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Introduction 55 by conformity with the image of the Crucified. 173 To suffer with Christ, is to share in his glory as well. That is why the sorrowful meditation on the passion is changed to the joy of celestial consolation when Christ’s glory is revealed. 174 In the remaining Sundays of the liturgical year, Bonaventure accentuates for his confreres the salvific memory of the passion, particularly evident in the preaching and sacramental mission of the Church. In On Pentecost, Bonaventure integrates the passion into the evangelical preaching of the apostles. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit gifts them with divine eloquence to proclaim the glory of God initiated in the incarnation, continued without diminution in the passion, and experienced in the reception of the Spirit. 175 Images of Christ as banquet host, 176 physician, 177 administrator, 178 and woman in search of a lost drachma 179 reinforce the goodness of salvation offered by Christ through his weakened body and soul in the passion. 180 Battered by suffering and stripped of everything on the cross, the nude Christ is the memorable exemplar for evangelical poverty. 181 Quoting 1 Peter 2:21 in the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Bonaventure writes, “Whence Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example that you may follow in his steps. Oh sweetest word, what truest word, worthy or all remembrance and praise!” 182 This most pleasant of memories, juxtaposed with the im- 173 Sermo 24, n. 8, Sermones dominicales, 307. 174 Sermo 24, n. 12, Sermones dominicales, 308. 175 Sermo 27, n. 8, Sermones dominicales, 324. 176 Sermo 29, n. 1, Sermones dominicales, 334. 177 Sermo 30, n. 7, Sermones dominicales, 344, Sermo 43, n. 6, Sermones dominicales, 428, Sermo 45, n. 1, Sermones dominicales, 441. 178 Sermo 35, n. 1, Sermones dominicales, 373. 179 Sermo 30, n. 11, Sermones dominicales, 347. 180 Sermo 30, n. 11, Sermones dominicales, 347. 181 Sermo 31, n. 3, Sermones dominicales, 350-51. 182 Sermo 31, n. 8, Sermones dominicales, 353-54. BTTSXII.indd 55 11/20/07 12:18:28
56 The Sunday Sermons of St. Bonaventure age of the cross, stands in sharp contrast to the memory of worldly delights the devil employs to seduce those who have escaped from sin. 183 Bonaventure treats the sacramental, indeed sensual, dimension of this appeal to the passion and the cross in the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. When considering ecclesial architecture and the nature of liturgical space, he notes the cross represents the altar of Christ’s eucharistic sacrifice. To partake of the sacramental body and blood is to taste a satiating sweetness that simultaneously quiets the appetite of the soul and stills the distractions of the mind. 184 According to Bonaventure’s reading of the Good Samaritan parable, the Eucharist and other sacraments derive their medicinal efficacy from the passion since Christ healed humanity in his crucified body. 185 This restorative or healing power 186 is accompanied by informed, doctrinal preaching so that wayfarers, who are fortified by the sacraments, may return to their eternal homeland. 187 Conclusion The Sunday Sermons of Saint Bonaventure are a compelling testimony to his pastoral commitment to the Minorite confreres entrusted to his guidance, and his deep seated concern for the entire ecclesial community to whom they preached. Convinced of their evangelical mission on the cusp of the final age, 188 he invites and encourages each confrere in his care to follow Christ with him 183 Sermo 33, n. 13, Sermones dominicales, 366. 184 Sermo 36, n. 5, Sermones dominicales, 381. On the passion, the cross and the Eucharist, see also Sermo 23, n. 4, Sermones dominicales, 299. 185 Sermo 39, n. 12, Sermones dominicales, 404. 186 Sermo 43, n. 1, Sermones dominicales, 426-27. 187 Sermo 39, n. 13, Sermones dominicales, 404-05. 188 See FA:ED, vol. 2, 527, note a. BTTSXII.indd 56 11/20/07 12:18:28
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