Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, Volume 1, credited to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, Volume 1 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. In this immortal code of divine love, he celebrates the nuptials of the soul with God, and depicts in lines of light that Bride who loves only for the sake of loving and being loved . . . Human tenderness, no matter how eloquent, has never inspired accents more passionate or more profound. - Summary by Charles Forbes René de Montalembert

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, Volume 1
• Author credits: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 16:11:03

Catalogue topics

• Christianity
• bible
• sermons
• song of solomon
• song of songs
• homilies
• Canticles
• incarnation

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 01 - On the Meaning of the Title — 18:08
2. 02 - On the Incarnation of Christ — 20:09
3. 03 - On the Mystical Kiss of the Lord's Feet, Hand, and Mouth — 13:18
4. 04 - On the Three Stages of the Soul's Progress — 8:33
5. 05 - On the Four Orders of Spirits — 17:10
6. 06 - On the Kiss of the Lord's Feet — 11:51
7. 07 - On the Love of the Spouse, and on the Attention Due to the Word of God — 17:50
8. 08 - On the Kiss of the Mouth Interpreted of the Holy Spirit — 15:52
9. 09 - On the Breasts of the Bridegroom and of the Spouse — 19:43
10. 10 - On the Spiritual Ointments — 21:39
11. 11 - On the Mode and Fruit of Redemption — 19:21
12. 12 - On the Ointment of Piety — 31:52
13. 13 - Glory Belongs to God Alone — 26:04
14. 14 - The Church and the Synagogue — 25:29
15. 15 - On the Name of Jesus — 28:13
16. 16 - On the Mystical Sense of the Number Seven — 35:52
17. 17 - On the Coming and Going of the Spirit — 21:29
18. 18 - On the Twofold Operation of the Holy Ghost — 17:31
19. 19 - On the Motives on Account of Which Christ the Lord is Loved by the Angels — 18:40
20. 20 - On the Various Degrees and Characteristics of the Love of Christ — 21:50
21. 21 - In What Manner the Spouse Desires to Be Drawn — 25:32
22. 22 - On the Four Ointments — 27:17
23. 23 - On the Mystical Garden, Storeroom, and Bedchamber — 40:41
24. 24 - On Detraction and the Necessity of Uniting Faith with Good Works — 21:29

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