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- In his homily for the feast of the Circumcision (Octabas et Circumcisio Domini; January 1) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric discusses the institution of circumcision as described in Genesis and the practices associated with New Year's Day.
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- In his homily for the Sunday in Quinquagesima (Dominica in Quinquagessima) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric offers an allegorical interpretation of the Gospel reading for the day (Luke 18:31-43), which describes Christ's healing of the blind man at Jericho.
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- Aelfric's homily for the feast of Saint Bartholemew (Passio Sancti Bartholomei, August 24) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies discusses the legend of the saint's martyrdom in India.
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- In his homily for the feast of Saints Philip and James (Apostolorum Philippi et Iacobi. De Sancto Iacobo Apostolo; May 1) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric describes briefly the life and death of Philip and the martyrdom and posthumous miracles of James.
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- In his homily assigned to the Monday in Rogationtide (In Letania Maiore) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric uses Luke 11:5-13, the Gospel reading for the day, as a touchstone for a discussion of prayer and alms giving.
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- Aelfric's homily for the common of a Confessor (In Natale Unius Confessoris) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies explicates the parable of the talents, drawing on both versions of the story (Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:12-26).
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- In his homily for the Second Sunday in Lent (Dominica II in Quadragesima) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric offers an allegorical reading of the episode of the Canaanite woman with a daughter possessed by a demon described in the Gospel reading for the day (Matthew 15:21-28).
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- Aelfric's homily for the feast of Saint Cuthbert (Depositio Sancti Cuthberhti Episcopi; March 20) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies is a long biography of the saint. Aelfric implies that Bede's metrical and prose accounts of the saint's life were among his sources.
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- Aelfric's homily for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Dominica XVII post Pentecosten) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies provides an allegorical interpretation of the resurrection of the widow's son of Naim described in the Gospel reading for the day (Luke 7 11-16) and also explicates the resurrections of the daughter of Jairus and of Lazarus.
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- In the homily for the Dedication of the Church of Saint Michael (Dedicatio Ecclesie Sancti Michahelis; September 29) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric describes the legendary discovery of the church of Saint Michael on Mount Gargano and explicates the Gospel reading for the day, Matthew 18.1-10, which recounts Christ's teaching on the kingdom of heaven.
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