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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Bl Eugene III
DESCRIPTION:FROM THE TREATISE “ON CONSIDERATION” \nBy St Bernard of Clairvaux for Pope Eugenius III2 \n◊◊◊ \nIt has occurred to me to write something which might edify\, delight or \nconsole you\, Blessed Father Eugene. But I do not know the rules for writing a \nformal yet intimate treatise. Two opposites\, your majesty and my love\, vie to \ndictate my style. Love draws me on; majesty holds me back. But you graciously \nintervene and request rather than command this treatise\, although it would be \nmore fitting for you to command it. Since your majesty so admirably \ncondescends\, why does my hesitancy persist? What if you have ascended the \nthrone? Even if you were to walk on the wings of the wind\, you would not escape \nmy affection. Love knows no master. It recognizes a son even though he wear \nthe tiara. It is the nature of a lover to be suitably humble\, willingly submissive\, \nfreely compliant\, respectful without duress. \nThis is not the way with others however; they are driven either by fear or \nby greed. Such men bless openly\, but harbor evil in their hearts. They flatter you \nwhen you are present\, yet fail you in time of need. But charity never fails. It is \ntrue that I have been freed of maternal obligation toward you\, but I am not \nstripped of affection for you. You were once in my womb; you will not be drawn \nfrom my heart so easily. Ascend to the heavens\, descend to the depths\, you will \nnot escape me. I will follow you wherever you go. I loved you when you were \npoor in spirit; I shall love you still as father of the poor and the rich. If I know \nyou\, you did not cease being poor in spirit when you became the father of the \npoor. I am confident that this change has been thrust on you and was not of \nyour doing\, that this promotion has not replaced your former state\, but rather \nhas enhanced it. Therefore I will instruct you not as a teacher\, but as a mother\, \nindeed as a lover. I may seem more the fool\, but only to one who does not love\, \nto one who does not feel the force of love. \n  \n2 The Five Books On Consideration – St Bernard of Clairvaux – CF Series #37 – Cistercain \nPublications – Kalamazoo\, MI – 1976 – pg 23.5 \n  \n 
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