)

Overview

Tree of Life: Incarnation, Passion & Glory, Saint Bonaventure on the Christ Story. This is Saint Bonaventure's 13th Century collection of fifty meditations on the Incarnation, Passion, and Glory of Jesus Christ. Following the 1978 translation by Dr. Ewert Cousins, parish priest of 22 years and spiritual director Stephen Joseph Wolf offers a paraphrase with brush-ink drawings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937081058
Publisher:	Idjc Press
Publication date:	05/30/2012
Series:	Faith Sharing Etc , #2
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Stephen Joseph Wolf is retired, a former parish priest (22 lents & holy weeks), spiritual director and retreat leader, and before that a certified public accountant (14 tax seasons), who before that worked as a landscaper, desk clerk, laundry worker, janitor, paper boy, and student, growing up the second of eight sons of a parish secretary and Nashville's best television repairman. He completed a B.S. at MTSU, an M.B.A. at Belmont University, and an M.Div. at Mundelein Seminary. He continues to write poems and songs and paint folk art icons, sing baritone for the LGBTQ+ chorus Nashville in Harmony, play the ukulele with Music for Seniors and others, volunteer as a bookkeeper for two non-profits, serve on the board of PFLAG Nashville, and gather with the LGBTQ+Catholic group Always God's Children. He lives in Nashville with his husband Billy.

Table of Contents

MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION WEEK ONE

1st Fruit: HIS DISTINGUISHED ORIGIN

Begotten of God

Prefigured

Sent from Heaven

Born of Mary

2nd Fruit: THE HUMILITY OF HIS WAY OF LIFE

Conformed to his Ancestors

Shown to the Magi

Submissive to the Law

Exiled from his Kingdom

WEEK TWO

3rd Fruit: THE LOFT OF HIS POWER

Heavenly Baptist

Tempted by the Enemy

Wonderful in his Miracles

Transfigured

4th Fruit: THE PLENITUDE OF HIS PIETY

The Solicitous Shepherd

Bathed with Tears

Acclaimed King of the World

Consecrated Bread

MYSTERY OF HIS PASSION WEEK THREE

5th Fruit: HIS CONFIDENCE IN TRIALS

Sold through Guile

Prostrate in Prayer

Surrounded by the Mob

Bound with Chains

6th Fruit: HIS PATIENCE IN BAD TREATMENT

Denied by his Own

Blindfolded

Handed Over to Pilate

Condemned to Death

WEEK FOUR

7th Fruit: HIS CONSTANCY UNDER TORTURE

Scorned by All

Nailed to the Cross

Linked with Thieves

Given Gall to Drink

8th Fruit: VICTORY IN THE CONFLICT OF DEATH

Sun Dimmed in Death

Pierced with a Lance

Dressed in Blood

Laid in the Tomb

MYSTERY OF HIS GLORY WEEK FIVE

9th Fruit: THE NOVELTY OF HIS RESURRECTION

Triumphant in Death

Rising in Blessedness

Extraordinary Beauty

Dominion over the Earth

10th Fruit: THE SUBLIMITY OF HIS ASCENSION

Leader of his Army

Lifted Up to Heaven

Giver of the Spirit

Freeing from Guilt

WEEK SIX

11th Fruit: THE EQUITY OF HIS JUDGMENT

Truthful Witness

Wrathful Judge

Glorious Conqueror

Adorned Spouse

12th Fruit: THE ETERNITY OF HIS KINGDOM

King and Son of the King

Inscribed Book

Fountain-Ray of Light

Desired End

Prayer to the Holy Spirit