Sermons on the Song of Songs II (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. CONTENTS SERMON 16. SWORDSMEN ON THE BORDER SERMON 17. THE RICH CARRIAGE SERMON 18. PURIFICATION, BELIEF, VISION, IMITATION SERMON 19. FOUNDATION AND CROWN SERMON 20. AFFECTIVE CONTEMPLATION SERMON 21. WONDER OVER HIS TWO NATURES SERMON 22. THE EYES OF A DOVE SERMON 23. DISCERNMENT IN WISDOM SERMON 24. UNDERSTANDING AND AFFECTION SERMON 25. PERSONAL PROGRESS SERMON 26. BATTLEMENTS OF THE WORD AND OF CHARITY SERMON 27. RAPTUROUS FEAST AND THE MILK OF BABES SERMON 28. THE INCENSE OF PRAYER SERMON 29. INVITED TO A CROWN SERMON 30. UNION OF MINDS AND HEARTS SERMON 31. MILK FOR BABES SERMON 32. THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ANOINTED ABBREVIATIONS A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY