{"product_id":"the-life-of-christ-a-retreat-on-the-tree-of-life","title":"The Life of Christ: A Retreat on the Tree of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe old Life of Christ treasured under Bonaventure's name, walked over twelve days on his Tree of Life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=YKiApaih0M7oLbEuWWxbIsmssKwIEvSXIwmJwRfheCX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover coming soon.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"mailto:hadley@sanctifiedsouls.net?subject=Tell%20me%20when%20The%20Life%20of%20Christ%20hardcover%20is%20available\"\u003eEmail me when avail!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Bonaventure once set before the eyes of his mind a tree. The Seraphic Doctor, friend of St. Thomas Aquinas and second founder of the Franciscans, imagined the whole life of Our Lord as a Tree of Life standing in the paradise of God, bearing twelve fruits in three branches: the mysteries of His Origin, His Passion, and His Glory. To meditate on them, he taught, is to gather and eat the fruit of the Tree, and to draw its sweetness into the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e walks that tree over twelve days. It is a guided retreat, not a reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve fruits in three mysteries: the Incarnation, the Nativity, the Magi, the hidden years; the Kingdom, the Agony, the Cross, the opened Heart; the Resurrection, the Ascension, Pentecost, and the life of glory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach day's reading drawn verbatim from the old Life of Christ, with a Sanctified Souls reflection, Douay Scripture, and a prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA life of St. Bonaventure, and his one counsel: be present at the mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA treasury of prayers to the Life of Christ: the \u003cem\u003eAnima Christi\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEn Ego\u003c\/em\u003e, the prayers of St. Bonaventure and St. Francis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-color plates: original Sanctified Souls paintings with two public-domain masters (Hofmann, Velázquez)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA journaling section, with a page for each fruit of the Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll doctrinal content follows the constant teaching of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter St. Bonaventure, translated by Rev. W. H. Hutchings (1888)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScripture from the Douay-Rheims Bible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctified Souls, The Devotional Series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 6 × 9, 84 pages, printed in full color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaste, and see that the Lord is good.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanctified Souls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52927727075609,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4616\/0921\/files\/life-of-christ-front.jpg?v=1785624416","url":"https:\/\/sanctifiedsouls.com\/products\/the-life-of-christ-a-retreat-on-the-tree-of-life","provider":"Sanctified Souls","version":"1.0","type":"link"}