Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season is a collection of homilies written by St. Bernard for Advent, Christmas, and various other holy days and feasts stretching until the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on January 25. This being Bernard, a lot of it is brilliant, but it can seem mediocre or repetitive at times. Also, the organization is lacking a bit and could have been done better. But if you are looking for some seasonal devotional reading you could do far worse than Bernard, he is not only orthodox but also an excellent stylist who knew how to turn a phrase. ( )