Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cistwas a French abbot and the primary reformer for the Cistercian order...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
would-be states hard
If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be suprising if you have time for anything else.
jesus made sacraments
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
friendship break lacking
A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
sweet jesus heart
The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
memories joy heaven
Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
two understanding soul
Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
humility path study
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
men saint three
There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
able answers sin
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
mean eye
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
hate self fire
What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
salvation mark mary
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
blessed love-you heart
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
pride use benefits
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.