Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season

by Bernard of Clairvaux

Publishers:

Liturgical Press; Cistercian Publications

, 2008

Overview

The twelfth-century abbot and contemplative known to history as ‘The Mellifluous Teacher’ wrote sermons for the entire Christmas liturgical cycle from the first Sunday of Advent (four weeks before Christmas) to the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January). As he reflects on the wonder of the Incarnation, he reminds Christians still today that Christmas celebrates the awesome condescension of God-with-us, not a commercial carnival.

Product Details

• Title: Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux
• Series: Cistercian Fathers Series
• Volume: 51
• Publishers: Liturgical Press, Cistercian Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 202
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Advent sermons; Christmas sermons; Sermons, Latin › Translations into English
• ISBNs: 9780879071516, 9780879074517, 0879071516, 0879074515
• Resource ID: LLS:BCADVENTCHRISTMAS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:11:43Z

About Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) was a French abbot, confessor, saint, and Doctor of the Church. He is honored as a founder of the Cistercian order because of his role in popularizing the order in the twelfth century. He takes his name from a monastery he founded on June 25, 1115—soon after joining the Cistercians. He named the monastery Claire Vallée, which evolved into Clairvaux. St. Bernard spent 40 years in cloister, but wielded considerable influence in the Church during that time—working to end a schism, combat heresy, and start the Second Crusade. After his death, he was canonized by Pope Alexander III in 1174. His numerous theological writings are so timeless and powerful that they earned him the title of Doctor of the Church in 1830, and Pope Pius XII wrote an encyclical on him, Doctor Mellifluus, in 1953.