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