Pentecost to 10th Sunday after pentecost

392 Pages·1964·19.52 MB·English

by  Toal, Martin Francis

THE SUNDAY SERMONS OF
THE GREAT FATHERS
VOLUME THREE
Semper redeundum ad divinae revelationis Fontes; quod depositum Divinus Redemptor
concredidit authentice interpretandum soli Ecclesiae Magisterio.
Pope Pius XII,
Encyclical Humani Generis,
12 August 1950
THE
SUNDAY SERMONS
OF THE GREAT
FATHERS
VOLUME THREE
From Pentecost to the
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
M. F. TOAL, D.D.
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First published 1959
Third Printing, 196.1
l';IHIL OB~'TAT: JOAN;',;ES M. T. BARTON, S.T.D.,
L.S.S., CENSOR DF.l'UTATUS. IMPRIMATUR: F.. lllOR·
ROGH BERNARD, VIC. GEN. WESTMO:-iAHERII, DIE
2A OCTOBRIS 1958
FOREWORD
TO THE FIRST VOLUME
THE author of the present work has had as his purpose to put into the hands of
his fellow priests material of incomparable value, in a form easy of access, with
a view to aiding them in the sacred ministry of preaching. This apostolic
ministry is the one on which all else depends in the mission of the Church for
the salvation ofs ouls.
A large portion of it will always consist in homilies on the Gospels of the
Sundays and Principal Feasts. Father Toal, in this first volume, has in view this
sector of the preacher's work. For the Gospel of each Sunday and Feast he has
brought together from the most reliable sources, and translated, all that he
thought to be best and most useful in the homilies and expositions of the Fathers
and of the Angel of the Schools.
Nothing more suited to his noble purpose could be conceived. The word of
God contained in Scripture, and especially in the Gospels, has been given to the
Church for the instruction of men. Sacred Tradition guided by the Spirit of
God has expounded it in the writings of the Holy Fathers and Doctors.
Father Toal has placed in the easiest possible reach of the busy priest this
treasure house of sacred lore, this quintessence of the doctrine of Tradition on
each Gospel. What he supplies may, of course, not be all that may be usefully
known in relation to it, but it is, and by long odds, the most important thing.
A sermon well prepared on the matter here supplied cannot fail to be learned,
solid, simple and effective.
What more can be said in praise of the utility of Father Toal's contribution?
We shall all be grateful to him, and his reward will indeed be great (Mt. v. 12).
MICHAEL BROWNE, O.P.
Master General ef the Order of Preachers
Vatican formerly Master of the Sacred
24 November 1954 Apostolic Palace

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND
ABBREVIATIONS
Bibliotheca Patrum Concionatoria of P. Francois Combefo
O.P. Paris 1681 BPC
Migne' s Patrologiae Cursus Completus
Series Graeca. Edition Paris 1886. Vols. 161 PG
Series Latina. Edition Paris 1844--66. Vols. 221 PL
Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum CSEL
Catena Aurea Sancti Thomae
Editio Joannis Nicolae 0.P. Lyons 1686 CA
(A complete edition in English of the Catena Aurea is in
course of preparation.-Ed.)
Catena Sexaginta-quinque Graecorurn Patrum in Lucam,
Quae Quatuor simul Evangelistarum introduxit Ex
plicationem. Luce ac latinitate donata a Balthasare
Corderio Soc. Jesu. Antwerp 1628 Catena GP
Catena Patrum Graecorum in S. Joannern, ex antiquissimo
Graeco codice MS nuncprimurn in lucem edita, a
Balthasare Corderio Soc. Jesu. Antwerp 1630 Catena GP
Graffin, Patrologia Syriaca GPS
Voss:o, Sti Ephraem Syri Opera Omnia, Cologne 1616 V ossio S. Eph.
Graflin, Patrologia Orientalis GPO
Denzinger, Enchiridion Symbolorum 1928 Denz.
Enchiridion Biblicum, 1954 EB
Dictionnaire de Theologie Catholique DTC
Clavis Patrum Latinorum, Sacris Erudiri III, 105 I Clavis
Pour Revaloriser Migne, Tables Rectificatives, par Mgr.
Glorieux, Lille 1952 PRM
Etude, Textes, G. Morin, Maredsous 1913
Faure, Glossarium
A Glossary ofL ater Latin to A.D. 600, compiled by Alexander
Souter, Oxford 1949 Gil
Mediaeval Latin Word List, Baxter and Johnson, Oxford 1947
Texts and Studies
Altaner, Patrologie, 1951
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Norn ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF Tms BOOK
For each Sunday or Feast Day in the book there is given the
Gospel of the Day, and after that the parallel passages from
other gospels where such passages exist. In every case these
are followed by an exposition of the Gospel taken from the
Catena Aurea of St Thomas Aquinas, which in turn is fol
lowed by a selection of sermons on the Gospel.
LIST OF DOCTORS AND FATHERS
IN THIS VOLUME
THE FOUR GREAT DOCTORS OF THE EAST
I. St Basil the Great, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop ofCappa
docia, Asia Minor. Born c. 330; died 379.
2. St Gregory Nazianzen, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of
Constantinople 379. Born 329; died 390.
3. St John Chrysostom, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of
Constantinople 397. Born 354; died 407.
4. St Cyril of Alexandria, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of
Alexandria 412. Died 444.
THE FOUR GREAT DOCTORS OF THE WEST
1. St Ambrose, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of Milan 37 3.
Born 339; died 397.
2. St Jerome, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Priest. Born 347; died 420.
3. St Augustine, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Bishop of Hippo 395.
Born 354; baptized 387; died 28 August 430.
4. St Gregory the Great, Pope, Confessor, Doctor of the Church. Born 540;
successor of St Peter 590; died 6o4.
FATHERS, DOCTORS, ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS
1. St Clement, Pope, Martyr, early successor of St Peter. Fellow-labourer of
St Paul (Phil. iv. 3) .
2. St Justin Martyr. Born c. rno; martyred Rome 165.
3. St Irenaeus, MartyT, Father of the Church, Bishop of Lyons. Martyred
c. 202.
4. Clement of Alexandria, learned and saintly Christian layman. Died 215.
5. Origen, Confessor, Priest. Born c. 185; died 253.
6. St Cyprian, Martyr, Father of the Church, Bishop of Carthage. Martyred
14 September 258.
7. St Hilary, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Bishop of Poitiers from 350.
Died 368.
8. St Ephraim, Confessor, Deacon, Doctor of tl1e Church. Died 373.
9. St Gregory of Nyssa, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Bishop of Nyssa
371. Died 394.
IO. St Amphilocius of Iconium. Born 339; died c. 400.
IL St Gaudentius, Bishop of Brescia from 387. Died 4rn.
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x List of Doctors and Fathers in this Volume
12. St Asherius, Bishop of Amasenc, Metropolitan of Pontus. Died c. 410.
13. St Proclius, Archbishop of Comtantinople 434. Died 446.
14. St Peter Chrysologus, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of
Ravenna. Died 450.
15. St Leo the Great, Pope, Confessor, Doctor of the Church. Successor of
St Peter A.D. 440. Died 461. The supreme witness and teacher of the
Incarnation.
16. St Maximus, Bishop of Turin. Born 380; died 465.
17. The Venerable Bede, Priest, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, of Jarrow
(Northumberland). Born 672; died 735.
18. Theophylactus, Patriarch of Bulgaria. Born 765; died 840.
HJ. Remigius, of Auxerre, ecclesiastical writer. Died 908.