When we follow her we do not loose the way; When we pray to her we do not despair; When we think of her we do not go astray. When she holds us we do not fall; When she guides us we do not grow weary. O Mary your maternal heart embraces sinners despised by the whole world and does not abandon them till they are reconciled to their judge. St Bonaventure.
“Deliver me, O Lady, from all evil: and from the infernal enemy defend me. Against me he hath drawn his bow: and in his craftiness he hath laid snares for me. Restrain his evil power: and powerfully crush his craft. Turn back his iniquity on his own head: and let him speedily fall into the pit which he hath made. But we will rejoice in thy service: and we will glory in thy praise.” ― Bonaventure, The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary by St Bonaventure “Hear my prayer, O Lady: upon a firm rock establish my mind. Be thou to me a tower of strength: protect me from the face of the cruel destroyer. Be thou to him terrible as an army in battle array: and may he fall living into the depths of hell. For thou art shining and terrible: a cloud full of dew, and the rising dawn. Thou art beautiful and bright as the full moon: thy sacred aspect is as when the sun shines in its strength.” ― Bonaventure, The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary by St Bonaventure
Love the picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I have 1 at home I havent put up yet with some prophetic in Spanish.
Great article concerning St. Bonaventure http://unveilingtheapocalypse.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-angel-of-seven-thunders.html
Thank you for these wonderful psalters. I think our Holy Mother is our armor in these subtle savage wars we are suffering.
I have grown very fond of St. Bonaventure. He was such an intellectual, many times over my daft head. But I have been drawn to reading more of him and he is quite profound. I did a Lenten retreat this past Lent with St. Bonaventure and a group of Franciscans and it was very fruitful
