Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness

Alexandra Barratt is professor emeritus at University of Waikato, New Zealand. She studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto and has published extensively on religious writing by medieval women in Latin and English. She has previously translated Books One and Two (CF 35), Book Three (CF 63), Book Four (CF 85), and Book Five (CF 86) of The Herald for the Cistercian Fathers series.

"In The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine Sweetness, Alexandra Barratt, provides an excellent translation of what seems to be an earlier, more intimate, less guarded version of Gertrud the Great’s, The Herald of God's Loving-Kindness, which Barratt previously translated. Working directly from the only known and recently discovered manuscript of the Memorial, she provides a helpful introduction and annotates its sources. To paraphrase Gertrude, those who read this book with intent devotion will surely, by God’s grace, find something profitable."Fr. Hugh Feiss, OSB, Monastery of the Ascension, Jerome, Idaho

• ContentsAbbreviations   xiiiIntroduction   xvPrologue: I Will Lead Her into the Wilderness   1The Memorial of the Abundance of the Divine SweetnessPreface   33Chapter One   37Chapter Two   39Chapter Three   41Chapter Four   44Chapter Five   45Chapter Six   48Chapter Seven   52Chapter Eight   53Chapter Nine   55Chapter Ten   57Chapter Eleven   59Chapter Twelve   60Chapter Thirteen   61Chapter Fourteen   62Chapter Fifteen   63Chapter Sixteen   65 Chapter Seventeen   66Chapter Eighteen  67Chapter Nineteen   68Chapter Twenty   70Chapter Twenty-One   71Chapter Twenty-Two   73Chapter Twenty-Three   74Chapter Twenty-Four   75Chapter Twenty-Five   76Chapter Twenty-Six   77Chapter Twenty-Seven   78Chapter Twenty-Eight   80Chapter Twenty-Nine   81Chapter Thirty   82Chapter Thirty-One   84Chapter Thirty-Two   86Chapter Thirty-Three   88Chapter Thirty-Four   89Chapter Thirty-Five   91Chapter Thirty-Six   92Chapter Thirty-Seven   94Chapter Thirty-Eight   95Chapter Thirty-Nine   97Chapter Forty   98Chapter Forty-One   99Chapter Forty-Two   101Chapter Forty-Three   103Chapter Forty-Four   104Chapter Forty-Five   105Chapter Forty-Six   107Chapter Forty-Seven   109Chapter Forty-Eight   111 Chapter Forty-Nine   114Chapter Fifty   116Chapter Fifty-One   117Chapter Fifty-Two   119Chapter Fifty-Three   120Chapter Fifty-Four   121Chapter Fifty-Five   123Chapter Fifty-Six   125Chapter Fifty-Seven   127Chapter Fifty-Eight   129Chapter Fifty-Nine   133Chapter Sixty   134Chapter Sixty-One   136Chapter Sixty-Two   137Chapter Sixty-Three   140Chapter Sixty-Four   141Chapter Sixty-Five   143Chapter Sixty-Six   146Chapter Sixty-Seven   147Chapter Sixty-Eight   148Chapter Sixty-Nine   149Chapter Seventy   151Chapter Seventy-One   153Chapter Seventy-Two   154Chapter Seventy-Three   155Chapter Seventy-Four   156Chapter Seventy-Five   158Chapter Seventy-Six   160Chapter Seventy-Seven   162Chapter Seventy-Eight   164Chapter Seventy-Nine   166Chapter Eighty   168 Chapter Eighty-One   169Chapter Eighty-Two   170Chapter Eighty-Three   171Chapter Eighty-Four   172Chapter Eighty-Five   175Chapter Eighty-Six   177Chapter Eighty-Seven   178Chapter Eighty-Eight   180Chapter Eighty-Nine   182Chapter Ninety   183Chapter Ninety-One   186Chapter Ninety-Two   188Chapter Ninety-Three   189Chapter Ninety-Four   191Chapter Ninety-Five   192Chapter Ninety-Six   193Chapter Ninety-Seven   195Chapter Ninety-Eight   197Chapter Ninety-Nine   198Chapter One Hundred   200Chapter One Hundred and One   204Chapter One Hundred and Two   206Chapter One Hundred and Three   209Chapter One Hundred and Four   210Chapter One Hundred and Five   212Chapter One Hundred and Six   214Chapter One Hundred and Seven   215Chapter One Hundred and Eight   216Chapter One Hundred and Nine   219Chapter One Hundred and Ten   222Chapter One Hundred and Eleven   224Chapter One Hundred and Twelve   226 Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen   227Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen   228Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen   232Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen   235Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen   236Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen   238Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen   239Chapter One Hundred and Twenty   240Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One   242Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Two   244Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three   245Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Four   247Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five   248Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Six   250Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Seven   251Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Eight   261Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Nine   262Chapter One Hundred and Thirty   263Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One   264Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Two   267Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Three   268Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Four   270Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Five   272Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six   273Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Seven   275Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Eight   276Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Nine   278Chapter One Hundred and Forty   280Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One   282Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Two   283Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three   284Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Four   286 Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five   288Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Six   289Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Seven   290Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Eight   291Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine   297Chapter One Hundred and Fifty   298Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-One   299Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Two   305Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Three   307Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Four   311Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Five   312Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Six   314Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Seven   318Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Eight   320Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Nine   321Chapter One Hundred and Sixty   322Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-One   323Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Two   324Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Three   329Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Four   331Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Five   332Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Six   333Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Seven   335Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Eight   336Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Nine   338Chapter One Hundred and Seventy   340Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-One   341Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two   342Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Three   343Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Four   345Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Five   346Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Six   347 Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Seven   349Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Eight   351Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Nine   353Chapter One Hundred and Eighty   355Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-One   358Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Two   360Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Three   362Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Four   364Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Five   367Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Six   368Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Seven   369Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Eight   371Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Nine   373Chapter One Hundred and Ninety   374Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-One   375Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Two   376Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Three   378Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Four   380Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Five   381Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Six   384Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Seven   386Scriptural Index   389