Two lit pillar candles alongside some Christmas greenery. The text reads: “I am the handmaid of the Lord…let what you have said be done to me.”

#annunciation, #Benedictine, #challenge, #Christ, #Expectation, #gospel, #Hope, #ImmaculateConception, #kingdom, #KingdomValues, #lectiodivina, #love, #messiah #StBernardofClairvaux #trust #VirginMary Blog post for the feast of Immaculate Conception on turveyabbey.org.uk/pilgrimage/?...

#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #saintquotes #stbernardofclairvaux #guardianangels #feastday

“His mother stood by the cross” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the infant Jesus: He has been established as...”
patrolo.gy/fq6

“The stages of contemplation” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “Let us take our stand on secure ground, leaning with all our strength on Christ, the most solid rock, according to the words: He set my feet on a rock and guided my steps. Thus firmly...”
patrolo.gy/ybt

Blessed Feast Day of St. Bernard of Clairvoux!
8/20 #saints #feastdays #stbernardofclairvaux #catholic #anglican #wat

“Prepared by the Most High, prefigured by the patriarchs” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “It was fitting that the Virgin should give birth only to God; and it was also fitting that God should be born only of the Virgin. Accordingly, the Creator of...”
patrolo.gy/zwr

“On the search for wisdom” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “Let us work for the food which does not perish—our salvation. Let us work in the vineyard of the Lord to earn our daily wage in the wisdom which says: Those who work in me will not sin. Christ…”
patrolo.gy/6ds

“Where sin abounded grace has overflowed” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the more secure is my place there the more he can do to help me. The world…”
patrolo.gy/x0v

“The whole world awaits Mary’s reply” — #StBernardOfClairvaux — “You have heard, O Virgin, that you will conceive and bear a son; you have heard that it will not be by man but by the Holy Spirit. The angel awaits an answer; it is time for him to…”
patrolo.gy/zg5