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SUMMARY:Bl. Gerard Matt
DESCRIPTION:LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF GERARD\nBy St Bernard of Clairvaux4\n◊◊◊\nHow much better for me\, O Gerard\, if I had lost my life rather than your\ncompany\, since through your tireless inspiration\, your unfailing help and under\nyour provident scrutiny I persevered with my studies of things divine. Why\, I\nask\, have we loved\, why have we lost each other? O cruel circumstance! But pity\npertains to my lot only\, not to his.\nAnd the reason\, dear brother\, is that though you have lost your loved ones\,\nyou have found others more lovable still. As for me\, already so miserable\, what\nconsolation remains to me\, and you\, my only comfort\, gone? Our bodily\ncompanionship was equally enjoyable to both\, because our dispositions were so\nalike; but only I am wounded by the parting. All that was pleasant we rejoiced to\nshare; now sadness and mourning are mine alone: anger has swept over me\, rage\nis fastened on me. Both of us were so happy in each other’s company\, sharing the\nsame experiences\, talking together about them; now my share of these delights\nhas ceased and you have passed on\, you have traded them for an immense\nreward.\nWhat harvest of joys\, what a profusion of blessings is yours. In place of my\ninsignificant person you have the abiding presence of Christ\, and mingling with\nthe angelic choirs you feel our absence no loss. You have no cause to complain\nthat we have been cut off from you\, favored as you are by the constant presence\nof the Lord of Majesty and of his heavenly friends. But what do I have in your\nstead? How I long to know what you now think about me\, once so uniquely\nyours\, as I sink beneath the weight of cares and afflictions\, deprived of the\nsupport you lent to my feebleness! Perhaps you still give thought to our\nmiseries\, now that you have plunged into the abyss of light\, become engulfed in\nthat sea of endless happiness. It is possible that though you once knew us\naccording to the flesh\, you now no longer know us and because you have entered\ninto the power of the Lord you will be mindful of his righteousness alone\,\nforgetful of ours.\nFurthermore\, “he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him\,”\nhis whole being somehow changed into a movement of divine love. He no longer\nhas the power to experience or relish anything but God\, and what God himself\nexperiences and relishes\, because he is filled with God. But God is love\, and the\ndeeper one’s union with God\, the more full one is of love. And though God cannot\nendure pain\, he is not without compassion for those who do; it is his nature to\nshow mercy and pardon. Therefore you too must of necessity be merciful\,\nclasped as you are to him who is Mercy; and though you no longer feel the need\nof mercy\, though you no longer suffer\, you cans still be compassionate. Your love\nhas not diminished but only changed; when you were clothed with God you did\nnot divest yourself of concern for us\, for God is certainly concerned about us. All\nthat smacks of weakness you have cast away\, but not what pertains to love. And\nsince love never comes to an end\, you will not forget me for ever.\nIt seems to me that I can almost hear my brother saying: “Can a woman\nforget the son of her womb? And if she should forget\, yet I will not forget you.”\nThis is how it must be. \n4 On The Song Of Songs II Sermon 26.III. Trans. Kilian Walsh. Cistercian Publications 1976. 62-64.
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