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The son of burgundian nobility, Bernard admitted after years of struggle that humility remained for him the most elusive of the virtues. Yet the uncompromising vehemence of his love for God made him strive for what monastic tradition taught is indispensable to anyone hoping to share God’s perfect love.
in the bitterness of my soul, saying to God: “Do not condemn me,”44 but feasting on the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth45 I will sing a glad song as I go in the ways of the Lord, for great is his glory.46 Yes the path of humility is a good path.47 It seeks for truth; it wins charity; it shares the fruits of wisdom. Just as the end of the Law is Christ,48 so the perfection of humility is the knowledge of truth. When Christ came he brought grace; when truth is known it brings love. It is to
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