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.

"All medievalists will rejoice to see the publication of this final volume of the English translation of the sermons of Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx in Yorkshire (1110—1167), a project that has been years in the making. As in the rest of the series, we meet Aelred at home, delivering these talks in the chapter room, surrounded by the monks in his care. Most of these talks were given on the major feast days of the church, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of well-known saints. A few exceptions, two sermons for abbots, two for nuns, and one on the martyred St. Katherine, may have been delivered outside the monastery. The inclusion of the recently discovered sermon that Aelred preached for the translation of the relics of St. Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey in 1163 is particularly welcome."Jean Truax

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