The Liturgical Sermons

Daniel Griggs earned an MA in medieval studies and a PhD in Byzantine theology, both from the University of Leeds. He teaches Latin at Butte College near Chico, California, and translates medieval texts from Greek and Latin. He previously translated Saint Bernard’s Sermones de Diversis, published in CF 68 as Monastic Sermons. Marjory Lange has been a professor of English/humanities at Western Oregon University for twenty-three years. She is also an accomplished violist and violinist who regularly performs in Oregon and southern Washington. After publishing Telling Tears in the English Renaissance (Brill, 1996), she returned to medieval monastic and spiritual literature as her true métier and regularly presents papers on Aelred at the annual Cistercian Studies Conference in Kalamazoo and at the Medieval Association of the Pacific. Her current research interest is the crux in translation between accuracy and interpretation.

Contents

Abbreviations vii
Introduction, by Marjory Lange xv
Sermon 134: On the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 3
Sermon 135: On the Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul 10
Sermon 136: On the Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul 17
Sermon 137: On the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 28
Sermon 138: On the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 37
Sermon 139: On the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 45
Sermon 140: On the Feast of Saint Benedict 53
Sermon 141: On the Feast of Saint Benedict 61
Sermon 142: On the Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul 71
Sermon 143: To Abbots 81
Sermon 144: To Abbots 89
Sermon 145: On the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist 98
Sermon 146: On the Feast of Saint Benedict 104
Sermon 147: On the Feast of Saint Benedict 110
Sermon 148: On the Feast of Holy Relics 121
Sermon 149: On the Feast of Blessed Mary Magdalene 128
Sermon 150: On the Feast of Blessed Mary Magdalene 136
Sermon 151: On the Feast of Saint Peter in Chains 144
Sermon 152: On the Chair of Saint Peter 147
Sermon 153: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 152 
Sermon 154: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 159
Sermon 155: On the Annunciation of Saint Mary 169
Sermon 156: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 174
Sermon 157: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 185
Sermon 158: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 195
Sermon 159: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 202
Sermon 160: On the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel 213
Sermon 161: On the Conception of Saint Mary 220
Sermon 162: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 227
Sermon 163: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 234
Sermon 164: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 239
Sermon 165: On the Annunciation of the Lord 243
Sermon 166: On the Nativity of Saint Mary 247
Sermon 167: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 255
Sermon 168: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 262
Sermon 169: On the Assumption of Saint Mary 270
Sermon 170: On the Feast of Saint Edward 277
Sermon 171: On the Feast of Saint Edward 285
Sermon 172: On the Feast of Saint Edward 292
Sermon 173: On the Feast of Saint Martin 303
Sermon 174: On the Feast of Saint Katherine 309
Sermon 175: On the Feast of Saint Andrew 318
Sermon 176: On the Feast of Saint Vincent 327
Sermon 177: On the Feast of Saint Vincent 334
Sermon 178: On the Feast of Saint Gregory 343
Sermon 179: To Nuns: On the Thursday after the Week of the Resurrection 350
Sermon 180: On the Feast of All Saints 360
Sermon 181: On the Feast of All Saints 367
Sermon 182: On the Feast of All Saints 373
A Sermon Upon the Translation of Saint Edward, Confessor 379
Comprehensive Index of Scriptural Citations in Aelred’s Sermons 391
Comprehensive Index of Classical, Patristic, and Medieval Citations in Aelred’s Sermons 445