Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah

by Aelred of Rievaulx

Publisher:

Cistercian Publications

, 2018

Overview

During his twenty years as abbot of the Yorkshire monastery of Rievaulx, Aelred preached many sermons: to his own monks, in other monasteries, and at significant gatherings outside the cloister. In these thirty-one homilies on Isaiah 13-16, together with an introductory Advent sermon, Aelred interprets the burdens that Isaiah prophesied against the nations according to their literal, allegorical, and moral senses. He sees these burdens as playing a role both in the history of the church and in the progress of the individual soul. This collection of homilies is an ambitious, unified work of a mature monk, synthesizing biblical exegesis, ascetical teaching, spiritual exhortation, and a theory of history.

Key Features

• Presents the most ambitious and challenging of Aelred's works
• Seeks to instruct the faithful and reform them into their original form of wisdom - their likeness to God through Christ
• Follows a three-part manuscript composition to present the first English translation of the homilies

Contents

• Letter from Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx to the Most Reverend Bishop Gilbert of London
• Sermon from the Coming of the Lord: On the Eleven Burdens
• Homily 1: On where it says, The burden of Babylon that Isaiah, son of Amos, saw
• Homily 2: On the many kinds of vision, and which kind makes someone a prophet
• Homily 3: From where it says, Over the dark mountain to Let the leaders enter the gates
• Homily 4: On the same section
• Homily 5: On the same section considered morally
• Homily 6: From where it says, I commanded to Those rejoicing in my glory
• Homily 7: From where it says, The voice of a crowd to To those coming from a distant lant
• Homily 8: From where it says, From the height of heaven to Will decay and crumble
• Homily 9: From where it says Torments and pain to The moon will not shine forth its light
• Homily 10: Also from Behold, the day of the Lord is coming to I will visit evil on the cities
• Homily 11: From where it says, And I will visit evil on the cities to Will not show mercy to the sucklings of the womb
• Homily 12: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 13: From where it says, And Babylon will be to He will make them rest on their own soil
• Homily 14: From where it says, The foreigner will be joined to Worms will be your covering
• Homily 15: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 16: From where it says, How did you fall to I will be like the Most High
• Homily 17: On the same section in a different sense
• Homily 18: From where it says, Is this the man to Nor fill the face of the world of cities
• Homily 19: From where it says, And I will rise over them to the end of the burden of Babylon
• Homily 20: From the beginning of the burden of the Philistines to where it says, And your remnants I will kill
• Homily 21: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 22: From where it says, Wail, O gate to the end of the burden of the Philistines
• Homily 23: From the beginning of the burden of Moab to where it says, their voice was heard as far as Jahaz
• Homily 24: On the same section explained
• Homily 25: From where it says, For this the lightly armed soldiers of Moab to The lion...and for the rest of the land
• Homily 26: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 27: From where it says, Send forth the lamb, O Lord to swiftly rendering what is just
• Homily 28: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 29: From where it says, We hear Moab's pride to where it says, I have taken away the voice of the treaders
• Homily 30: On the same section explained morally
• Homily 31: On where it says, My belly will sound forth to Moab to the end of the burden of Moab

Praise for Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah

This first English translation of The Burdens of Isaiah is a valuable addition to the available corpus of Aelred’s works, a challenging and rewarding tour de force, sometimes puzzling and sometimes dazzling, that represents Aelred’s thought and spirit in its maturity.

Catholic Books Review

Product Details

• Title: Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah
• Author: Aelred of Rievaulx
• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 424
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:HMLSPRPHTCBRDSH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:59:43Z

About Aelred of Rievaulx

Aelred (1110 – 12 January 1167), also Aelred, Ælred, Æthelred, etc. , was an English writer, abbot of Rievaulx (from 1147 until his death), and saint.