Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah

Lewis White has been a professor and translator at the Language Center of the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, Mexico, since 2009. His translations of Aelred of Rievaulx’s Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah (CF 83) and of some of the liturgical sermons from Aelred’s Durham Collection (CF 80) were published by Cistercian Publications in 2018.Marsha L. Dutton is the executive editor of Cistercian Publications. Emeritus professor of English at Ohio University, she is the author of many articles and book chapters on a variety of Cistercian subjects. Dutton is also the editor of A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167) (Brill, 2017), of four volumes of Aelred’s works in translation, and of “Aelred of Rievaulx” and (with Tyler Sergent) “The Cistercians” in the Oxford Bibliographies in Medieval Studies. Her sixteen presentations on Aelred for Schola Cisterciensis appear on YouTube.

• Contents  Abbreviations ixIntroduction xvBibliography lxixLetter from Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx to the Most Reverend Bishop Gilbert of London 1Sermon for the Coming of the Lord: On the Eleven Burdens 5Homily 1 On where it says, The burden of Babylon that Isaiah, son of Amos, saw 22Homily 2 On the many kinds of vision, and which kind makes someone a prophet 30Homily 3 From where it says, Over the dark mountain to Let the leaders enter the gates 39Homily 4 On the same section 47Homily 5 On the same section considered morally 54Homily 6 From where it says, I commanded to Those rejoicing in my glory 62Homily 7 From where it says, The voice of a crowd to To those coming from a distant land 69Homily 8 From where it says, From the height of heaven to Will decay and crumble 76Homily 9 From where it says, Torments and pain to The moon will not shine forth its light 84Homily 10 Also from Behold, the day of the Lord is coming to I will visit evil on the cities 93Homily 11 From where it says, And I will visit evil on the cities to Will not show mercy to the sucklings of the womb 101Homily 12 On the same section explained morally 110Homily 13 From where it says, And Babylon will be to He will make them rest on their own soil 118Homily 14 From where it says, The foreigner will be joined to Worms will be your covering 134Homily 15 On the same section explained morally 142Homily 16 From where it says, How did you fall to I will be like the Most High 152Homily 17 On the same section in a different sense 160Homily 18 From where it says, Is this the man to Nor fill the face of the world of cities 170Homily 19 From where it says, And I will rise over them to the end of the burden of Babylon 180Homily 20 From the beginning of the burden of the Philistines to where it says, And your remnants I will kill 191Homily 21 On the same section explained morally 201Homily 22 From where it says, Wail, O gate to the end of the burden of the Philistines 212Homily 23 From the beginning of the burden of Moab to where it says, their voice was heard as far as Jahaz 220Homily 24 On the same section explained morally 234Homily 25 From where it says, For this the lightly armed soldiers of Moab to The lion . . . and for the rest of the land 245Homily 26 On the same section explained morally 255Homily 27 From where it says, Send forth the lamb, O Lord to swiftly rendering what is just 268Homily 28 On the same section explained morally 278Homily 29 From where it says, We hear Moab’s pride to where it says, I have taken away the voice of the treaders 288Homily 30 On the same section explained morally 298Homily 31 On where it says, My belly will sound forth to Moab to the end of the burden of Moab 308Scriptural Index 317Topical Index 340

"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