Sermons on the Christian Year

Lewis White has been a professor and translator at the Language Center of the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, Mexico, since 2009. His translations of Aelred of Rievaulx’s Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah (CF 83) and of some of the liturgical sermons from Aelred’s Durham Collection (CF 80) were published by Cistercian Publications in 2018. Elias Dietz has been a monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani since 1988. He has published studies on early Cistercian authors in various journals, including Cistercian Studies Quarterly,of which he was editor from 2003 to 2007. Since 2008 he has served as abbot of his community. With regard to Isaac of Stella, his main contributions have been a study of his biography (CSQ, 2006) and an edition and translation of his Letter on the Canon of the Mass (Cîteaux, 2014). He is currently collaborating with Sources Chrétiennes on a volume of Isaac’s letters.

Contents
Translator’s Acknowledgments vii
Table of Abbreviations ix
An Introduction to Isaac’s Sermons xv
Elias Dietz, OCSO
 
The Sermons
S 27: First Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 1
S 28: Second Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 7
S 29: Third Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 14
S 30: First Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 21
S 31: Second Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 27
S 32: Third Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 33
S 33: First Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 41
S 34: Second Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 47
S 35: Third Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 58
S 36: Fourth Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 63
S 37: Fifth Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 70
S 38: First Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent 80
S 39: Second Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent 87
S 40: First Sermon for Easter Day 93
S 41: Second Sermon for Easter Day 100
S 42: Sermon for the Ascension of the Lord 104
S 43: First Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 112
S 44: Second Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 121
S 45: Third Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 127
S 46: First Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 135
S 47: Second Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 143
S 48: Third Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 150
S 49: First Sermon for the Birth of the Apostles Peter and Paul 156
S 50: Second Sermon for the Birth of the Apostles Peter and Paul 161
S 51: First Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 168
S 52: Second Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 177
S 53: Third Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 184
S 54: Sermon for the Birth of Mary 189
S 55: Sermon for the Dedication of a Church 194
Fragment 1: Sermon for the Epiphany of the Lord 200
Fragment 2: A Pilgrimage Sermon 206
Fragment 3: On the Four Kinds of Proud People 211
Index of Scriptural Citations 213
Index of Patristic and Medieval Authors 229
Index of Subjects 244