Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux
"Lord, you are good to the soul which seeks you. What are you to the soul which finds But this is the most wonderful thing, that no one can seek you who has not already found you. You therefore seek to be found so that you may be sought for, sought so that you may be found."--Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
By the age of 25, Bernard had become the abbot of a Cistercian monastery which he himself founded in the valley of Clairvaux near Aube, France. There in those isolated and rugged surroundings he became the spokesman for a revival of monastic life in an age when the radical spirit of religious life was endangered by a movement that sought to lessen the rules and regulations of St. Benedict to accommodate the royal courts of 12th-century France.
Bernard's dedication to the strict observance of Benedict's rule was mingled with a sweetness and purity of vision which led people to follow him and seek him for guidance. For he possessed a sense of the love of God, the importance of humility, and the sheer beauty of holiness that has made his writings favorites of scholars and laymen alike throughout the ages.
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- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, ©2005.
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