Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18
Educated at the abbeys of Bonnevaux and Cluny and at the court of his kinsman, Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Amadeus became a monk of Clairvaux in 1125, just about the time its abbot, Bernard, began to be noticed by the Church at large. After twenty years in the cloister, Amadeus became bishop of the troubled diocese of Lausanne. Reform and renewal did not come easily. In one of his letters he tells how his vestments once ran red with the blood of a man murdered while the bishop tried unsuccessfully to protect him.

Amid political skullduggery, as well as the demands of pastoral and administrative duties, Bishop Amadeus managed to write 'perhaps to preach 'these eight homilies in praise of Mary. In them he expresses not only the monastic devotion he had learned in the Order which dedicated 'and still dedicates 'each of its churches in her honor, but also the more popular devotion which was sweeping western Europe in the mid-twelfth century.

Formed as a monk under the charismatic influence of Saint Bernard, Amadeus retained a distinctive piety which finds eloquent expression in this series of sermons, almost all that survives from his pen.

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Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18
Educated at the abbeys of Bonnevaux and Cluny and at the court of his kinsman, Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Amadeus became a monk of Clairvaux in 1125, just about the time its abbot, Bernard, began to be noticed by the Church at large. After twenty years in the cloister, Amadeus became bishop of the troubled diocese of Lausanne. Reform and renewal did not come easily. In one of his letters he tells how his vestments once ran red with the blood of a man murdered while the bishop tried unsuccessfully to protect him.

Amid political skullduggery, as well as the demands of pastoral and administrative duties, Bishop Amadeus managed to write 'perhaps to preach 'these eight homilies in praise of Mary. In them he expresses not only the monastic devotion he had learned in the Order which dedicated 'and still dedicates 'each of its churches in her honor, but also the more popular devotion which was sweeping western Europe in the mid-twelfth century.

Formed as a monk under the charismatic influence of Saint Bernard, Amadeus retained a distinctive piety which finds eloquent expression in this series of sermons, almost all that survives from his pen.

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Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18

Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18

Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18

Homilies in Praise of Blessed Mary: Volume 18

Overview

Educated at the abbeys of Bonnevaux and Cluny and at the court of his kinsman, Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Amadeus became a monk of Clairvaux in 1125, just about the time its abbot, Bernard, began to be noticed by the Church at large. After twenty years in the cloister, Amadeus became bishop of the troubled diocese of Lausanne. Reform and renewal did not come easily. In one of his letters he tells how his vestments once ran red with the blood of a man murdered while the bishop tried unsuccessfully to protect him.

Amid political skullduggery, as well as the demands of pastoral and administrative duties, Bishop Amadeus managed to write 'perhaps to preach 'these eight homilies in praise of Mary. In them he expresses not only the monastic devotion he had learned in the Order which dedicated 'and still dedicates 'each of its churches in her honor, but also the more popular devotion which was sweeping western Europe in the mid-twelfth century.

Formed as a monk under the charismatic influence of Saint Bernard, Amadeus retained a distinctive piety which finds eloquent expression in this series of sermons, almost all that survives from his pen.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780879074180
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 08/01/1994
Series: Cistercian Fathers , #18
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction   vii
     The curriculum vitae of Amadeus of Lausanne   viii
     The Homilies   x
     May in Salvation History   xvi
     The Homilies in Brief   xix
Homily One:  The Blessed Virgin Mary and our Salvation   1
Homily Two:  Mary's Progress in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit   9
Homily Three:  The Annunciation and the Incarnation   17
Homily Four:  The Birth of Christ   27
Homily Five:  Mary at the Passion of Christ   39
Homily Six:  The Paschal Banquet   49
Homily Seven:  Mary's Death and Assumption into Heaven   59
Homily Eight:  Mary's Love and Concern for Us   69
Abbreviations  77
Index   79
Index of Persons   84
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