The Tree of Life — Bonaventure

Meditation on Christ's Life

The Tree of Life

Bonaventure · 1221–1274

Bonaventure imagined the whole life of Christ as a living tree, its branches heavy with fruit — each a scene to taste by being vividly present to it. Pick one fruit, and let your heart meet his.

Sound

St Bonaventure, The Tree of Life (Lignum Vitae), prologue.