Sermons for the Autumn Season (Paperback)

On the anniversary of the dedication of the monastery church at Clairvaux, Saint Bernard spoke to the community to explain the meaning of the feast: "What sanctity can these stones have that we should celebrate their festival? They do indeed have sanctity, but it is because of your bodies. . . . Your bodies are holy because of your souls, and this house is holy because of your bodies."The thirty-eight sermons in this volume carry forth this theme, revealing the holiness of the monastic life as monks alternate through the rhythm of the day and the year between the "opus Dei" and manual labor, journeying faithfully through life to death and the "transitus" to glory. The twelfth-century "Ecclesiastica Officia" of the Cistercian Order required abbots to speak formally to their communities in chapter on seventeen fixed days, mostly liturgical feasts. This volume witnesses to Bernard's fulfillment of this requirement and includes sermons for the Assumption and Nativity of the Virgin and the Feast of All Saints, sermons devoted to the feasts of particular saints celebrated during the autumn months, sermons for the time of harvest, and funeral sermons that look forward to the eternal joy in the communion of saints.

General

Imprint:	Liturgical Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cistercian Fathers Series, 54
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Bernard of Clairvaux
Translators:	Irene Edmonds
Editors:	Mark A Scott
Introduction by:	Wim Verbaal
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-0-87907-454-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
LSN:	0-87907-454-X
Barcode:	9780879074548

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