Mark A. Scott, OCSO, is a monk of the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California, which he entered in 1978. From 2000 to 2008 he served as appointed superior and then abbot of Assumption Abbey, Ava, Missouri.

• ContentsIntroduction   viiEditorial Note   lxvTable of Abbreviations   lxviiThe SermonsOn the Feast of the Purification of Holy MarySermon One: On the Canticle: We have received   3Sermon Two: On the Manner of the Procession and Its Significance   7Sermon Three: On Moses’ Precept and the Offering of the Morning Sacrifice   10SeptuagesimaSermon One: Of the Ten Precepts and the Seven HindrancesHolding Us Back from Them   14Sermon Two: Of the Threefold Sleep   20LentSermon One: On the Principle of Fasting, Based on the Lord’s Words,Anoint your head and wash your face   24Sermon Two: How We Should be Converted to the Lord   30Sermon Three: Of Devotion and Fervor in Fasting   36Sermon Four: Of What Is Written, Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly   39Sermon Five: Of the Struggle of the Flesh and the Devil against the Human Spirit,and the Efficacy of Prayer   43Sermon Six: Of the Pilgrim, the Dead and the Crucified   49 Sermon for the Feast of Saint BenedictOn the Birth Day of Saint Benedict [into Heaven]   53On the Annunciation of the LordSermon One: On the Verse of the Psalm, That Glory May Dwell in Our Land   63Sermon One: Alternate Version 75Sermon Two: Of the Sevenfold Spirit   84Sermon Three: Of Mary and the Adulteress and Susanna   89Palm SundaySermon One: On the Procession and the Passion   99Sermon Two: Of the Passion, the Procession, and the Four Ranks in the Procession   103Sermon Three: Of the Five Days: the Procession, the Supper, the Passion,the Burial, the Resurrection   109Wednesday in Holy WeekOf the Lord’s Passion   114On the Supper of the LordOf Baptism, the Sacrament of the Altar, and the Washing of Feet   127On the Resurrection of the LordSermon One: Of the Reproaches of the Jews   132Sermon One: Alternate Version   149Sermon Two: On the Holy Day of Easter, about the Gospel Reading:Mary Magdalene, and so on   159Sermon Three: Concerning Naaman’s Leprosy 168Sermon Four: On the Days of the Resurrection: How Christ Has NotYet Been Born for Some   175In the Octave of EasterSermon One: Of the Reading of the Letter of Saint John   177Sermon Two: Of the Words of the Same Reading: There are three that testify in heaven   184