Sermons On The Song Of Songs, I (monastic Studies Series)

Taking up Saint Bernard's unfinished sermon-commentary, Gilbert ruminates on verse 3: 1-5: 10 in forty-eight sermons, leaving the task to be finished by John of Ford. For George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff of the Congregation of Saint Basil ERRATA CONTENTS Introduction Notes to Introduction SERMON 1. Peace and Leisure SERMON 2. The restless quest SERMON 3. The initiative SERMON 4. Roaming the city of God SERMON 5. Seek with wisdom and affection SERMON 6. The Watchmen's visions SERMON 7. Approach the Beloved SERMON 8. Charity ascends to understanding SERMON 9. Holding fast in love SERMON 10. Holding and beholding SERMON 11. Keeping sabbath free SERMON 12. His shoulders and his breast SERMON 13. Steadfastness with Christ in Crises SERMON 14. The vigil in sleep SERMON 15. Enamored, humbled, and renewed Abbreviations Selected Bibliography