Morning Prayer - SATURDAY, 20 August 2022

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 20, 2022 | Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

"The Lord is the source of all wisdom: come, let us adore him." - antiphon, Lauds

St. Bernard of Clairvaux was born near Dijon, in France, in 1090, of a noble family. In 1112 he joined the new monastery at Cîteaux with four of his five brothers and two friends. Within three years he had been sent out to found a new monastery at Clairvaux, in Champagne, where he remained abbot for the rest of his life, practicing a life of primitive poverty and austerity.

Bernard was a man of great holiness and wisdom, and although he was often in very poor health, he was active in many of the great public debates of the time. He strongly opposed the luxurious lives of some of the clergy, and fought against the persecution of the Jews. He was also a prolific writer, of an inspiring rather than a technical kind.

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