Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090-1153)
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A twelfth-century abbot who wrote the rulebook for warrior monks, tipped a papal schism, and preached a crusade that failed — all while reforming monasticism from a single French valley.
Bernard became a monk at Cîteaux and was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey within a few years. In 1128 he attended the Council of Troyes, where he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, shaping an ideal of Christian nobility. When Pope Honorius II died in 1130 and the church split, Bernard argued effectively for the legitimacy of Pope Innocent II over Antipope Anacletus II. He advocated crusades broadly and in 1146 delivered a famous sermon at Vézelay that convinced many to join the Second Crusade, which ultimately failed. He was canonized in 1174, just 21 years after his death on…
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Look at those detractors. Look at those dogs. They ridicule us for baptizing infants, praying for the dead, and asking the prayers of the saints.
Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence.
The reason for loving God is God Himself; and the measure of our love for Him is to love Him without measure.
What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity
My burden is light," said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it.
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