What spiritual symbolism is contained in the Isaiahan prophecy that a virgin would conceive? Find out when St. Bernard of Clairvaux continues his explication of this Scriptural passage, in part II of II of another of his famous Advent homilies.
How might one interpret Isaiah’s words to Ahaz “Ask for a sign” … and Ahaz’s response that he will not? Find out when St. Bernard of Clairvaux begins his explication of the prophecy that a virgin shall conceive, in another of his famous Advent homilies.
THE NATIVITY: Part II of II “And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Judah: out of thee shall He come
THE VISITATION “And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Judah. And she entered into
THE SALUTATION OF THE ANGEL “And in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to
THE MARRIAGE OF OUR LADY “As the Church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to their husbands in all things. Husbands,
THE VISION TO ZACHARY “Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call
THE MOTHER OF GOD “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made anything from the beginning. I was set up
THE HOUSE OF DAVID “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give unto
THE BLESSED TRINITY “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning
