Excerpt from Selections From the World's Devotional Classics, Vol. 3 of 10: Bonaventura to Catherine of Sienna In the beginning (john 1: 1) I invoke the First Principle, from whom, as from the Father of Lights (james descend all illuminations, from whom is every best and every perfect gift - that is, I invoke the Eter nal Father, through his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, that, by the intercession of the most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of the same God and our Lord Jesus Christ, and by that of the blessed Francis, our guide and father, he would illuminate the eyes of our soul (luke Phil. John to guide our feet into the way of that peace which passeth all sense, the peace which our Lord Jesus Christ preached and gave, of which preach ing our father, Saint Francis, was the re peater, in every sermon proclaiming peace at' the beginning and end; in every salutation wishing peace; in every contemplation sigh ing for ecstatic peace, as a citizen of that Jerusalem whereof it is said by that man of peace, who was peaceful with them who hated peace: Seek ye those things which are for the peace of Jerusalem (ps. 122: For he knew that the throne of Solomon was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.