By his mother…
Why should we be astonished if the God who could work marvels in the scripture and through His saints should choose to reveal Himself even more marvelous by means of His Mother?
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
How God is to be loved…
You have asked me to tell you why and how God is to be loved. God himself is the reason why. Without limit is how.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
To be humble when you are…
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Humility is a…
Let us define “humility”. Humility is a virtue by which a person has a proper opinion of himself because he knows himself well. This is the virtue that belongs to those who have set their hearts to the climb and have gone from virtue to virtue, from step to step, until they reach the highest peak of humility and gaze upon the Truth from the watch-tower of Zion.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
A perfect soul…
Behold the true sign of a totally perfect soul: when one has reached the point of giving up his will so completely that he no longer seeks, expects or desires to do ought but that which God wills.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
When God loves…
For when God loves, all He desires is to be loved in return. The sole purpose of His love is to be loved, in the knowledge that those who love Him are made happy by their love of Him.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
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