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This last small group of Bernard's sermons to be published in translation by Cistercian Publications rightly goes by the title De varii in the critical edition. While most of them treat feasts on the church calendar, they do so in a somewhat hit-or-miss fashion. Three sermons also deal with God's will, God's mercies, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Two sermons for the feast of Saint Victor are a response to a request to Bernard from the monks of Montiéramey; the Bollandist Life of Saint Victor appears here as a complement to those sermons. Besides the nine sermons normally assigned to the De varii, this volume also includes a sermon on the feast of Saint Benedict that was recently added to the collection in Sources Chrétiennes. The survival of this loose assemblage of sermons outside of the organized collections of Bernard's sermons provides a reminder of Bernard as preacher and writer, able despite all his other activities to turn his hand to preaching when called upon. While they treat of disparate themes, they allow us to encounter the quintessential Bernard-speaking of the life of desire, the true meaning of holiness, and the awakening of the spiritual senses in the search for God.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction by Alice Chapman xi
Sermon One: For Advent: On the Three Realms of the Dead 3
Sermon Two: For Epiphany 18
Sermon Three: For the Conversion of Saint Paul 28
Sermon Four: First Sermon for the Feast of Saint Victor 31
Sermon Five: Second Sermon for the Feast of Saint Victor 36
Sermon Six: On the Will of God 42
Sermon Seven: On the Mercies of the Lord 46
Sermon Eight: On the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit 50
Sermon Nine: On Saint Malachy 58
Sermon Ten: For the Feast of Saint Benedict 65
Appendix: The Life of Saint Victor by an Unknown but Ancient Author 77
Scriptural Index 85
Subject Index 90
