Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Christian, Mother, Son

• Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Christian, Art, Prayer

• I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him. Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Prayer, Heart, Thinking

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (1910). “Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux: Selections from His Letters, Meditations, Sermons, Hymns, and Other Writings, Rendered Into English by Horatio Grimley”

• He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Faith, Inspiration, Giving

• God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Giving, Gods Will, Knows

• Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Order, Giving, Grace

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