Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor, and Poet

by CCW | 20 August 2022 01:00

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

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[2]
The Gospel: St. John 15:7-11[3]

Wilhelm Bernatzik, Vision of St Bernard[4]Artwork: Wilhelm Bernatzik, Vision of St. Bernard, 1882. Oil on canvas, Belvedere Museum[5], Vienna.

Endnotes:
  1. source: http://justus.anglican.org/~ss/commonworship/collects/trad/tradaugust.html
  2. 2 Timothy 4:1-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%204:1-8;&version=ESVUK;
  3. St. John 15:7-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:7-11;&version=ESVUK;
  4. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bernatzik_VisionOfStBernard.jpg
  5. Belvedere Museum: https://www.belvedere.at/en/museum

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