Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor, and Poet

by CCW | 20 August 2015 01:00

El Greco, St. Bernard (Prado)[1]The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Bernard (1090-1153), Abbot of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church, Poet (source[2]):

O merciful redeemer,
who, by the life and preaching of thy servant Bernard,
didst rekindle the radiant light of thy Church:
grant that we in our generation
may be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
and ever walk before thee as children of light;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:1-8[3]
The Gospel: St. John 15:7-11[4]

Artwork: El Greco, San Bernardino, 1603. Oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ElGreco_StBernard_Prado.jpg
  2. source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradaugust.aspx
  3. 2 Timothy 4:1-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%204:1-8;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. John 15:7-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:7-11;&version=ESVUK;

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