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Catholic Insight

Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World

Day: August 20, 2023

St Bernard of Clairvaux: His Life and Words Flowed like the Honey of Christ

On Sunday 20 August 2023 the universal church celebrates the feast of St Bernard of Clairvaux. As Pope Benedict XVI rightly pointed out in his catechesis on the saint, on Wednesday 21 October 2009, The title Doctor Mellifluus, attributed to Bernard by tradition, stems precisely from this; indeed, his praise of Jesus Christ “flowed like honey”. When[…]

O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition. (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153)

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