Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor, and Poet

by CCW | 20 August 2024 01:00

Fra Angelico, St. Bernard of Clairvaux[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: Fra Angelico, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1438-40. Tempera on panel, Lindenau-Museum[5], Altenburg, Germany.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FraAngelico_StBernard.jpg
  2. source: http://justus.anglican.org/~ss/commonworship/collects/trad/tradaugust.html
  3. 2 Timothy 4:1-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%204:1-8;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. John 15:7-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:7-11;&version=ESVUK;
  5. Lindenau-Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenau-Museum

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