Contents General Introduction   ix Editor’s Note and Acknowledgments   lxvii Table of Abbreviations   lxix      The Sermons On the Time of Harvest (In lab mess)   1      Sermon One: How a Twofold Evil Works for Good   1      Sermon Two: Of the Two Tables   4      Sermon Three: This is the generation of those who seek the Lord, of those who seek the face of the God of Jacob (Ps 23:6)   7 On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Asspt)   14      Sermon One: Of the Double Assumption   14      Sermon Two: Of Cleaning, Adorning, and Furnishing the House   18      Sermon Three: Of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus   26      Sermon Four: Of the Four Days of Lazarus and the Celebration of the Virgin   33      Sermon Five: On the Same as Before   41      Sermon Six: To Establish “full of grace” in Mary in Three Ways   53 Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption (OAsspt)   55      Of the words of the Apocalypse: A great wonder appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun,        and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars (Rev 12:1)   55 On the Nativity of Blessed Mary (NatBVM)   70      Of the Bringing of Water   70  A Sermon to the Abbots (Abb) 85      How Noah, Daniel, and Job Crossed the Sea, Each in His own Way: on a Ship, by a Bridge, by the Shallows   85 On the Feast of Saint Michael (Mich)   91      Sermon One: Of the Threefold Reasons that the Angels Care for Us   91      Sermon Two: Of the Words of the Lord, If anyone offends one of these little ones (Matt 18:6)   97      Sunday of the First Week of November (1 Nov)   101      Sermon One: Of the Vision of Isaiah   101      Sermon Two   104      Sermon Three   109      Sermon Four   114      Sermon Five   118 On the Feast of All Saints (OS)   130      Sermon One: Of the Gospel Reading: Jesus Seeing the Crowds   130      Sermon Two: Of the State of the Saints before their Resurrection   146      Sermon Three: In What Way Shall They Be without Blemish or Wrinkle? (Eph 5:27)   154      Sermon Four: Of Abraham’s bosom, and of the altar beneath which Blessed John heard the voices of such souls of the saints,           and of the seven loaves from which we read that the same number of baskets remained   159      Sermon Five: Of the Advantage of Their Memory   167 For the Dedication of a Church (Ded)   178      Sermon One: Of the Five Sacraments of the Dedication   178      Sermon Two: How We Should Cling to Ourselves and Others   184      Sermon Three: Of Three Sorts of Equipment We Possess for Godly Vigilance   188      Sermon Four: Of the Threefold Dwelling-Place   193      Sermon Five: Of the Twofold Consideration of Oneself   200      Sermon Six: Concerning the word of Jacob: Truly the Lord is in this place (Gen 28:16)   210 On the Feast of Saint Martin, Bishop (Mart)   213      Of Examples of Obedience 213  On the Feast of Saint Clement (Clem)   229      Of the Three Waters   229 Sermon on the Passing of Saint Malachy the Bishop (Mal)   235 On the Vigil of Saint Andrew the Apostle (VAnd)  244      How We Should Prepare for the Solemnities of the Saints with Fasting   244 On the Feast of Saint Andrew (And)   249      Sermon One: Concerning Clean Fish   249      Sermon Two: Of the Four Arms of the Cross   258 On the Death of Master Humbert (Humb)   266 Index of Scriptural References in Bernard’s Liturgical Sermons (CF 51–54)   275 Index of Subjects in Bernard’s Liturgical Sermons (CF 51–54)   334