Sermons for the Liturgical Year.

This volume makes available for the first time in English over forty Victorine sermons arranged according the Liturgical year and fully introduced and annotated, and situated in the development of the Latin sermon. The Canons Regular who followed the Rule of St Augustine at St Victor of Paris in the twelfth century bequeathed to subsequent generations a legacy of over 200 carefully crafted sermons for the major feasts of their liturgical year. The sermons that Maurice de Sully, bishop of Paris (1160-1196) prepared in Latin and Old French for parish priests drew on the expertise of Richard of St Victor. In this volume are sermons by Hugh, Achard, Richard, Walter, and Godfrey of St Victor, Maurice de Sully, and Absalom of Springiersbach, arranged in liturgical order. Most of these sermon appear in English for the first time. Hugh Feiss, OSB, a monk of the Monastery of the Ascension (Jerome, ID) is the managing editor of the series Victorine Texts in Translation. He is editor of volume two, On Love, and the forthcoming volume ten on the sacraments. He was co-editor of A Companion to the Abbey Saint Victor in Paris (2017). His other publications include Achard of St Victor, Works (2001) and Peter of Celle, Selected Works (1987). Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations General Introduction PRELUDE: HUGH OF ST. VICTOR Introduction Miscellanea 1.52: On the False Consolation of the World Miscellanea 1.91: Go from Your Land and Your Kin. Sermon to the Brethren Miscellanea 1.99: On Gratitude for God?s Benefits God Gives / and on Passing Judgment on Oneself and One?s Neighbor Miscellanea 1.113: On Recalling the Feasts of the Saints ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SEASON Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon for First Sunday of Advent Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon for Advent Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 4: On the Advent of the Lord Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 5: On the Advent of the Lord Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon on the Birth of the Lord Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 12: On the Birthday of the Lord Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 10: On the Epiphany of the Lord Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 18: On the Epiphany FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 41: On the Purification of Blessed Mary Ever Virgin. Concerning Purification of the Mind Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 42: On the Purification of Blessed Mary. Concerning Purification of the Church LENT AND THE EASTER SEASON Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 43: On Septuagesima or at Another Time of Penance: concerning Seeds of Virtue to be Planted in Us, and Roots of Vice to Be Cast Out, with an Explanatory Parable Taken from the Delights of Paradise Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 89: On the First Sunday of Lent Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 44: In the Middle of Lent: concerning Jerusalem Taken through Allegory for the Holy Church Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 18: In Lent, Laetare Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 25: On the Passion of the Lord Anonymous of St. Victor: Sermon 3: On the Triple Glorification on the Holy Cross Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 2: On the Paschal Solemnity Maurice of St. Victor: Sermon 3: On the Ascension Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 8: On the Holy Spirit INTERLUDE: AFTER EASTER AND PENTECOST, MAURICE DE SULLY Introduction Sermons 18: Third Sunday after Easter Sermon 20: Fifth Sunday after Easter Sermon 31: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon 32: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon 38: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost FEASTS OF SAINTS Achard of St. Victor: Sermon 9: On the Solemnity of St. Augustine Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 81: On the Feast of St. Gregory, About the Lampstand described in Exodus 25. Maurice of St. Victor: Sermon 1: On the Solemnity of Blessed Victor Richard of St. Victor: Three Sermons on the Feast of St. Michael Sermones centum 85: On the Solemnity of St. Michael, I, from the History of the Book of Judith Sermones centum 86: On the Feast of St. Michael, II, likewise from the Book of Judith Sermones centum 87: On the Feast of St. Michael, III, from the Same Book of Judith Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 11: On All Saints Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 19: On the Feast of All Saints IT IS FINISHED Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 100: On the Feast of the Holy Cross Indices to Scripture, other sources, subjects, Latin words.