Saint Bonaventure describes a dynamic creation based on relationship- among the myriad of creatures, with God as source and destination and motivated by the same love shared by the Trinity. Both the Fall and subsequent Redemption, in a similar way to Saint Paul’s sweeping vision in Romans 1 and 8, are understood in the same context with Christ, standing in the center of everything, as the point of reference ordering and re-ordering everything that exists as many parts of a whole; like a dazzling mosaic of cosmic dimensions.
Fr Tom has recently published a ‘Pocket Bonaventure’ illustrated with his own beautiful paintings which can be found here https://taupublishing.com/book-store/ols/products/pocket-bonaventure-fr-tom-herbst-ofm
