3. See Lk 19:2-10.
SERMON 229Z
FRAGMENT ON GENESIS 1:11
Date: unknown1 earth2 produced grass for fodder and fruit-bearing trees; people in the Church also produce works of mercy, after those works which were even done for the Lord himself, when he was in the flesh; not only done by men, such as Zacchaeus was,3 but also by women, who were looking after him out of their own pockets (Lk 8:3).
NOTES
1. See Sermons 229V, note 1, and 229W, note 1.
2. In the Italian edition this is section 3 of Sermon 229V. 3. See Lk 19:2-10.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
Abbreviations of Names
Anne Marie La Bonnardiere (M) Christine Mohrmann Tarcisius van Bavel (Maur) Maurists Bonifatius Fischer (Beuron) (Me) Frits van der Meer Michel Denis (Mo) Paul Monceau Donatien De Bruyne (Mor) Germain Morin Raymond fitaix (P) Othmar Perler Georges Folliet (Po) Suzanne Poque Adalbert Kunzelmann (V) Pierre-Patrick Verbraken Cyrille Lambot (W) Andre Wilmart
(B) (Ba) (Be) (D) (DB) (fit) (F) (K) (L)
Abbreviations of Works
Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina (Tumhout-Paris, 1953ff.) Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vienna, 1866ff.) Miscellanea Agostiniana (2 vols.; Rome, 1930-31). The first volume is Sermones post Maurinos reperti, ed. G. Morin Nuova Biblioteca Agostiniana (Rome: Citta Nuova Editrice) Patrologia Latina, ed. J.-P. Migne (Paris, 1878-90) Patrologiae Latinae Supplementum, ed. A. Hamann (Paris, 1957ff.) Paulys Realencyklopddie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, new ed. by G. Wissowa et al. (Stuttgart, 1893ff). Revue Benedictine (Maredsous, 1884ff.). Sources Chretiennes Stromata Patristica et Mediaevalia 1 (- C. Lambot, S. Aurelii Augustini Sermones selecti duodeviginti) (Utrecht, 1950).
CCL CSEL MA
NBA PL PLS PW
RB SC SPM
Short Titles of Frequently Cited Works
L 'Eglise P. Borgomeo, L 'Eglise de ce temps dans la predication de saint Augustin (Paris, 1972) Etudes C. Mohrmann, Etudes sur le latin des chretiens I (Rome, 1958); II (Rome, 1961) Sondersprache C. Mohrmann, Die altchristliche Sondersprache in den Sermones des hi. Augustinus I. Einfuhrung, Lexikologie, Wortbildung (Latinitas Christianorum Primaeva 3; Nijmegen, 1932) L 'exe'gese M. Pontet, L 'exegese de saint Augustin predicateur (Theologie 7; Paris, 1946) Augustin d'Hippone S. Poque (ed.), Augustin d'Hippone. Sermons pour la Paque (SC 116; Paris, 1966)
Borgomeo
Mohrmann
Mohrmann
Pontet
Poque
Etudes P.-P. Verbraken, Etudes critiques sur les sermons authentiques de saint Augustin (Instrumenta Patristica 12; Steenbrugge-The Hague, 1976)
Verbraken
346 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
Nr. Theme Date Edition
184 Christmas December 25 after 411412 (K, Be) PL 38:995-997 SPM 1:74-76 185 Christmas December 25, 412-416 (K, Be)
PL 38:997-999
PL 38:999-1000
186 Christmas December 25,411-412 (K, Be) after 400 (Ba)
187 Christmas December 25, before 411-412 (K, Be) PL 38:1001-1003
188 Christmas December 25 PL 38:1003-1005 189 Christmas December 25 before 410 (K, Be)
Frangipane 4 MA 1:209-211 PL 38:1005-1007 190 Christmas December 25, 391-400 (K, Be)
PL 38:1007-1009 Corona Gratiarum /, Steenbrugge (1975) 343-350 191 Christmas December 25, 411-412 (K, Be)
PL 38:1009-1011
192 Christmas December 25, after 411-412 (K, Be) PL 38:1011-1013
193 Christmas December 25, 410 (B, K, Be)
PL 38:1013-1015
194 Christmas December 25, before 411-412 (K, Be) PL 38:1015-1017
195 Christmas December 25, after 411-412 (K, Be) PL 38:1017-1019
196 Christmas December 25, after
196/A Octave of Christmas January 1 Etaix 2 REA 26(1980)70-72 197 Circumcision January 1 before 400 (K, B, Be) before 420 (Mo)
PL 38:1021-1024 RB 84(1974) 256-258; 258-259. 198 Circumcision January 1 PL 38:1024-1026 198/A Circumcision January 1 PL 39:1734-1736 199 Epiphany January 6 * PL 38:1026-1028 200 Epiphany January 6 393-405 (K, Be) PL 38:1028-1031
201 Epiphany January 6 PL 38:1031-1033 202 Epiphany January 6, 405-411 (K, Be) PL 38:1033-1035
203 Epiphany January 6, 410-412 (K, Be) PL 38:1035-1037
204 Epiphany January 6 PL 38:1037-1039 S. Augustin et la Bible, Paris (1986) 77-79 204/A Ephipany January 6 Etaix 4, RB 98 (1988) 12 205 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1039-1040 206 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1041-1042 207 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1042-1044 208 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1044-1046 209 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1046-1047 210 Lent beginning of Lent PL 38:1047-1054 211 Lent Lent PL 38:1054-1058
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 347
Nr. Theme Date Edition before 410 (K, Be) 412-415? (Be) SC 116:154-172
Casinen. I, 161-162 See PL 38:1084 212 Presentation of the Creed
211/A Lent two, three weeks before Easter 410-412 (K) 412-415 (Be)
PL 38:1058-1060 SC 116:174-184 before 410 Guelfer. 1 MA 1:441-450 PL 38:1060-1065 214 Presentation of the Creed
213 Presentation of the Creed
391 (Maur) after 412 (V)
PL 38:1065-1072 RB 72 (1962) 14-21 215 Recitation of the Creed one week before Easter (K, Po, V)
PL 38:1072-1076 RB 68 (1958) 18-25 216 To the competendes
390-391 (W) two weeks before Easter 391 (K) Priestly year (Po) March 391 (P)
PL 38:1076-1082
217 Jn 17:3-24 just before Easter
Morin 3 MA 1:596-601 PL 38:1083-1084
(W, Maur) Christmas 417-418 (K) after 418 (Be)
Good Friday (Maur) before 420 (K, B, Be)
PL 38:1084-1087
Passion
PL 39:1723-1724 218/B Passion Good Friday c. 397 (K, Be)
218/A
Passion
Guelfer. 2 MA 1,450-452 PLS 2:543-545 218/C Passion Good Friday before 410 (K, B) 412-415? (Be)
Guelfer. 3 MA 1:452-455 SC 116:200-208 RB 87 (1977) 223-225 219 Easter Easter vigil PL 38:1087-1088 220 Easter Easter vigil PL 38:1089 221 Easter Easter vigil Guelfer. 5 MA 1:457-460 PL 38:1089-1090 SC 116:210-220 222 Easter Easter vigil PL 38:1090-1091 223 Easter Easter vigil 400-405 PL 38:1092-1093
Denis 2 MA 1:11-17 223/B Easter Easter vigil Guelfer. 4 MA 1:455-456 PLS 2:548-549 223/C Easter Easter vigil Guelfer. 6 MA 1:460-462 PLS 2:552-554 223/D Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 4 MA 1:684-685 PLS 2:717-718
223/A Easter Easter vigil c. 399
348 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
Nr. Theme Date Edition
223/E Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 5 MA 1:685-687 PLS 2:719-720 223/F Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 6 MA 1:688-689 PLS 2:720-722 223/G Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 7 MA 1:689-691 PLS 2:722-723 223/H Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 14 MA 1:716-717 PLS 2:739 223/1 Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 15 MA 1:717-718 PLS 2:740 223/J Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 16 MA 1:718 PLS 2:741 223/K Easter Easter vigil Wilmart 17 MA 1:718-719 PLS 2:741-742 224 Easter Easter 412-416 PL 38:1093-1095 RB 79 (1969) 200-205 225 Easter Easter 400-405 (M) PL 38:1095-1098 226 Easter Easter 416-417 (K, Be)
PL 38:1098-1099
227 Easter Easter morning 412-413 (Be) 416-417 (K)
PL 38:1099-1101
SC 116:234-243
228 Easter Easter PL 38:1101-1102 228/A Easter Easter 400-410 (Po)
PL 39:1724
228/B Easter Easter 405-411 (B, K)
Denis 3 MA 1:18-20 229 Easter Easter
% Denis 6 MA 1:29-32 PL 38:1103 229/A Easter Easter 410-412 Guelfer. 7 MA 1:462-464 PLS 2:554-556 229/B Easter Easter Guelfer. 8 MA 1:464-466 PLS 2:556-558 229/C Easter Easter Wilmart 8 MA 1:691-692 PLS 2:723-724 229/D Easter Easter before 410 (K, Be) Wilmart 9 MA 1:693-694 PLS 2:724-725 229/E Easter Season Monday after Easter after 412 (Po)
Guelfer. 9 MA 1:466-471 PLS 2:558-562 229/F Easter Season Monday after Easter, c. 418
Guelfer. 10 MA 1:471-473
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 349
Nr. Theme Date Edition
(K, Be) PLS 2:562-564 229/G Easter Season Tuesday after Guelfer. 11 Easter 416-417 MA 1:474-478 (K, B, Be) PLS 2:564-568 229/H Easter Season Friday after Guelfer. 12 Easter, after MA 1:479-483 412 (Po) PLS 2:568-572 229/1 Easter Season Wednesday after Mai 86 Lk 24:36-53 Easter 393-405 MA 1:324-327 (K, Be) 400-410 (Po)
PLS 2:475-478
229/J Easter Season Wednesday after Guelfer. fapp.l 7 Lk 24:36-53 Easter 417-418 MA 1:581-585 (K, Be) 400-410 (Po) PLS 2:653-657
229/K Easter Season Thrusday after Guelfer. 13 Jn 20:11-18 Easter from MA 1:483-485 412 (Po) PLS 2:572-574 229/L Easter Season Thursday after Guelfer. 14 Jn 20:1-18 Easter from MA 1:485-488 412 (Po) PLS 2:574-576 229/M Easter Season Friday after Guelfer. 15 Jn 21:1-14 Easter April 19, 412 MA 1:488-491 (K) c. 412 (B, Be, Po)
PLS 2:576-579
229/N Easter Season Saturday after Guelfer. 16 Jn 21:15-25 Easter from MA 1:492-494 410 (Po) PLS 2:579-582 229/0 Easter Season Saturday after Guelfer. 17 Jn 21:15-25 Easter c. 415 MA 1:495-498 (K) 421-423 (B, Be)
PL 2:582-585
229/P Easter Season Saturday after Lambot 3 Jn 21:15-23 Easter from RB 49 (1937) 252-256 412 (Po) PLS 2:756-758 [229/Q] 229/R Easter Season Monday after PL 39:1724-1725 Gn 1:6-8 Easter (L) Easter 400-410 (Po)
229/S Easter Season Tuesday after PL 39, 1725 Gn 1:9-13 Easter (L) RB 79 (1969) Monday after Easter 400-410 (Po)
208-209
229/T Easter Season Wednesday after PL 39:1725-1726 Gn 1:14-19 Easter (L) RB 79 (1969) Tuesday after Easter 400410 (Po)
209-210
229/U Easter Season Thursday after PL 39:1726-1727 Gn 1:20-23 Easter (L) RB 79 (1969) Wednesday after Easter 400410 (Po)
210-211
229/V Easter Season Friday after PL 39:1727-1729
350 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
Nr. Theme Date Edition
Gn 1:24-31 Easter (L) MGH Ep. 5, 39-40 Thursday after RB 79 (1969) Easter 400211-214 410 (Po) 229/W RB 79 (1969) 211-214 229/Z Easter Season RB 79 (1969) 211-214
For a complete Chronological Table refer to Section III, Volume 1, pages 138-163.
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE
(The numbers after the scriptural reference refer to the particular sermon and its section)
2 Kings
Old Testament
4:29 196A, 2
Genesis
Job
1:1 214, 2, 5; 223A, 1,2; 225, 229G, 6; 229V 1:2 223A, 3 1:2-5 226 1:2.3 229T 1:3 223A, 3 1:4-5 223, 1. 1:5 225,4 1:11 229S 1:16 229T 1:24 229V 1:25-26 229V 1:31 229V 2:17 224,2 2:24 228B, 4 3:4-5 224,2 3:5 229G, 3 3:13 224,2 8:7 224,3 32:25-29 229F, 2 32:26 229F, 3 49:9 218, 12; 223C, 1;223F,2
4:19 223A, 5 5:19 216,8 7:1 210, 5; 223E, 1
Psalms
2:6-8 218,6 2:8 213, 10 2:10-11 200,2 3:4 185,3 3:5 223B, 2; 223C 5:3 189, 1 8:5 229G, 4 13:3 223K 13:3-4 2231 16:5 213, 10 17:15 194,3 17:7 216,9 18:11 210,5 18:28 221, 1,2 18:43-44 204, 2 18:45 229F, 3 19:1 200, 1; 201, 1; 202, 4; 203, 1; 204, 1 19:4 204A, 1 19:5 187,4; 188,2; 192,3; 194, 4; 195,3 19:5-6 192,3 19:6 192,3 19:12-13 216, 10 22:10 216, 8;229L, 2 22:17-18 218B, 2 22:17-19 218B, 1 22:26 216, 11 22:28-29 218B, 2 24:6 216,8 24:10 194,3
Exodus
3:13-14 229T 3:14 223A, 5 3:15 223A, 5; 229T 15:1 223E,2 20:17 210, 8;229M, 2
Deuteronomy
6:4 215,3
352 INDEX OF SCRIPTURE
21:3-4 216, 1 27:8-9 194,4 27:10 216,8 27:13 216,5 30:6 2290, 1; 229P, 4 30:7 2290,1; 229P, 4 33:1 184, 2; 194, 1 34:5 204, 2; 225, 4; 228B, 3 34:12 216,4 34:12-14 193, 1 34:14 193, 1 35:10 224, 1 36:6 223H 36:7-9 213, 1 36:8 216,9 36:8-9 225,4 36:9 212, 1; 216, 9; 217, 1; 217, 5 36:11 216, 10 37:6 2231 40:5 223,2 40:6 229M, 1 40:12 217,3 41:8 223C; 223F, 3 41:10 223C; 223F, 3 42:3 210, 5; 223A, 4 42:4 223A, 4 42:10 216,5 45:2 210,4 46:2 223H, 1 45:10 229J, 4 47:3 218, 6; 49:6 2290, 1 50:11 222, 1 51:15 187, 1 57:1 217,5 57:4 223C 57:5 229G, 5 59:11 201,3 61:2 210,8 63:11 2291, 4 67:1-2 190,4 69:22 218, 12 72:18 217,3 73:17-28 216,5 73:18 229A, 3 76:4 223H 76:10 220, 1 80:4 194,3 82:6 229G, 3 84:4 211A.2 85:10 185,3 85:11 184, 1; 185, 1,2,3; 189,2; 191,2; 192, 1,3; 193,2 91:5-6 2231 92:14 216,9 94:10 229P, 2 95:6 216,9 95:7 194,2 96:1-2 189, 1; 190,4; 217, 6
96:2-3 190,4 102:3 216,4 102:7 223C; 223F, 3 103:2-3 213, 2,3 103:2-5 207, 1 104:21 210,5 104:24 223A, 1 106:11 213,9 106:47 198, 1 110:4 228B, 1 112:6 2291, 3 113:3 213,8; 228B, 1; 2291, 2 115:1 229P, 4 118:24 184, 1; 187,4; 223, 1; 225, 4; 226; 229B, 1 118:26 204, 3 119:106 193,2 119:107 193,2 119:108 193,2 119:120 205, 1 121:4 223C; 223G, 1 121:8 223E, 1 135:6 214,4 136:8-9 229T 139:12 219, 1 142:1 205,3 142:5 216,5 143:6 229S 144:9 212, 1 146:6 223A, 4 147:13-14 216,9 147:5 216,9 147:8 222, 1 148:5 223A, 2
Proverbs
3:34 LXX 218C.4 9:1 225,2 18:12 218C, 4 28:27 198,3
Song of Songs
1:8 2290, 3 2:6 214,8
Wisdom
7:27 187, 2; 212, 1 9:14-15 210,5 9:15 212, 1; 221, 3
Sirach
18:30 210, 11 27:5 223E, 1; 229A, 2 29:12 209,2
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE 353
1:23 187,3 2:2 199, 2; 201, 1 2:2.6 204A, 1 2:5 201,2,3 2:5-6 200,3 3:16-4:2 210,2 5:6 194,4 5:8 214,9 5:10 218,4 5:14 226, 1 5:45 229B, 1 6:9 229L, 2 6:12 208,2; 211, 1,2; 229, 3; 229E, 3 6:13 223E, 1 7:3 211,2 8:11 203, 3 8:11-12 201, 2; 218, 7 9:13 200,4 9:15-17 210,4 10:23 202,2 13:17 210,4 13:45 212, 1 15:21-28 203,2 16:15-19 229P, 1 16:18-19 229N, 2 16:19 214, 11 17:20 223H 18:18 229N, 2 21:43 218,7 22:30 213, 10 25:13 223D, 3 25:21 198A, 2 25:34 229B, 2 25:34.41 198,3 25:35 197,5 25:40 229K, 1 26:28 228B, 3 26:36 229P, 4 26:41 223C 26:70.72 229P, 4 27:25 229F, 1 27:40 229N, 3 27:40-43 229E, 1 28:6 229L, 1 28:19 215,8 28:20 229K, 2
Isaiah
1:3 189, 4; 190, 3; 204,2 2:2 223H 2:3 218,6 5:7 205,3 6:3 211 A, 2 7:9 212, 1; 229G, 4 11:2-3 229M, 2 26:10 LXX 214,9 26:18 210,7 40:8 187,3 49:6 199, 1 53:1 212, 1 53:5 229D, 1 53:7 229C, 1; 229N, 1;229P,4 53:8 184, 3; 188, 2; 195, 1; 196, 1; 215,3 58:3-5 205,3 58:5 206,3 58:7 217,5;229S
Jeremiah
9:24 185,2 16:19 203,3 17:16 229B, 1 31:31 196A, 2 31:31-32 196A, 2 31:33 212,2
Ezekiel
18:23 223, 2
Hosea
4:5 LXX 223D, 2
Micah
5:1 200,3
Habakkuk
Malachi
Mark
3:35 192,2 8:34 218,2 8:38 215,5 11:9 204,3 12:14-17 229W 12:37 187,4 14:30 2290, 1 14:34 186,2 14:38 222,1; 223B, 1; 223E, 1; 223K
New Testament
1:18 225,2
Matthew
354 INDEX OF SCRIPTURE
Luke
1:4 188,2 1:9 216,4; 229R 1:10 222, 1 1:11 218, 11 1:12 210,2 1:14 185,2; 186, 1; 188, 2; 194, 2; 195, 3; 213, 3;218C, 1; 229, 1; 229E, 4; 229G, 6; 229T 1:14.1 186,2 1:18 185, 1; 195, 3; 213, 3; 214, 6 1:29 229N, 1; 229P, 4 1:32 214, 10 2:18-21 217,4 2:19 2200,3 2:4 218, 10 3:18 215,7 3:27 185,2 3:30 194, 1 4:22 199, 1 4:24 215, 8 5:14 229E, 3 5:21 217,3 5:28-29 214,9 5:29 223C 6:51.53 228B, 3 8:25 223A, 1 8:31-32 193,2 8:57-58 225, 1 8:58 187,4 10:16 229N, 3; 2290, 3 10:30 187, 4; 194, 3; 212, 1;229G,4 12:24 218, 15 13:26 223E, 1 14:6 185,2; 190,4 14:8 194, 3; 229G, 2 14:9 194, 3; 229G, 3 14:21 194,4 14:28 187, 4; 229G, 4 15:1.5 213, 10 15:13 215,5 15:^6 214, 10 16:8-10 192,3 16:14 214, 10 16:16 210,7 16:20 210,7 16:21 210,7 16:22 210,7 17:24 217,5,6 17:3 217, 1 19:19 218,5 19:19.22 201,2 19:20 218,6 19:23-24 218,9 19:28 218, 11 19:30 218, 12; 223F, 2 20:2 229L, 1 20:8-9 229L, 1 20:15 229L,1 20:16 229L, 1
1:5 198 A, 1 1:34-35 214, 6; 225,2 1:34-38 215,4 1:36 198 A, 1 1:49 216,9 2:14 185,3; 193, 1; 194,2; 199, 1; 203, 1 2:20 203,2 2:25-30 217,6 2:29-30 190,4 3:17 223,2 5:4 229M, 1 6:37-38 205,3; 206, 2; 208, 2; 210, 12 6:38 206,2 7:2-9 203,2 8:3 229Z 8:43-48 229K, 1 8:45-46 229L, 2 9:60 223J 9:62 216, 1 10:21 184, 1 12:35-36 210,7 13:29 203,3 14:11 218C.4 15:24.32 2290,2 16:29 229C, 1 17:22 210,4 19:10 190, 2; 214, 6 20:37-38 223A, 5 21:18 214, 12 22:31-32 210,6 22:33 2290, 1; 229P, 3, 4 22:61-62 2290, 1; 229P, 3 23:21 229N, 3 23:34 218, 11; 229E, 1,2; 229G, 5 24:38 191, 2; 229J, 2 24:38-39 229L,2 24:39 2291, 1; 229J, 2, 5; 229K, 1 24:41-42 229J, 3 24:44-45 2291, 1 24:44-46 229J, 4 24:45-46 229J, 5 24:46-47 2291, 2 24:47 2291, 4; 229J, 5 24:49 2291, 2
John
1:1 188,2; 194, 2; 196, 1,3; 212, 1; 214, 5; 217,5; 218C, 1; 223A, 1,2; 225, 1; 226; 229, 1;229G, 6; 229P, 4 1:1-2 229E, 4; 229T 1:1-3 225, 1 1:1.14 187, 3; 215, 3 1:3 187,1,2; 190,2; 196A, 1; 212, 1; 223A, 1
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE 355
10:14-15 213, 1 11:1 218,7 12:1 205, 1 12:9 216,5 13; 10 229M, 2 13:12 221,4 13:13 229B, 1 13:12-13 190, 1 13:13-14 205, 1 14:8 215,7 14:20 208, 1 14:23 229G, 6 15:27 218,6 15:8-9 218A, 2 19:4 223G, 2
20:17 229K, 1,2; 229L, 2 21:6 229M, 1 21:11 229M, 1 21:15 2290, 2 21:16 2290, 2 21:15-17 229N, 1; 229P, 2,4 21:17.15 2290, 3
Acts of the Apostles
1:11 214,9 2:37-38 229E, 2 2:37.41 2291, 3 2:41 229G, 5 4:32 229G, 5 7:47-48 217,4 7:56 213,5 8:21 218,9 9:4 229K, 1; 229N, 3 17:31 229H, 3
1 Corinthians
1:12 2290, 3 1:13 197, 3; 2290, 3 1:24 212, 1 1:26 200,4 1:27 200, 4; 223F, 2 1:31 185,2,3 2:2 215,5 2:8 213,4; 229J, 4 2:9 206, 2; 215, 2; 216, 5 2:11 217,2 3:11 215, 1 3:17 214, 10 3:7 197, 5; 224, 3 3:7.6 197,3 4:7 229J, 4 5:7 220, 1; 221, 1;229C, 1 5:7-8 229C, 1 5:8 228B, 5 5:17 212, 1 6:15 217, 4; 224, 3; 6:19 214, 10; 217, 4 7:5 209, 3 9:24-27 216,6 9:25 216,6 10:13 223, 2; 223E, 1 10:17 227; 228B,4;229A, 1 10:20 198,3 10:4 229P, 1 11:24 228B,3 11:27 227 11:27-29 228B,4 12:7-8 229T 12:8-10 229T 12:27 213, 8; 229A, 1 13:1-3 229U 13:3 218,4; 229J, 3 13:4 209, 1 13:12 229G, 3 14:20 216,7 15:22 229D, 2 15:32 210,7
Romans
1:1-3 186, 3 1:3 198 A, 1 1:17 189,2 1:18 197, 1 1:19-20 197, 1 1:21-22 197, 1 1:23-24 197, 1 1:25 197, 1 2:10.9 229F, 2 4:25 196A, 1; 220,1; 221, 1;223B, 2; 223D, 1; 229D, 1 5:1-2 185,3 5:5 193, 2; 212, 1; 218, 9; 229M, 2 5:6.10 215,5 5:8 215,5 5:10 218A, 1 5:20 229M.2 6:4 210, 3; 228A; 229A, 1; 229E, 3 6:9 217,6; 220, 1;223C 6:9.11 223B,1 6:10 228A 6:19 216,2 7:7 210,8 7:7.11 229M, 2 7:18 193,2 7:18.22-25 193,2 7:23 193,2 8:3 184, 2; 185, 1; 228B, 2; 229H, 1 8:24-25 215, 1 8:29-31 229E, 3 8:32 229D, 1 8:34 223C 10:3 185,2; 189,2 10:9-10 214, 1 10:10 215,5 10:13 213, 1
356 INDEX OF SCRIPTURE
15:42-44 214, 12 15:44 212, 1 15:53 214, 12 22:8 229J, 4
5:7-8 198,3 5:8 195, 3; 216, 4; 219, 1; 222, 1; 223, 1; 225, 4; 226; 229B; 229R 5:14 185, 1; 223J 5:18-19 225,4 5:31-32 228B, 4 6:12 216, 11; 219, 1; 222, 1;223E,2
2 Corinthians
3:2-3 229M, 2 3:5-6 229M, 2 3:16 229D, 2 4:6 223, 1; 223D, 2; 2231 4:16 186,3 5:15 194, 1 5:17 221, 1 5:19 219, 1 6:2 214,6 6:14-16 198,3 8:9 192, 3; 194, 3 11:2 188,4; 191,3; 195,2 11:2-3 213,8 11:27 219, 1; 221,2; 223B, 1 13:3 197,5
Philippians
2:6 196, 1; 212, 1; 214, 5; 229G, 3 2:6-7 186, 3; 187,4; 196A, 1; 213, 4 2:7 192, 3; 196, 1; 212, 1; 214, 6; 229G, 4 2:8 186, 3; 207, 2; 223H 2:9-10 223F, 2 3:13-14 215, 1 4:5-6 216, 10
Colossians
1:12 218B, 2 1:12-13 222, 1 1:16-17 212, 1 2:8 197,6 2:11 229D, 2 2:13 229D, 2 2:17 228B, 1 3:5 216,5 3:13 211,6 4:2 223J
Galatians
1:8 197,4 1:8-9 215,8 1:22-24 204,3 2:20 194, 1 4:4 186, 3; 216, 2 4:14 197,5 5:1 216, 10 5:17 193,2 5:24 205, 1 5:6 218,9; 222, 1 6:14 205, 1; 215, 5;218B, 2; 218C, 6:15 212, 1
1 Thessalonians
5:2 229B, 1 5:4-5 229B, 1 5:5-8 223K 5:7 229B, 1
Ephesians
2:2 222, 1 2:8-10 212, 1 2:14 185, 3; 193, 2; 199, 1;200,4 2:15-16 204,2 2:15.17 199, 1 2:16-18 204,2 2:17.14-16.20 202, 1 2:19-21 200,4 4:10 215,7 4:13 216,7 4:18 212, 1 4:20-21 198,3 4:22-25 218A.3 4:24 212, 1 4:26 210, 12 4:26-27 208,2 4:27 222, 1 4:3 204,3 4:32 211,4
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
1:5 210,4 1:7 204,3 1:17 215,2 3:15 214, 11 3:16 204, 1 5:6 229V
2 Timothy
2:5 216,6 2:8 215,6 2:11-12 206, 1 2:13 214,4
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE 357
2 Peter
Titus
Hebrews
1:8 211,3 1:8-9 213,6 2:1-2 213,6 2:8-9 211,2 2:19 2290, 3 2:15-16 219, 1 3:15 211,2 3:2 194, 3; 210, 7; 216, 2 4:20 229N, 1 5:20 217, 1,3
1:1 228B, 2 2:7 229G, 4 10:1 228B, 1 11:6 215,3
James
1:2 223E, 1 1:17 185, 2; 222, 1 4:6 218C.4
Revelation
1 Peter
INDEX
(prepared by Joseph Sprug) see also Annunciation anger: abstinence: restraining our lusts, 207:2 Adam and Eve: hatred and, 211:1 stored in the heart, 208:2 animals: human soul and, 229V animosities, 209:1; 210:12 Anna (widow; prophetess), 196:2 Annunciation: devil's seduction, 224:2 formation of Church and, 218:14 Incarnation (humility) compared with, 188:3 Mary; earth, 189:2 woman who sold us death, 184:2 adultery: devil's whispers, 224:2 alleluia, 229B:2 alms: bom of the Holy Spirit; the creed,
215:4 Holy Spirit named by angel, 225:2 see also virgin birth apostles: enclose in heart of a poor man, 209:2 give to the poor, 198:3 giving and forgiving, 206:2 good works; forgiveness, 210:12 increased during Lent, 208:2 kindly, 207:3 overcoming temptations, 207:1 placating God, 210:9 wing of prayer, 205:3 word meaning "mercy," 207:1 works of necessity, 211A:2 angel(s): died in the flesh, not in soul, 229G:6 disbelief in resurrection, 229F:1 Epiphany; the heavens, 204A head and body of Christ, 2291:2 head seen but not the Church,
229J:5,6 Jews, 229F:2,3 mountains of God, 223H number believing in miracles of,
229G:5 shepherds, 229N:3 speaking in tongues, 229E:2 Arians: ascension of Christ, 214:9 authority of the scriptures, 229R Christ and, 213:1 Epiphany, 202:2; 203:1 equality with, 213:10 eternal day, 187:1 fallen; humans to replace, 229H:2 humans; equality, 229G:3 Jacob wrestling with, 229F:2 life from Word of God, 196:3 praise Christ, 194:2 sleepless, 221:3; 223J worship flesh of Christ, 225:2 converts, 2290:4 deny Son of God, 229G:2,4-5 avarice: self-denial and, 208:2 baptism (including the "newly baptized"): analogy: making bread, 227 bom again, 228:1; 228B:1 buried with Christ, 229A: 1 called "infants," 229A:1 darkness to light, 223:1 dying and buried with Christ, 229A
INDEX 359
Easter distinguished from, 210:2 eve of John the Baptist's day, 196:4 fasting; eve of Easter, 210:2 first "askers,"now "infants," 228:1 forgiveness of all sins, 229E:2 John's and Christ's, 210:3 put off old man; put on new, 216:2 rejecting the old life, 215:1 repetition of the symbol, 213:11 sacrament of Christ's resurrection, sacraments; the infantes, 221 sign of unity, 229:2
Caesar: taxes for, 229W Calvary (the word), 218:3 Canaanite woman: Gentile; humility,
203:2 catechumens: analogy of threshing-floor, 229:1 from humiliation to communion, 229:2 love what you will be, 216:8 parents; rebirth, 216:8 people being created; praise God,
210:3 signed with sign of Christ, 213:9 sins of past destroyed by, 223E:2 stay close to good people, 223:1; 228 warnings against evil, 224:1-3 see also catechumens beatific vision: body and soul united,
216:7 sermon to the competentes, 216:1-11 symbol imparted to, 212:2 Catholic Church: creed, 213:8; 215:9 Catholics: called orthodox, 229G:4 celibacy: following Christ, 184:2 Cena pura, 221:4 centurion: Gentile; unworthy, 203:2 charity:
212:1 Bede, Saint, 197, 229A belief:
Gentiles and Christians, 198:3 style of life; salvation, 198:2 believers:
Gentiles and Christians, 198:3 leaven of, 228B:5 living good lives, 209:1 people are nothing without love, 229U power of godliness, 229U; 229V self-restraint from pleasures, 208:2 see also love chastity: one soul and one heart (Acts 4:32),
229G:5. see also faith Bethlehem, 200:3; 200:2; 201:2; 202:1 bible, see gospel; Old Testament; scripture(s) bishops: listening to, 196:4 blessedness: future life, 211A:2 boastfulness: suffering for, 229J:3 body: marriage and, 224:3 married couples, 192:2 married, widowed, virginal, 196:2 children of God: awaiting redemption of, 198A:2 members of Christ, 217:4 outer self, 218A:3 quickened by spirit (soul), 193:1 spirit inhabits, 223A:4 temple of the Holy Spirit, 214:10; catechumens, 216:8 made by Son of God, 194:3 power to be, 192:1 Christian life: bad days, the world, 217:6 be the Lord's beasts, 204A being the Lord's donkey, 189:4 Christ and the Church, 228B:4 Christ growing in your hearts, 196A:2 Christ must grow; I diminish, 194:1 Christians anointed (confirmation),
217:4 body of Christ:
Donatist heresy, 218B:2 God's temple, 217:4 love of the head for, 197:5 one loaf, one body, 229A: 1 unity, the harmony of charity, 229A:2 see also Church boredom: eternity, 229B:2 bread:
198A:1 conceiving/giving birth to Christ,
191:4 day and night, 229B:1
making, 229:1; 229A:2
360 INDEX dead to sin; live in justice, 229A enduring the present, 211A:1 give birth to Christ, in works, 192:2 growing up with Christ, 196:3 Lenten fast and, 205:1 let us bear him in our hearts, 189:3 lift up the heart, 229:3 New Year's Day, 196:4 newly baptized persons, 215:1 paradoxes, 204A parallels with life of Christ, 229D:1 people of good will, 193:1 pursuing a new way home (Magi), forgiveness of sin, 213:9 formation; Adam and Eve, 218:14 Gentiles; celebrating Epiphany, 204:2 great sacrament: Christ and Church,
228B:4 head and body; disciples and us,
2291:2 Jesus, the bridegroom, 229J:5 keeping vigil, 223D:2 keys of the kingdom, 229N:2 one body, one shepherd, 229N:3 Peter, do you love me? 229N:2 right side of fishing boat, 229M:1 rock of Peter's confession of faith,
202:4 reform to God's pattern, 216:4 stages; permanent renewal, 216:8 vineyard workers (parable), 229E:4 warfare, 216:2 Christianity:
229P.1 royal priesthood, 198A:1 Saul, why persecute me? 229K:1;
229N:3 spreading through the world, 2291:4 three kinds of life in, 196:2 threshing-floor, 223:2 unity, 210:8 virgin and mother, 188:4; 191:3; distinction: belief in future life, 215:6 fulfilled what old law foretold,
229C:2 resurrection, the distinctive mark of,
229H:1; 229H:3 Christmas:
192:2; 195:2; 213:8 your mother the light, 222 see also body of Christ circumcision: birthday of Christ: rejoice, 184:2 Christmas Day sermons, 184-196 day consecrated by eternal Day, 188:2 day contains mystery of Christ's
Christian symbolism, 229D:2 humility of Jesus, 196A:1 received by Christ, 210:3 sign; truth in Christ, 196A:1 spiritual justification, 196A:1 two boats (first catch offish), 229M:1 commandments: whoever loves me light, 190:1 glory to God ..., 193:1 shortness of the calendar day, 192:3 see also Incarnation; Jesus Christ: nativity Church:
194:4 communion: analogy, the creation, 229V belief; the creed, 213:8 body of Christ, 213:8; 223G:1 Catholic among heresies, 2290:3 Christ found a whore, made a virgin blood from pierced side of Christ
228B:2 bread which hung on the cross,
228B:2 fear and trembling, 228B:2 heretics, testimony against
213:8 Christ the foundation of, 215:1 cornerstone, 204:3 creed, 214:11; 215:9 disciples saw head, believed about themselves, 229:2 invitation to receive, 223F:3 parable of vineyard workers applied body, 229J:5 disciples' belief in, 2291:2 dry land, 229S firmament, meaning authority, 229R foretold in the scriptures, 229J:5
229E:4 receive worthily, 228B:3-5 receiving unworthily, 227; 228B:4 we are changed into body of Christ
228B:3
INDEX 361 see also eucharist compassion: animosities, 209:1 concubine, 224:3 conscience: repetition by those to be baptised,
213:11 resurrection of the body, 213:10;
214:12 rose again on the third day, 213:5;
God's dwelling place, 2231 sign of peace, 227 conversion:
214:8; 215:6 symbol not to be written down, 212:2 written on people's hearts, 212:2 cross: empty poisons from the heart, 216:6 humility; hidden sins, 216:10 pursuit by God, 216:11 strip the old self, put on the new, constant and holy dedication to,
218B:2 glory in, 205:1 lesson for patience, 218C:4 pride in cross of Christ, 218C:2 shame, 215:5 take up, control your mortality, 218:2 Cyprian: orator, 197:2
218A:3 turned into members of Christ, 216:5 com: threshing, 229:1 (and note 4) cornerstone, 199:1; 200:4; 201:1; 204:2,3 creation: each work seen as good, 229V God made all from nothing, 214:2 God speaks, it happens, 223A:2 God the Father almighty, 213:2 God's doing, 229H:3 in the beginning, 214:2; 223A:1;
Damascus, 202:2 darkness: creation, 226 devil and, 222 hate, 211:2 left by the newly baptized, 223:1 let there be light, 229T newly baptized, now light, 225:4 thief in the night, 229B:1 throw away works of, 221:4 David, 207:2 day:
225:1 man as microcosm of, 229V order of darkness and light, 221:4 perceived through things made, 197:1 see the world, and love God, 223A: 1 Trinity, 223A:3 wisdom of God, 223A: 1 creatures: impure, 208:1 creed: believe in Church; forgiveness of sin, day which the Lord has made, 226 Easter; made by the Lord, 229B: 1 reckoning time, 221:4 deacons: seven ordained, 2291:4 dead: resurrection of Christ and, 2231 death:
213:8; 214:11; 215:9 believe in Jesus Christ, 213:3; 215:3 believe in Jesus crucified and buried,
214:7 believe in the Holy Spirit, 213:7; 214:10 bom of the Holy Spirit, 214:6; day of, uncertain, 210:7 desire to live, 229H:2 inevitable, 229H:2,3 no reason to fear, 229H:3 not found "in the beginning," 229G:6 sleep as semblance of, 221:3 soul does not die, 229G:6 soul estranged from God, 212:1 soul withdraws when body dies,
215:3,4 Christ will come to judge, 213:6;
214:9 crucified under Pontius Pilate, 213:4 crucified, died and was buried, 213:4;
215:5 giving back of the, 215:1-9 God the Father almighty, 213:2; 215:2 handing over of, 212:1-2; 213:1-11;
218C:3 demons:
214:1-12 he ascended into heaven, 213:5; beasts of the forest, 2231 morals of those serving, 198:3
214:8; 215:7
362 INDEX desire: secret, hidden thirst for God, 229S devil: easter vigil: annual solemnity, 223C; 223D:1; adversary; fast and pray, 210:5,6 conquered by Christ crucified, 229N:1 fall of man, 229H:2 good use from bad works of, 214:3 hereditary debt to, 229E:2 Jews and the crucifixion, 2231 pride, 197:1 princedom; darkness, 222 prowling like roaring lion, 222;
223G:1 everlasting vigil, 223G:1 godless also keep this vigil, 219 light in our hearts, 221:2 mother of all holy vigils, 219 mustard seed; mountains of God,
223H night illuminated by, 221:1 passover, 221:1 re-enacting the resurrection, 220 reason for, 221:4 reminder of death and resurrection,
223F:2 renouncing, 216:6 robbery to be equal to God..., 229G:3 self-transformation, angel of light,
223B:1 renewal of memory, 223F:1 two kinds of sleep, 223K watch and pray, 219; 223F:3; 2231;
197:4 struggle against, 219; 222 whispered suggestions of, 224:2 devotion: examples, 210:3 (and note 12) disciples: common people chosen, 197:2 disease: doctor's enemy (sin), 229E:3 dogs: scraps from tables, 218A:2 Donatus; Donatists, 197:4; 202:2; 218B:2 donkey: attending at the manger, 189:4 drunkenness: darkness, 225:4 dry land: soul thirsting for God, 229S;
223J watch while Christ slept in tomb,
223B:2 eating: self-indulgence, 205:2; 209:3;
210:11 Egypt: idols, 197:1 Elijah: fasting, 205:1; 210:9 Elisha: dead child restored to life, 196A:2 Elizabeth:
229U; 229V duty: pay Caesar, pay God, 229W descendant from Aaron, 198A:1 infant leapt in her womb, 196:2 enemies: praying for, 211:6 Epiphany:
Easter:
annual celebration, 223D:2; 223E:1;
Jesus worshiped by the Gentiles,
229D:1 annual passover, 220 daily celebration of the Pasch, 229D:2 day which the Lord has made,
199:1; 204:2 Jewish shepherds; Gentile Magi,
» 199:3; 201:1; 203:1; 204:1 king of the Jews, 201:2 manifestation to the Gentiles, 200:1;
229B:l-2 days after signify age to come,
201:1,2; 204:1 seven sermons, 199-204A star in the East, 199:2,3; 200:1 whole world summoned to faith,
211A:1 joy, 229B:2 particular day; baptism, 210:2 Passover and, 210:3; 229C:1 renewing memory of mercy, 207:1 sermon for the newly baptized,
203:3 Word spoken from a star, 202:2 Esau, 207:2; 208:1 eternal life:
224:1-3; 228 sermon on sacraments, 228B:l-5; attaining; have a good temporal life,
229:1-3 sermon to infantes, 225:1-4; 226;
229H:3 body and soul united, 212:1 Christ risen is our refuge, 229H:3 end we have in view, 223G:2
227;228 see also Lent; Paschal mystery
INDEX 363 forgiveness of sin needed, 213:9 good days, one day, 217:6 joy; the Holy Spirit, 210:7
2291:2 just person lives by, 189:2 love and, 212:2 praiseworthy (the empty tomb), resurrection and, 229H:3 vigil; tirelessly awake, 223B:2 see also heaven eternity: boredom, 229B:2
229L:1 reason and, 190:2 risen again, by faith, 196A:2 some believe; not all have faith, 229F: 1 stop touching me; believe at higher everlasting vigil, 223G:1 incomprehensible, 215:2 seeking, 229H:2 eucharist: body and blood of Christ the level, 229L:2 touching Christ with the heart, 229L:2 touching Jesus, 229K:l-2 watch and pray, 223E:1 way to eternal bliss, 204A what Mary believed came about, priest, 228B:1 bread of angels, 194:2 Christ the priest, 228B: 1 daily sacrifice, 216:3 heavenly bread, made from produce
215:4 see also creed fall of man: of all, 216:3 knowledge of the newly baptized,
228B:1 mystery of unity, 229A:2 real presence, 227 (and note 9); 229:1 sacrament because of God's word, darkness; sleep, 223K devil; incarnation, 229H:2 weaker used to bring down the stronger, 190:2 fasting:
229:3 sermon owed to "infants," 228:3 this is my body; this is my blood, condemning God's creatures as impure, 208:1 expensive kinds of food, 208:1 frugality and, 207:2 humbling of the soul, 210:4 Lenten, 205:1-3 overcoming temptations, 207:1 perpetual, 207:3 placating God, 210:9 reason for, 210:5 ritual impurities, 209:3 temptation and, 210:3 wing of loving kindness, 206:2 wing of prayer, 206:3 worthless without kindness/mercy,
228B:3 unity: one loaf, one body, 229A: 1 you are what you receive, 227 see also communion Eunomians: converts, 2290:4 Eve, see Adam and Eve evil, see good and evil example: bad and good, 223:1; 228 exorcism, 218B:2 eye: beam (speck) in, 211:1 faith: beliefs contained in the creed, 212:1 believe in order to understand, 212:1;
207:1 festivals: false feast day, 198:1 fever, 229E:3 fifty (number), 210:8 firmament: allegorical meaning of, 229R;
214:10; 229G:4 blessed, if we believe in Christ,
229F:3 day and night, 229T defined for us, 229H:1,3 distinguishing, 229J:4 first believe, then call on name of the
229T; 229U; 229V fish: symbol; sacraments, 229U fishermen: right side of boat, 229M: 1,3 two catches (pre/post-resurrection),
Lord, 213:1 gift from God, 229F: 1 head and body of Christ/Church,
229M:l-3 flesh:
364 INDEX
Father is Christ's God, 229L:2 Father, the fieldworker, 213:10 He who is, 229T human inadequacy to think about, curbing pleasures of, 205:1 devil's whispers, 224:2 lusting against the spirit, 193:2 Florus, 197; 229A forgiveness:
229G:2 maker of body and spirit, 223A:4 name: he who is, 223A:5 name: I am who am, 223A:5; 229T nothing better than, 223A:2 pagan asks: where is your God?
as almsgiving, 206:2 Christ crucified, 208:2 forgive us our debts, 211:1-6 good works; alms, 210:12 pact with God (as we forgive), 211:1-6 readiness to forgive, 211:5 someone you have not harmed, 211:5 wing of prayer, 205:3 forgiveness of sin:
223A:4 proof of existence of, 197:1 (and note
4) right hand of the Father, 214:8 shown in his works, 223A:4 unchangeable good, 223A:3 willingly, whatever he is, 214:4 wrath, 197:1 see also creation; Holy Spirit; Jesus baptism, 229E:2 blood of the new covenant, 228B:3 Calvary, 218:3 creed, 213:9; 214:11 grace; faith, 212:1 light made, 226 Lord's Prayer, 229:3; 229E:3 water from the side of Christ, 228B:2 fornication:
Christ godliness: form; power, 229U; 229V gods, see idols good and evil: devil's whispers, 224:2 harlot, 216:5 forty (number), 205:1; 210:8 four (number), 203:3; 210:8 future life: example, 223:1; 228 God makes good use of the bad,
214:3 husks and grains, 223:2 pride as source of evil, 197:1 unforgiving, 210:12 wakefulness of evil, 223J works of iniquity, 211A:2 good example: expectation of resurrection, 223B:2 hope; forgiveness of sin, 213:9 generosity: pleasure in, 209:3 Genesis, creation in, see creation Gentiles: exhortation to the newly baptized,
228:1,2 good life: gathered from among..., 198:2 grafting the wild olive, 201:2; 218:7 Jewish hostility to, 204:2 life style, 198:2-3 Magi representing, 199:3; 201:1,2; do what you can do, 229H:3 reward for, 229H:3 good luck, 198:2,3 good news: spreading, 202:4 good works:
202:1; 204:1 mercy of God towards, 218A:2 ungodliness, 197:1 see also Magi glory: meeting Christ in the clouds, 193:1 God: alms and forgiveness, 210:12 Christ life, 229D:1 do good in a bad place, 217:5 Lenten, 206:1 mercy; light, 229S works of necessity, 211A:2 see also charity; mercy goodness: be what others should imitate, above my soul, 223A:4 appearances (Old Testament), 223A:2 Father almighty, 213:2; 214:2,3,4;
228:2 gospel: lights in the firmament, 229T
215:2
INDEX 365
grace: grafted from wild olive (Donatists), forgiveness of sins, 212:1 Jesus joined to the eternal Word,
200:4 lack power of sacraments, 229U only the Father is true God, 217:3 receiving communion, 229:2 want "sheep" for themselves, 2290:3 Herod:
185:3 (and note 5) members of Christ, Son of God, 224:1 thousands believe with one heart,
229G:5 grain: threshing-floor, 223:2 gratitude: thanks: we have our hearts fearful, 200:2 persecution of infants, 199:2; 202:2 high priest, 198A:2,3; 228B:2 holy of holies, 198A:2 Holy Spirit: above, 229:3 greed: food, 208:1 self-indulgence, 210:11 Greek language, 218:6 Greeks: term for nationalities, 229F:2 approach and be enlightened, 225:4 both drink and light, 225:4 chrism; anointing, 227 creed, 212:2; 213:7 getting drunk on, 225:4 hope and, 210:7 Incarnation and, 225:2 knows the things that are God's, hair: not one will perish, 214:12 happiness: seeking, 229H.2 hate: anger growing into, 211:1 darkness, 211:2 heart:
217:2 manifestation given to each, 229T number seven (gifts), 229M:2-3 progression; creed, 214:10; 215:8 promise of, and justice, 192:3 Son of God bom of, 214:6; 215:3 Spirit of Father and Son, 212:1 thousands believe (Acts 2:41), aim in prayer, 207:3 circumcised in, 196A:1 lift up the heart, 227; 229:3; 229A:3 pure of heart shall see God, 188:1 sleep of, 223K spiritual power in prayer, 210:9 symbol (creed) written on, 212:2 heaven:
229G:5 true God, 217:2 hope:
Gentiles and Christians, 198:3 in God, not self, 229:3 joy; eternal happiness, 210:7 glorified body in, 213:10 happiness, 229N:3 holy, holy, holy, 211A:2 Jesus ascended to, 229K:2 numbers (Rev. 7:9), 229M.2-3 offered for sale to you, 216:3 peace in, 229M:1 see also eternal life heavens (stars): life in heaven, 192:1 patience, 215:1 place in truth, not in Paul, 197:4 redemption of our bodies, 198A:2 resurrection of Christ and, 229H:3 resurrection of the body, 212:1 shelter of God's wings, 213:1 style of life; salvation, 198:2 watch and pray, 223E: 1 hospitality: good works, 217:5 human condition: apostles as, 204A birth and death in, 229H:2 declare glory of God; Magi's star,
200:1; 202:4 wicked spirits lurking in, 222 Hebrew language, 218:6 heedlessness: animosities, 209:1 heretics: birth and death, 229H:2 constant danger of sin, 211:1 imitate the good; put up with the bad, deny Christ; attack the Church,
223:2 life of Christ and, 229H: 1
218B:2
366 INDEX divinization of humanity, 192:1 flesh assumed; not changed into trial of life on earth, 210:5 see also body humility: flesh, 184:1 flesh attached to the Word, 186:1 form of a servant, 194:3; 212:1;
Christ conforming himself to the dead, 196A:2 Christ teaches by word and example,
229G:3 form of God remains hidden, 187:4 fruit of spiritual marriage, 184:2 greatness of, 225:2 invisible one made visible, 190:2 made death possible for the Word,
218C:4 Christ's circumcision, 196A:1 comparison: Adam/Eve and the
Incarnation, 188:3 death on a cross, 223H dogs into human beings, 218A:2 Gentiles; Epiphany, 203:2 life in this world, 206:1 liturgical celebration; Lent, 206:1 pleasure in being generous, 209:3 reward of, 216:10 shown in birth of Son of God, 184:1 watch and pray, 2231 husks: threshing-floor, 223:2 hyssop: symbolism, 218:11
229G:6 made from his mother (whom he made), 186:1 mercy, 207:1 paradoxes, 192:1 rejoice in this grace, 185:3 truth sprung from the earth, 185:1;
189:2 with/without father/mother, 184:3 Word did not cease to be God,
187:3,4 Word of God become man, 186:2 Word of God could die because of, idols:
218C:1 see also Jesus Christ: nativity individuality: each thing has its own humans as, 229G:3 images of perishable man, 197:1 pagan gods, 223A:4 pagan temples, 217:4 Samaria; the Magi, 202:2 worship; God's truth changed to lie, region, 229H:2 infancy: state of growth, 229H:1 intelligence: spoken words (language) and, 187:3 Israel: blessed in few, limping in many,
197:1 worship of elements, 197:6 ignorance: circumcision not made with
229F:3 hands, 229D:2 image: Caesar and God, 229W imitation: choose a good life, 228:2 good people of God, 224:1; 228 immortality:
Jacob: blessing Judah, 223C both blessed and lame, 229F:3 called Israel, 229F:2 Christ's death and, 218:12 wrestling with angel, 229F:2 Jesus Christ:
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 223A:5 eternally praising God, 211A:2 Incarnation: bom of the Holy Spirit; the creed,
215:4 bom so that weakness might become
ascension: ascending does not mean strong, 190:4 both sexes honored by the Lord, 190:2 divine pity, 229H:1 divine/human natures coupled in withdrawal, 229K:2 creed, 214:8; 215:7 lift up your hearts, 227 seated at God's right hand, 213:5 stop touching me..., 229K:l-2 womb, 195:3
INDEX 367 wish: "where I am, my people may law and prophets fulfilled in, 229J:4 Lent: suffering again for us, 206:1 lessons from his lowness/highness, be," 217:5,6 bom king of the Jews, 201:1,2 both sheep and goat, 228B:2 bride, the Church, 229J:5 charity; the undivided garment,
206:1 life; infancy onward, 229H: 1 light of the world, 226 light out of darkness, 223D:2 lion of Judah, 223F:2 Manichees, 229J:1,2 miracles: star in the East, 199:3 nativity:
218B:2 circumcision; humility, 196A:1; 210:3 commanded to love Christ, 229N:1 cornerstone, 199:1; 200:4; 201:1;
204:2,3 crucified, a scandal and a folly, 218B: 1 crucified, he conquered the devil, ashamed of being the Lord's donkey, 189:4 bom eternal, 189:4 bom on day which he created, 186:3 bom that we might be reborn, 189:3 bridegroom come from chamber,
229N:1 cure of our inner eyes, 195:3 death, see passion and death below denying, means denying life, 229H:3 divinity did not hide humanity,
192:3; 195:3 Christ chose his mother; his
218C:3 doctor, 2290:1 Epiphany (feast), see Epiphany eucharist, see eucharist existed before creation, 196A:1 fast for forty days, 210:9 fasted after baptism, 210:2, 3 Father is greater than I, 187:4 fishermen; nothing caught all night, birthday, 190:1 Christmas Day sermons, 184-196 creed, 213:3 day from day, 189:1 day of time; eternal day, 190:3 divinity announced by shepherds/magi, 185:1 divinity concealed, 184:3 Emmanuel (name), 187:4 eternal Day; temporal day, 185:2 eternal one bom in time, 195:3 form of a servant, 186:2 greatness and humility of Christ,
229M;1 food and wages to his vineyard workers, 229E:4 form of a servant, 229K:2 fountain of life, 213:1; 217:1,5 four living creatures (Apocalypse),
187:1 harmony with the resurrection,
210:5 God and man, 186:1 God from God; the creed, 215:3 head of the Church, 218B:2 human body and soul, 186:2 humanity visible, divinity hidden,
223D:2 human word; divine Word, 187:2 humility of God, 184:1 ox and ass at manger, 190:3; 204:2 paradoxes: maker of man, made man, 191:1 peace on earth, 185:3 speechless infant and Word, 190:3 star in the East, 199:3; 200:1 see also Christmas; Incarnation;
229E:1 humility, 196A:2; 210:3; 218C:2,4;
2231 Jacob wrestling with angel; figure,
229F:2 king and priest, 198A:1 king compared with temporal kings, virgin birth our high priest forever, 228B:2 paradoxes; beliefs, 214:7 passion and death:
200:2 king of the ages, 201:1 king of the Jews, 218A:2 lamb of God, 229N:1; 229P:4 anger and, 208:2 annual solemnity, 223B: 1
368 INDEX
symbolism of undivided garment, blood and water from side, 218:14 burial and resurrection, 221:1 burial; Joseph and Nicodemus, 218:15 Calvary, 218:3 carrying the cross, 218:2 Christ brought us life, 218A:1
218B:2 tunic without seam, 218:9 two thieves crucified with Jesus, 218:4,13 vinegar on a sponge, 218:11 see also cross Philip: show us the Father..., 229G:2 praised by angels and humans, 194:2 prays as man, 217:1 prefigured; high priest, 198A:2,3 prefigured in Passover lamb,
Christ died, but in the flesh, 229G:6 Christ died in his human nature,
218C:1 contrasts: their crimes, our salvation, 218B:1 creed, 215:5 death with a bowed head, 218:12 died by his own power, 218:12 each deed signified something, 218:1 Father, forgive them..., 229E:2;
229C:l-2 price paid for our redemption, 198:2 privilege: with him in his lifetime,
210:4 prophecies about place of birth, 200:3 resurrection:
229G:5 fruit lost without rising, 229J:2 garments divided, 218:8 godhead did not die, 229G:6 good conferred on us by, 214:3 Good Friday, 218:1-15 his holy ones endowed with life by, anticipation of our own, 223D:2 baptism and newness of life, 229A belief in; Easter sermon, 229F:l-3 circumcised in the heart by, 196A:1 Christ, from region of death to region of life, 229E: 1 denied by pagan and Jew, 215:6 distinctive mark of Christian faith,
218C:1 humility: death on a cross, 223H innocent, he suffered for the guilty,
229H:1; 229H:3 fear of death removed by, 229G: 1 gospel readings, 2291:1 John entered tomb, and believed,
218C:2 inscription in three languages, 218:6 Jesus consented, was not conquered,
223C Jewish unbelief, 218B:1 king of the Jews, 218:5-7 liturgy renews the event annually,
229L:1 many of his crucifiers came to believe, 229F:1 passion's fruit lost without, 229J:2 sacrament, model of new life, ' 229E:3
220 love shown in, 229E:1 Mary and John, 218:10 meaning of, 218:1 woman at the empty tomb, 229L: 1 creed, 214:8; 215:6 joy fifty days after, 210:8 see also Easter; Easter Vigil resurrection: post-resurrection never absent from altar or mind,
218B:1 paradoxes, 220 Passover; Christ the lamb, slain, appearances: apostles, 229J:4 bodily or spiritual, 2291:1 disciples after the resurrection, 2291:2 Jews as first witnesses, 229F:3 Peter, do you love me? 229N:l-2; 2290:1 spirit only? 229J:2 stop touching me..., 229K:l-2
229C:1 Paul relies on humility of Christ,
218C:2 pierced with lance; cancelled our sins, 228B:2 proclaim Christ crucified, 218C:2 reliving in memory, 218B:1 suffering for sinners, 218C:2 suffering foretold, 229J:4 thought to be spirit, not body, 191:2 touch/eating as proofs, 229J:1,3
INDEX 369 touch (man, before the ascension), 229L:2 touch not (woman, until ascended),
Passover; dreaming, 229C:1 pride: not submitting to justice of
229L:2 two catches of fish explained, 229M:l-3 why are you troubled? 229J:2
God, 185:2; 189:2 prophecies not seen in Jesus, 229J:4 prophecies of the passion; unbelief, secret places of the heavens, 198A:2 seed of David, 198A:1 Simeon; good news, 217:6 sinless, 229P:4 teachings of his passion/resurrection,
218B:1 reaction to the resurrection, 229E: 1 reward/punishment by God, 214:3 stubborn; tablets of stone, 229M:2 unbelievers, and the Magi, 199:2;
213:5 tempted with bread, 208:1 touched in faith better than in the
202:3 John, Saint, Apostle: entered empty tomb, and believed, flesh, 229K:l-2 treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
229L:1 Mary entrusted to, 218:10 John the Baptist:
194:3 true flesh, 229J:1 true God, 217:1 truth and mercy, 218A:2 two births of, 184:3; 189:4; 190:2; birth; time of year, 194:1 pagan festival on birthday, 196:4 Joseph (the name), 218:15 j°y:
Christian life, 229B:2 Christmas Day, 184:2 fifty days after the resurrection, 210:8 hope of eternal happiness, 210:7 represented by number fifty, 210:8 Judas, 214:3; 229:3 judgment day:
196:1 woman touching hem of his garment,
229L:2 Word, soul and flesh: a single whole,
214:7 works of mercy done for (in his life),
229Z see also body of Christ; Christian
Christ will come to judge..., 213:6;
214:9; 223C joy, 229B:2 life; creed; Incarnation; Son of God; Word of God Jews: threshing-floor, 223:2 unworthy reception of communion, believing and unbelieving, 229F:2 blindness; compared with the Magi,
228B:4 Juno, 197:6 justice:
200:3 circumcision by Christ, 196A:1 criminal responsibility for the conscience, 2231 looked forth from heaven (the crucifixion, 223C crucifixion; conversion at Pentecost, nativity), 185:2; 192:3 pride of the Jews, 185:2; 189: 2 justification:
2291:3 descent from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, faith, 185:3 spiritual circumcision, 196A:1
201:2 forgiven for the crucifixion, by believing, 229E:2 hardness of heart, 202:3 humility of Christ and, 196A:2 Jesus, king of the Jews, 218:5-7 kill Christ to remove his memory, keys of the kingdom, 229N:2 kindness: fasting and, 207:1 kingdom of God:
223B:1 losses, since Christ came, 201:2 mental blindness re Messiah, 204:3 eternal, 229D.2 see him, love him, praise him, 211A:2 kingdom of heaven, see heaven
370 INDEX kings: filial fear of Christ, 200:2 kiss: sign of peace, 227; 229:3 knowledge: communion and, 229:3 daily baptism, 213:9 forgive us our debts, 211:2-3 handing over of, 213:1 (and note 8) love: gift of the Spirit, 229T treasure hidden in Christ, 194:3 believe; proclaim, 194:1 each is questioned: do you love me?
229N:2 faith and, 212:2 God's love of sinners, even to die for language: intelligence and spoken words, 187:3 words in the mind, 225:3 Latin language, 218:6 law: knowledge of, 197:1 Lent: them, 215:5 head for his body, 197:5 keeping the commandments, 194:4 loving the sheep means loving the alertness in, 208:1 alms to be increased during, 208:2 chastising the body, 208:1 Christ suffering for us again, 206:1 eight sermons, 205-211A fasting before baptism, 210:2 fasting wrongly, 210:10 forty days, 205:1 humbling of our souls, 210:8 humbling ourselves, 206:1 meaning of, 210:1 occasion for new enjoyments, 207:2 penances other than fasting, 205:2 self-indulgence, 210:11 this life signified in, 205:1 whole world celebrates, 209:1 why we fast before Easter, 210:4 life: shepherd, 229N:1 new commandment; life in yourselves, 228B:3 other gifts worthless without, 209:3 Pentecost, 227 Peter, do you love me? 229N: 1;
2290:1; 2290:3; 229P:3 reaching kingdom of heaven, 228:2 see creation, and love God, 223A:1 style of life; salvation, 198:2 unity in body of Christ, 229A:2 watch and pray, 223E: 1 see also charity lover: weeping, 223A:4 lust: flesh against spirit, 193:2; 205:1 desire for, 229H:2 stages of life, 216:8 style; soul's three sentiments, 198:2 uncertainty, 229H:3 years added to, subtracted from, 229H:2 light:
Magi:
Epiphany, seven sermons, 199-204A first Gentiles to know Christ, 203:1 ' firstfruits of the Gentiles, 202:1,4;
203:3; 204:2; 204A gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh, 202:2 going back by a different way, 202:4 Herod and, 200:2 Jewish blindness and, 200:3 Jewish unbelievers and, 199:2 Pilate and, 201:2 questioning the Jews, 201:2; 202:3 worship the light, 223D:2 see also Epiphany magicians (Magi), 200:4 Manichees, 229J: 1,2 mankind: allegorical meaning of, 229R; 229T;
229U; 229V armor of, 190:1 Christ as, 223D:2 Church as, 222 creation; good, 223:1 newly baptized, 225:4 sins forgiven, 226 we who were once in darkness, 195:3 see also day; darkness liturgy: Christ-events made present by,
220 Lord's Prayer:
divinization: purpose of the
Incarnation, 192:1
INDEX 371 image and likeness of God, 229V microcosm: all God's works body inferior to, 223A:2 words/language in, 225:3 miracles: contained in, 229V marriage:
Magi's star, 199:3 number believing in apostles, 229G.5 moon: light, 229T morality: Gentiles and Christians, 198:3 mortality: God: I am who am, 223A:5 mortification: chastising the body, 208:1 Moses: chastity in, 192:2; 210:9 virginity and, 188:4 married women, 196:2 martyrdom: grilled fish as symbol, 229J:3 martyrs: faith in the resurrection, 229H:3 suffered out of charity, 229J:3 Mary, Blessed Virgin: burning bush, 229T fasting, 205:1; 210:9 name of God, 223A:5 staff; law, 196A:2 mountains: apostles as, 223H murder: whoever hates his brother, 211:2 mustard seed: fervor of humility, 223H mystery: stretching effect, 225:3
Church and; the creed, 213:8 earth; Adam, 189:2 entrusted to John, 218:10 Jewess, 229F:2 mother of God, 214:6; 215:3 priestly/royal ancestry, 198A:1 star of the night, 223D:2 virgin mother, and the Church, 192:2 virginal chastity, 225:2 virginity, 188:4; 191:2,4; 195:2; nations: totality of, 218:6 nativity, see Jesus Christ: nativity need:
196:2 with child of the Holy Spirit, 225:2 see also Annunciation; Jesus Christ: give in order to receive, 206:2 works of necessity, 211A:2 neophytes: thousands converted (Acts nativity; virgin birth Mary Magdalen:
2:37), 2291:3 Neptune, 197:1 new covenant, 196A:2 New Year's Day: resurrection; the empty tomb,
229L: 1-2 stop touching me..., 229L:2 Mass: four sermons, 196A-198A pagan celebrations, 196:4; 198:1 newly baptized, see baptism Nicodemus (the name), 218:15 night: consecration, 229A: 1 explanation, preface onward, 229:3 prayer: lift up your hearts, 227 preface; the words explained, 229A:3 master and slave: asking pardon, 211:4 Melchizedek, 228B:1 mercy: children of light, 223K spiritual gifts; light, 229T ungodly living, 229B:1 nonbelievers, see unbelief numbers:
Christ's mission, 207:1 fasting and, 207:1 good works; light, 229S prayer for, 223A:6 will and ability to do good, 193:2 Messiah: four and twelve, 203:3 four, ten, forty, fifty, 210:8 kingdom of heaven (153, 17, 10, 7),
229M:2-3 holy desire to see, 210:5 Jewish misunderstanding of time of
Old Testament: desire to see Messiah's coming, 199:2 prophicies; the Jews and Christ, 202:3 mind: coming, 210:4 original sin:
372 INDEX
Eve and the nativity, 184:2 need for rebirth, 189:3 persecution: gospel reaching ends of the world,
2291:4 Jerusalem; Stephen, 2291:4 person: thoughts, where one properly is, pagans:
217:2 Peter, Saint:
Gentile practices, 198:2-3 good luck celebrations, 198:2,3 origin of rites, 197:1 see also idols Parasceve, 221:4 pardon: baptism of tears, 2290:1; 229P:4 Church founded on, 229P: 1 Church to be recognized in, 229P: 1 denials; presuming on his own strength; 229P:3 do you love me? 229N:l-2; 2290:1; asking for, 211:4,6 friendly approach is way of asking,
2290:3 do you love me more than these?
211:4 Pasch (the word), 229C:1 Paschal mystery:
2290:2; 229P:2 his apostolate has strengthened us, anniversary of Christ's passion, 210:2 Passover:
210:6 miracle at Pentecost, 2291:3 passion of Christ and, 223E:1 repent and be baptized, 229E:2 three times you will deny me, 2290:1 threefold denial, threefold broken legs of thieves on cross,
218:13 celebrated by Christ, 210:3 Easter and, 221:1; 229C:1 prefiguring Easter, 229C:l-2 patience: cross as lesson for, 218C:4 Patripassians, 229G:3 Paul, Saint: confession, 2290:2; 229P:1 wept bitterly; 229P:3 Philip: show us the Father..., 229G:2 pity, divine, 229H:1 pleasure: knows "sheep" belong to Christ, not himself, 2290:3 refused to be worshipped, 197:3 Saul, why persecute me? 229K:1; curbing the flesh, 205:1 going after lusts, 210:11 Lent: revising without reducing, 207:2 preoccupation with, 229V self-restraint, 208:2 Pontius Pilate, 201:2; 214:7; 215:5; 218:7 poor: seeing God in the needy, 206:2 praise:
229N:3 peace: fraternal concord, 211:1 holy kiss, 227; 229:3 infant Jesus, 199:1 people of good will, 193:2 unity as bond of, 228B:5 penance: angels/humans praise Christ, 194:2 catechumens, a people being created,
Lenten works, 205:2 see also Lent Pentecost:
216:7 eternal life, 211A:2 human words inadequate for, 188:1 prayer: charity, 227 speaking with tongues, 2291:3 works of Holy Spirit, 2291:3 people: as alms, 207:3; 209:2 chaste, 207:3 fasting as wing of, 206:3 Lenten practice, 206:1 lift up the heart, 229A:3 Lord be with you, 229A:3 made fitter by almsgiving and imitate good people, 224:1 make bad use of good nature, 214:3 men as gods, 229G:3 see also mankind perfection: end we have in view, 223G:2 fasting, 207:3
INDEX 373 overcoming temptations, 207:1 persistence, 223J placating God, 210:9 pure heart; spiritual power, 210:9 reason for, 210:5 two wings: giving and forgiving,
Sabellians, 229G:3-5 sacraments: blood from side of Christ, 218:14 Easter sermon, 227; 228B: 1-5;
229:1-3 four comers of the world, 218:8 meaning of tunic without seam, 218:9 power of, is charity, 229U received with devotion, 210:3 reptiles of living souls, 229U sacramental character, 229V signs, 229:1 sacrifice: old covenant refers to new
205:3 preaching: nets of the word, 229M: 1 predestination: saints, 229S preface (of Mass), 229A:3 pride: beware; hidden sins, 216:10 darkened minds, 197:1 devil, 197:1 evil deeds stem from, 197:1 hard ground softened by grace, covenant, 228B:2 saints:
2290:1 Simon Magus, 197:3 wish to be adored, 197:4 purity: all is pure, to the pure, 208:1
Christ speaks in, 197:5 predestined, 229S salvation: believe and confess; the symbol,
214:1 calling on name of the Lord, 213:1 confession unto, 213:2 consequences: if Christ had not been
Q quarrels: fasting from, 205:3 forgiveness, 211:5,6 heedless; animosities, 209:1 bom, 185:1 good news; day from day, 190:4 hope for what we are to receive, 213:1 joy in cause of, 218B:1
Red Sea, 213:9 redemption:
Simeon; good news, 217:6 Samaria: idolatry, 202:2 scripture(s):
God died for human beings, 218C: 1 innocent blood blots out sins, 229E:2 religion: bands of faith, 223G:1 repentance: authority of, 229R lights, firmament (allegorical meaning), 229S seat (usage of the term), 214:8 self-control: living souls, 229V self-denial: gift: hard ground softened, 2290:1 Peter's example, 229P:4 reptiles of living souls, 229U resurrection of the body: avarice and, 208:2 deposit in treasury of heaven, 210:12 self-indulgence: bodily redemption, 198A:2 creed, 213:10 distinguishes our life of faith, 215:6 hope, 212:1 judging the living and the dead, 223C dead souls, 229V seeking new forms of, 210:11 sermons: role of, 216:1 seven (number): Holy Spirit, 229M:2 sex: model of, 223D:2 risen again, by faith, 196A:2 wages of faith, 229E:4 we shall be God's possession, 213:10 revenge: being avenged, 211:6 rock: drink from spiritual rock, 229P:1
Lenten abstinence, marriage rights,
205:2; 206:3; 207:2; 208:1; 209:3; 210:9 sexes: creation of, 190:2
374 INDEX
shame: human nature changed for the better, animosities, 209:1 ashamed of me before men..., 215:5 forehead as dwelling place for,
186:2 humanity (flesh) added to divinity of,
186:1 in the beginning, 225:1 paradoxes, 188:2; 215:3 praise; equal to the Father, 188:1 same as God is himself, 217:7 seed of David, according to the flesh,
218C:4 sheep: one flock, one shepherd, 2290:3 Peter, feed my sheep, 229N:1,3;
2290:3; 229P:1,4 shepherds: Epiphany, 199:3; 201:1;
186:3 servant, less than the Father, 229G:4 Word made flesh, 186:2 see also Jesus Christ; Word of God soul:
203:1,2; 204:1,2 Shimei, 214:8 shouting, 205:3 Simeon, 190:4; 196A:1; 217:6 Simon Magus, 197:3; 229U; 229V sin: believing, hoping, loving, 198:2 changeable, 223A:3 finding you yourself, 223A:4 immortal, 212:1 inner self, 218A:3 life of, 212:1 living souls, 229V perception of, 197:1 sower: parable, 216:3 spirit: against nature, 214:3 baptism and forgiveness of, 213:9;
229E:2 Christ the appeasement for, 213:6 constant danger of, 211:1 disease; doctor's enemy, 229E:3 friends with sins, 229E:3 God chose people he wished to make good, 229F:1 God's image worn down by, 229W punished by God, 214:2 put your members to death, 216:5 turning back to, at heart, 223E:2 see also redemption sisters (religious): spiritual marriage, body inhabited by, 223A:4 flesh lusting against, 193:2 known in its work, 223A:4 only spirit knows the person, 217:2 show me your spirit, 223A:4 Spirit of God, see Holy Spirit spiritual life:
184:2 sleep: growth in, 216:9 serve creator, not creature, 216:3 sponge: Christ on the cross, 218:11 stqrs: of body; of heart, 223K daily death, 221:3 necessity, 221:3; 229H:2 Solomon: temple, 217:4 Son of God: fate; Magi's star, 199:3 light, 229T Stephen, Saint:
Arian heresy, 229G:2 begotten without beginning, 196:1 births of his divinity, humanity, 214:6 co-etemal with the Father, 195:1;
Christ seated at God's right hand,
213:5; 214:8 first martyr, 204:3 martyrdom, 2291:4 temple, 217:4 suffering: motive: boast or charity, 229J:3 sun:
229L:2 creed: I believe in Jesus..., 213:3 crucified; the creed, 213:4 day from day, 217:6 emptied himself, 213:4 equality with the Father, 212:1; 214:5 Father is greater than I, 229G:4 form of a servant, 215:4
Christmas: festival day, honoring its
Creator, 190:1 light of day, 229T Psalm applied to birth of Christ, 192:3 worship, 197:1
INDEX 375
Susanna, 196:2 symbol: twelve (number), 203:3 rule of faith, 213:2 usage of the word, 214:12 see also creed unbelief/unbelievers: darkness; night, 190:1; 222 divinity of Christ, 191:2 Gentiles and Christians, 198:3 Jesus: true God, true man, 184:1 sleep of the heart, 223K understanding: taxes for Caesar, 229W Tellus, 197:6 temptation: ability to endure, 223E: 1 beyond our capacity, 223:2 fasting, and struggle against, 210:3 fire of trials, 229A:2 human life on earth, 223E:1 overcoming by alms, fasting, prayer, believe in order to understand, 212:1;
214:10; 229G:4 unity:
analogy: bread and wine made one,
229:2 body of Christ, 210:8; 227 bond of peace, 228B:5 one loaf (eucharist), one body, 227;
207:1 watch and pray, 223B: 1,2; 223C;
223E:1; 223G:2 ten (number), 210:8 ten commandments:
229A:1 spiritual love for, 218B:2 universe: number (ten), 229M:2 worldwide, 210:8 thanks, see gratitude thirst: allegorical meaning, 229S; 229V threshing-floor: birth and death in, 229H:2 creation of, 223A: 1 work of Father and Son, 184:1 usury, 228:1
Church as, 223:2 grain into bread, 229:1 time: year representing the whole of, values: not a hair of our heads will perish,
214:12 vices:
198A:2 transubstantiation: fasting from, 207:3 offering incense to demons, 198:3 vigils: bread and wine, body and blood,
229:1; 229A:1 God's action, 229:3 Trinity:
Paul's urging, 221:2 reason for, 221:3 watch, enjoined by the Savior, creation; in the beginning, 223A:3 equality of persons, 214:10; 215:8 heresies, 217:3; 229G:3-4 humanity of Christ; still three
223D:2 see also Easter vigil vinegar: Christ on the cross, 218:11 vineyard workers (parable), 229E:4 virgin birth: 184:1, 2; 186:1; 188:2,4; persons, 186:1 inseparable divinity, 217:1 one God, 212:1; 213:7; 217:4; 229G:5 three persons, 229G:3 threefold unity, 215:8 truth:
189:2,4; 190:2,3; 191:4; 192:1; 193:1; 194:4; 195:1; 196:1; 201:1; 213:8; 215:3 virginity: changed into lie (idols), 197:1 hold down, in iniquity, 197:1 sprung from earth (the nativity), chosen state, 191:3 marriage; virgins; Mary, 188:4 virgins:
185:1; 189:2; 192:1,4; 193:2 will set you free, 193:2 chaste, 208:1; 209:3; 210:9
376 INDEX
Christ, husband in your hearts, 191:4 consecrated; nuns, 191:3,4 humble, 196:2 you too are Christ's mothers, 192:2 enclosed in Mary's womb, 225:3 Epiphany, 202:2 equality with the Father, 212:1 eternal day, 188:2 first begetting of, 196:1 food and bread of angels, 196:3 God said to the Son..., 223A:3 human birth; our rebirth, 189:3 human body and soul assumed by, wakeful watchers, 223G:2 weeping: relief in, 223A:4 whore, 224:3 widows:
214:6,12 human words cannot explain, 188:1 in the beginning, 188:2; 215:3; 226; chaste, 208:1; 209:3 dedicated continence, 192:2 wine: made into unity (eucharist), 229:2;
229E:4; 229G:6 power, seen in the Incarnation, 187:2 remains forever, 187:3, 4 took flesh, but did not leave Father,
229A:2 wisdom:
folly of God is wiser than human,
223A:2 unchangeable, 212:1 Word was God, 225:1 see also Jesus Christ; Son of God words:
218B:1 gift of the Spirit, 229T God created all things in, 223A: 1 treasure hidden in Christ, 194:3 wise in worldly affairs, 184:1 women: go out (spoken), don't depart, honored in the Incarnation, 190:2 looking after Christ, 229Z resurrection; the empty tomb, 229L:1 Word of God:
223A:2; 223A:5 inadequate for praising God, 188:1 sounded, do not leave mind, 225:3 works of mercy: all things made through, 223A: 1 analogy: spoken (voiced) words, anger stored in the heart, 208:2 done for Christ (in the flesh), 229Z works of necessity, 211A:2 world:
187:3 assumed flesh, to be seen, 225:3 begotten; all things made through,
God can make good use of bad, 214:3 rejecting the delights of, 216:2 wise in affairs of, 184:1 worship of elements of, 197:6
214:5 emptied himself, taking form of
servant, 186:3; 187:4; 196:1;
» wrongdoing: watchfulness, 223G:2
196A:1
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