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The sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux evoke the inner conversion of the human person who is open to the Word/words, the external conversion that is submission to the obedience of community life, and, finally, the personal recognition of the true nature of the divine Word. This volume contains Saint Bernard's sermons for the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter. Included are sermons for the Purification, Septuagesima, the feast of Saint Benedict, and the feast of the Annunciation, all of which are interpreted by Bernard in light of the paschal mystery. In the sermons for Lent, especially, one gets to know a more hesitant and searching Bernard than appears in his other liturgical sermons.
This volume is the third of a projected five volumes of Bernard's liturgical sermons.
Contents
Contents
Introduction vii
Editorial Note lxv
Table of Abbreviations lxvii
The Sermons
On the Feast of the Purification of Holy Mary
Sermon One: On the Canticle: We have received 3
Sermon Two: On the Manner of the Procession and Its Significance 7
Sermon Three: On Moses' Precept and the Offering of the Morning Sacrifice 10
Septuagesima
Sermon One: Of the Ten Precepts and the Seven Hindrances
Holding Us Back from Them 14
Sermon Two: Of the Threefold Sleep 20
Lent
Sermon One: On the Principle of Fasting, Based on the Lord's Words,
Anoint your head and wash your face 24
Sermon Two: How We Should be Converted to the Lord 30
Sermon Three: Of Devotion and Fervor in Fasting 36
Sermon Four: Of What Is Written, Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly 39
Sermon Five: Of the Struggle of the Flesh and the Devil against the Human Spirit,
and the Efficacy of Prayer 43
Sermon Six: Of the Pilgrim, the Dead and the Crucified 49
Sermon for the Feast of Saint Benedict
On the Birth Day of Saint Benedict [into Heaven] 53
On the Annunciation of the Lord
Sermon One: On the Verse of the Psalm, That Glory May Dwell in Our Land 63
Sermon One: Alternate Version 75
Sermon Two: Of the Sevenfold Spirit 84
Sermon Three: Of Mary and the Adulteress and Susanna 89
Palm Sunday
Sermon One: On the Procession and the Passion 99
Sermon Two: Of the Passion, the Procession, and the Four Ranks in the Procession 103
Sermon Three: Of the Five Days: the Procession, the Supper, the Passion,
the Burial, the Resurrection 109
Wednesday in Holy Week
Of the Lord's Passion 114
On the Supper of the Lord
Of Baptism, the Sacrament of the Altar, and the Washing of Feet 127
On the Resurrection of the Lord
Sermon One: Of the Reproaches of the Jews 132
Sermon One: Alternate Version 149
Sermon Two: On the Holy Day of Easter, about the Gospel Reading:
Mary Magdalene, and so on 159
Sermon Three: Concerning Naaman's Leprosy 168
Sermon Four: On the Days of the Resurrection: How Christ Has Not
Yet Been Born for Some 175
In the Octave of Easter
Sermon One: Of the Reading of the Letter of Saint John 177
Sermon Two: Of the Words of the Same Reading: There are three that testify in heaven 184
