Contemplating Christ crucified, St. Bonaventure wrote:
Christ on the cross bows his head waiting for you, that he may kiss you; His arms outstretched, that he may embrace you, his hands are open, that he may enrich you; his body spread out, that he may give himself totally; his feet are nailed that he may stay there; his side is open for you, that he may let you enter there.
Reflecting on these words of St. Bonaventure, Ilia Delio writes:
The cross signifies the wedding between God and humanity...
For Bonaventure the humility of God is expressed most fully as the power of God's love in and through suffering and death. The centrality of the cross signifies a God who is radically involved with the world and ultimately concerned for the world's completion in love.
Our images of God inform the way we understand God and his creation. What are your images of God, and how do they shape your interpretation of God and the world?
