Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXFrom the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Love me, love my dog.
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The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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Death is the gate of life.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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