Notes and Reflections for a talk on Franciscan Mysticism by Maury
Smith
10 Selected Bibliography.rtf
Franciscan
Mysticism Bibliography
Part
of Christian Mysticism Course
http://www.christianmysticismsa.org
Recommended
If you only have time for one book, read Hayes:
Hayes, Zachary. Bonaventure: Mystical Writings. NY: Crossroads, 1999.
Unfortunately this book is out of
print but it may be found on the internet
and in libraries. I will put a copy
on the reserve shelf at Oblate School of Theology..
Bonaventure. Writings on the Spiritual Life.
Works of Bonaventure, Volume X. Introduction and Notes by F. Edward
Coughlin.
Angela of Foligno.
Angela of Foligno Complete
Works: Classics of Western Spirituality by Paul Lachance and Romana Guarnieri. NY: Paulist Press, 1993.
On the web:
NOTE: Paschal Robinson is an older Franciscan Scholar. He
is cited here because his writings are in the public domain. Needless to say
scholarship has advanced since his days. But then few scholars accept anyone
else’s translation. Noel
For an article on Francis’ experience at San Damiano see Noel Muscat’s web page. The Crucifix of San Damiano.
http://www.ofm.org.mt/noelmuscat/articles.html
The Canticle of the Sun
of St. Francis, go to this web page.
The Testament of St. Francis, go to this web page.
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religion/monastic/francis/testament.html
Selected Bibliography
Francis of
Among other things this volume has the Writings of Francis, Celano’s Life of Francis and The Sacred Exchange between Saint Francis and Lady Poverty.
Francis of
Among other things this volume has Bonaventure’s Major Legend of Saint Francis, Celano’s Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul, The Legend of the Three Companions and The Assisi Compilation.
Francis of
Among other things this volume has The Mirror of Perfection, The Little Flowers of Saint Francis and the Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus.
(These three volumes are referred to as “FAED.” Francis of
Francis of
Armstrong, Edward A.. Saint Francis: Nature Mystic.
Blastic, Michael. “Franciscan
Spirituality.” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Ed. by Michael
Downey.
Bonaventure. Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: Works of
Bonaventure, Volume II. Introduction and Commentary by Philotheus
Boehner, OFM; New English Translation by Zachary Hayes, OFM.
Bonnefoy, Jean Francois. The
Cousins, Ewert. "Francis of
ed. Peter Berger. Garden City: Anchor Press, 1981.
“Francis of Assist and Christian Mysticism at the Crossroads,”
in Mysticism And Religious Traditions. ed Steven T. Katz,
“Franciscan Roots of Ignatian Meditation.” in Ignatain Spirituality in a Secular Age. ed.
George P. Schner.
Cunningham, Lawrence. Francis of
Cusato Michael F. “Esse ergo mitem e humilem corde, hoc est esse vere Fratrem
Minorem: Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
and the Reformulation of the Franciscan Charism,” in
Charisma und religiöse Gemeinschaften
im Mittelalter, eds.
Giancarlo Andenna, Mirko Breitenstein and Gert Melville (
________ Michael, Jacques Dalarum
and Carla Salvati.
The Stigmata of Francis of Assisk: New
Studies New Perspectives.
Dalarun, Jacques. The
Misadventure of Francis of
Superb: provides the manuscript tradition for the understanding of the early biographies of St. Francis and thus is a companion to FAED.
Dalarun, Jacques. Francis of
Daniel, E. Randolf. “Symbol or
Model? St Bonaventure's Use of St. Francis.” in Bonaventuriana
Miscellanea in onore di
Jacques Guy Bougerol, ofm a cura
di Francisco de Asis Chavero Blanco OFM
Vol. I Edizione Antonianum Roma 1988. pp. 55-62
Delio, Illia. The Canticle Of Brother Sun: A Song Of Christ Mysticism By Ilia Delio, OSF Franciscan Studies 52 (1992) pp 1-22.
“Toward a New Theology of Franciscan Contemplation: The Mysticism of the Historical Event. The Cord 46.3, (1996): 131-140.
…………... “Clare of
Doyle, Eric. St. Francis and the Song of Brotherhood and Sisterhood. NY: Seabury Press, 1981. Reprinted Franciscan Institute, 1997. ISBN: 1576590038 From the viewpoint of relating Francis to our times, still one of the best.
Frugoni, Chiara.
Francis of
Fumagalli, Edoardo. “Saint Francis, The Canticle, The Our Father.” Greyfriars Review 19 Sup. (2005) 1-87.
Gebhart, Emile and Hulme, Edward Maslin. The
Exultation of Franciscan Mysticism
Publisher: In Mystics and Hertics
in
Hammond, Jay. “Saint Francis’s Doxological Mysticism in
Light of His Prayers.” In, Francis of
____________ “Contemplation and the Formation of the Vir Spiritusalis in Bonaventure’s Collationes in Hexaemeron. in Franciscans at Prayer. ed. by Timothy J. Johnson.Boston: Brill, 2007. pp. 123-165
Hayes, Zachary. The Hidden Center.
____________. “The Theological Image Of St. Francis Of Assisi In The Sermon's Of St. Bonaventure,” in Bonaventuriana Miscellanea in onore di Jacques Guy Bougerol, ofm a cura di Francisco de Asis Chavero Blanco OFM Vol. I Edizione Antonianum Roma 1988. pp. 309-345
Hellman, J. A. Wayne. “The Seraph
in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima.” In That Others
may Know and Love: Essays in Honor of Zachariy Hayes.
ed. by Michael F. Cusato and F. Edward Coughlin.
…………... “Prayer in the Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano” in Franciscans at Prayer. ed. by Timothy J. Johnson.Boston: Brill, 2007.
Leclerc, Eloi.
The Canticle of Creatures: Symbols of
Longpre, Ephrem.
A Poor Man’s Peace.
See Chapter Seven Mystical Journey, pages 97-108. His diary and spiritual letters indicate that Longpre who was a Franciscan scholar, was also a mystic himself.
Manselli, Raoul.
St. Francis of
Matura, Thaddée. Francis of
Martignetti, Richard. Saint
Bonaventure’s Tree of Life: Theology of the Mystical Journey... (Pensiero Francescano, 2) Grottaferrata, 2004. ISBN 88-7013-362-1
May be obtained from Provincial Curia,
McGinn, Bernard. The Presence
of God A History of Western Christian Mysticism: Vol. III, The Flowering of
Mysticism, Men and Women in the New Mysticism – 1200-1350. NY: Crossroad
Herder Book, 1998. This will probably be a
classic. When finished it will be five
volumes. In Volume III McGinn deals with early
Franciscan Mysticism, the synthesis of Bonaventure and, men and women in the
Franciscan Tradition.
“Was St. Francis a Mystic?” in Doors of Understanding: Conversations on Global Spirituality in Honor of Ewett Cousins. ed. Steven Chase (Quincy, IL, Franciscan Press, 1997) pp145-74.
“Reflections on St. Francis at the New Millennium.” Franciscan Studies 58 (2000) pp 1-18.
Nicholson, D.H.
S.. The Mysticism of St. Francis of
Francisco de Osuna. The Third Spiritual Alphabet: The Classics of Western Spirituality. Trans. and Intro. by Mary F. Giles. NY: Paulist Press, 1981
Peter of Alcantara. Treatise on
Prayer and Meditation.
Peterson, Ingrid. “Images of the Crucified Christ in Clare
of
Smith, Maury. Notes and Guide to Bonaventure’s Itinerarium Mentis in Deum.
personal manuscript. Check out my course page: Formation
in the Franciscan Tradition: http://in.geocities.com/maurysmith/
Sorrell, Roger. St. Francis of
Tomkinson, Diane. “Angela of Foigno’s Spiral Pattern of Prayer.” in Franciscans at Prayer. ed. by Timothy J. Johnson.Boston: Brill, 2007. pp. 195-219.
Underhill, Evelyn.
“Franciscan Mysticism” (Chapter V) In Mystics of the Church.
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“A Franciscan Mystic Of The Thirteenth Century: The Blessed Angela Of Foligno.” In Franciscan Essays: Paul Sabatier and Others.
This is special, a mystic
discussing another mystics life and teachings. This talk can be found at http://www.christianmysticismsa.org/Year2.htm
__________ The Blessed Angela of Foligno
by (Paperback -
Wiseman, James “Mysticism” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. ed. Michael Downey. (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1993) 681-592
CD Audio:
Short, William, ofm, “Franciscan Theology and Mysticism” Disk 8: Topic 22:.
On the CD: St.
Francis of
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DVD:
The Virtual Basilica of Saint Francis of
Web Pages of Interest:
Franciscan Institute Library: http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/
Evelyn Undershill
web page. http://www.evelynunderhill.org/
Franciscan Studies by Noel
http://www.ofm.org.mt/noelmuscat/
Download The book of divine consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno from this web site: http://www.archive.org/details/divineconsolatio00angeuoft
For mysticism an extensive bibliography on the web: http://anamchara.com/bibliomystic/
Internet Guide to St. Bonaventure
http://www.franciscan-archive.org/bonaventura/
Excerpt from A Treatise on Prayer and Meditation by St. Peter of Alcántara
http://www.franciscan-archive.org/de_alcantara/opera/mentpryr.html
Check out my course page: Formation in the Franciscan
Tradition
I have added a Franciscan Mysticism section.
http://in.geocities.com/maurysmith/
Christian Mysticism Page