Sermons Of St. Bernard On Advent And Christmas : Including The Famous Treatise Missus Est

INTRODUCTION 5 ADVENT 12 I. SERMON ON ITS SIX CIRCUMSTANCES 12 II. SERMON ON THE WORDS TO ACHAZ, "ASK THEE A SIGN," ETC. 28 ON THE "MISSUS EST" 35 I. PRAISES OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER 36 II. THE MISSION OF THE ANGEL 50 III. COLLOQUY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND THE ANGEL 70 IV. THE ANNUNCIATION, AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN'S CONSENT 88 ON THE VIGIL OF OUR LORD'S NATIVITY 106 I. ON THE JOY HIS BIRTH SHOULD INSPIRE 106 II. ON THE MIRACULOUS NATURE OF THE NATIVITY 116 III. ON THE DISPOSITIONS REQUIRED IN THOSE WHO CELEBRATE THE FEAST 127 ON OUR LORD'S NATIVITY 138 I. THE FOUNTAINS OF THE SAVIOUR 138 II. THE THREE COMMINGLINGS 149 III. ON THE PLACE, TIME, AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES 159 IV. ON THE SHEPHERDS FINDING OUR LORD 170 V. ON THE WORDS, "BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER," ETC. 176 ON THE CIRCUMCISION 184 ON THE HOLY NAME 190 ON THE HOLY NAME AND OTHER SCRIPTURAL TITLES OF OUR LORD 190 ON THE EPIPHANY 200 I. ON "THE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS OF OUR SAVIOUR HATH APPEARED" 200 II. "GO FORTH, YE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM" 209 III. ON THE GIFTS OF THE WISE MEN 215

Author: St Bernard Of Clairvaux

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Sep 16, 2017

Number of Pages: 222 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1976445086

ISBN-13: 9781976445088