Christ is the Master Teacher

"Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart." (Mt 11:29)

"These words from St. Matthew's Gospel were spoken by the greatest Teacher in the World. They could also be the words of that perfect follower of Christ, St. Francis, and they are taken from the Gospel which is read on his feast day." That is how St. Bonaventure begins the sermon that he preached at Paris, October 4, 1255.

You can find this sermon and others by St. Bonaventure in The Disciple and The Master. It was translated and edited by Eric Doyle OFM. It is another old book published in 1983. It is one of my favorites because St. Bonaventure does not mince words. He gets right to the point.