Author Topic: Lent with Saint Bernard (Read 6253 times)

Hobbledehoy · « **on:** February 21, 2012, 10:28:53 PM »

St. Bernard, Doctor mellifluus, amicus Sponsi, Virginis Matris præco mirificus, "the Mellifluous Doctor, the friend of the Spouse, the marvelous herald of the Virgin Mother," as the Breviarium Monasticuм acclaims him (20 August, ant. ad Benedictus), has inspired countless generations throughout the centuries with his sermons anointed with holy unction and founded upon solid doctrine.

I shall endeavor, by God's holy grace, to bring you some Sermons he preached during Lent, hoping that the celestial wisdom of St. Bernard will help your endeavor to exercise yourself in the prayers, fasts, vigils, good works, and other penances that Holy Mother Church so magnificently bids us to observe in these sacred days.

Also, do not forget to check out Cardinal Schuster's commentaries upon the Lenten Masses, which I plan to upload throughout Lent as well.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:31:30 PM »

Here is a Sermon he preached at commencement of the sacred Quadragesimal solemnities, taken from St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950).

Dissolved Girl · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2012, 05:15:44 PM »

Thank you Hobbledehoy, this is very humbling. I shall be reflecting on this, to be sure.

"Therefore the fast of the flesh is the head's anointing, and the hunger of the flesh is the head's refection; yea, I might even call it the soul's anointing, since it serves to heal my spiritual wounds, and to soothe my troubled conscience."

So true...

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2012, 10:02:40 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On What is Meant by Conversion and by Rending the Heart."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 29, 2012, 10:23:11 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On the Manner of Keeping the Lenten Fast."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2012, 11:02:54 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On Fasting and Prayer."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2012, 05:05:25 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On the Necessity of Prayer and the Objects We Should Pray for."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2012, 10:55:13 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On the Petitions of the Lord's Prayer."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #8 on:** March 12, 2012, 08:34:53 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On the Pilgrim, the Dead Man, and the Man that Is Crucified."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2012, 11:36:42 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. I.; Dublin: Browne and Nolan, Ltd., 1920), here is St. Bernard's Sermon "On the Remembrance of Christ's Sufferings."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2012, 09:15:44 AM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon for Palm Sunday "On the Procession of the Saviour and Those That Take Part in It."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2012, 06:00:02 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is St. Bernard's Sermon for Palm Sunday "On the Four Classes of Christians Who Walk in the Saviour's Procession."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2012, 11:18:01 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is another Sermon of St. Bernard for Palm Sunday.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2012, 07:42:53 PM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is a Sermon of St. Bernard "On the Lord's Passion."

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2012, 08:34:32 AM »

From the tome St. Bernard's Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year: Translated from the Original Latin by a Priest of Mount Melleray, (Vol. II.; Westminster, MD: The Carroll Press, 1950), here is a Sermon of St. Bernard for Maundy Thursday.