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Collection: | Sermones de tempore, pars hyemalis |
Code: | 3/6/7 |
Liturgical day: | T19 Sunday Invocavit |
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Accesserunt angeli et ministrabunt ei (Matthew 4:11) |
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Sanctum evangelium hodiernum declarat nobis de sancto ieiunio Iesu Christi per quatuor puncta, ut sequitur:
primo, locum convenientem;
secundo, tempus sufficiens per quod ieiunavit;
tertio, modum expedientem, quomodo ieiunavit;
quarto, fructum provenientem ex ieiunio (f. p4v).
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Translation: |
Today the holy Gospel clarify us four things about Jesus Christ’s holy fasting, as it follows:
first, the convenient place;
second, the sufficient time during which he fasted;
third, in which way he fasted;
fourth, the fruit that comes from fasting
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No introduction. The sermon is immediately divided in four parts derived from the Gospel pericope (see divisio above). - Most part of the sermon deals with the theme of the spiritual battle (see bibliography). In the last section (f. p6r) there is a description of the angels who serve Jesus, once he won over the devil’s temptations in the desert; they provide him with food since he is now hungry. The sermon follows what is found in the Meditationes vitae Christi (and perhaps other source) by saying: “Dicunt hic aliqui devoti contemplativi…”. It describes the angels who go to the Virgin Mary, taking her humble meal and food (“caules vel brodium vel spinargia et forte sardineta”) to bring it to Jesus, while she asks to bring her back at least the leftovers. It follows a moral interpretation about the condition of the faithful during Lent, as period of spiritual fight: “nam sumus in campo clauso, scilicet in quadragesima”, if one will resist until the end and win over temptations, there will be also for him/her the spiritual banquet, on Easter, when one is invited to have the Eucharist, i.e. the body of Christ that the Holy Spirit cooked “in coquina uteri virginalis” and that now is hidden under the veil of the Eucharist, “ideo dicit Christus: Vincenti dabo manna absconditum, quod nemo scit nisi qui accipit, Apoc. 2” (possible word play with Ferrer own name?) |
ISVF 7
On this sermon, see Aguilar Avila 2019
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