Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Editorial Note lxv
Table of Abbreviations lxvii
The Sermons
On the Feast of the Purification of Holy Mary
Sermon 1 On the Canticle: We have received 3
Sermon 2 On the Manner of the Procession and Its Significance 7
Sermon 3 On Moses' Precept and the Offering of the Morning Sacrifice 10
Septuagesima
Sermon 1 Of the Ten Precepts and the Seven Hindrances Holding Us Back from Them 14
Sermon 2 Of the Threefold Sleep 20
Lent
Sermon 1 On the Principle of Fasting, Based on the Lord's Words, Anoint your head and wash your face 24
Sermon 2 How We Should be Converted to the Lord 30
Sermon 3 Of Devotion and Fervor in Fasting 36
Sermon 4 Of What Is Written, Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly 39
Sermon 5 Of the Struggle of the Flesh and the Devil against the Human Spirit, and the Efficacy of Prayer 43
Sermon 6 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 1 On the Verse of the Psalm, That Glory May Dwell in Our Land 63
Sermon 1 Alternate Version 75
Sermon 2 Of the Sevenfold Spirit 84
Sermon 3 Of Mary and the Adulteress and Susanna 89
Palm Sunday
Sermon 1 On the Procession and the Passion 99
Sermon 2 Of the Passion, the Procession, and the Four Ranks in the Procession 103
Sermon 3 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 1 Of the Reproaches of the Jews 132
Sermon 1 Alternate Version 149
Sermon 2 On the Holy Day of Easter, about the Gospel Reading: Mary Magdalene, and so on 159
Sermon 3 Concerning Naaman's Leprosy 168
Sermon 4 On the Days of the Resurrection: How Christ Has Not Yet Been Born for Some 175
In the Octave of Easter
Sermon 1 Of the Reading of the Letter of Saint John 177
Sermon 2 Of the Words of the Same Reading: There are three that testify in heaven 184
