Sermons for the Autumn Season (Volume 54) (Cistercian Fathers

Sermons for the Autumn Season (Volume 54) (Cistercian Fathers Series)

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: â€œWhat 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.â€
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.Â
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 Bernardâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Liturgical Press
Manufacturer Liturgical Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 2016-03-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780879074548

Country	USA
Brand	Liturgical Press
Manufacturer	Liturgical Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	2016-03-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780879074548

Sermons for the Autumn Season (Volume 54) (Cistercian Fathers Series)

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