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].
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXAnd thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
More Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
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Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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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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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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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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Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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All things are possible to one who believes.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.
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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.
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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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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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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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What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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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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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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