576 XXXIX. Dominica Prima in Adventum Domini ...................... 600 XL. Dominica II. in Adventum Domini ........................ 608 Notes .................................................. 621 {xiii} CONTENTS. Page Præfatio ............................................... 1 Preface ................................................ 3 I. On the Beginning of Creation ........................... 9 II. On the Nativity of our Lord ............................ 29 III. The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr ......... 45 IV. The Assumption of St. John the Apostle ................. 59 V. The Nativity of the Innocents .......................... 77 VI. The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord ............... 91 VII. The Epiphany of the Lord ............................... 105 VIII. The Third Sunday after the Lord's Epiphany ............. 121 IX. On the Purification of St. Mary ........................ 135 X. Shrove Sunday .......................................... 153 XI. The First Sunday in Lent ............................... 167 XII. Midlent Sunday ......................................... 181 XIII. The Annunciation of St. Mary ........................... 193 XIV. For Palm Sunday ........................................ 207 XV. Easter Sunday .......................................... 221 XVI. The First Sunday after Easter .......................... 231 XVII. The Second Sunday after Easter ......................... 239 XVIII. On the Greater Litany .................................. 245 XIX. On the Lord's Prayer ................................... 259 XX. Of the Catholic Faith .................................. 275 XXI. On the Lord's Ascension ................................ 295 XXII. On the Holy Day of Pentecost ........................... 311 XXIII. The Second Sunday after Pentecost ...................... 329 XXIV. The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost ...................... 339 XXV. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist ................... 351 {xv} XXVI. The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul ............. 365 XXVII. The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle ................... 385 XXVIII. The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost .................... 403 XXIX. The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence ............. 417 XXX. On the Assumption of the Blessed Mary .................. 437 XXXI. The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle ............. 455 XXXII. The Decollation of St. John the Baptist ................ 477 XXXIII. The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost ................. 491 XXXIV. Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel .. 503 XXXV.