{"id":5198,"date":"2023-08-19T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2023-08-19T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:11:38","slug":"st-bernard-of-clairvaux-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/st-bernard-of-clairvaux-3\/","title":{"rendered":"St Bernard of Clairvaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" data-attachment-id=\"3746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/st-bernard-of-clairvaux-2\/attachment\/aug20-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?fit=809%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aug20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?fit=625%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?resize=625%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?w=809&amp;ssl=1 809w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?resize=768%2C436&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug20.jpg?resize=624%2C354&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cLet us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cLove seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrue penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cJesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. O Jesus, ever with us stay, Make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o\u2019er the world Thy holy light.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Bernard of Clairvaux<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.\u201d \u201cLet your prayer for temporal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1lQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3745,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/st-bernard-of-clairvaux-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5198,"position":0},"title":"St Bernard of Clairvaux","author":"monks4christ","date":"August 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cLet us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. 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