{"id":26599,"date":"2011-08-20T06:24:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T10:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/saint-bernard-of-clairvaux-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-20T06:24:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T10:24:03","slug":"saint-bernard-of-clairvaux-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/saint-bernard-of-clairvaux-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Bernard of Clairvaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:documentproperties>\n<o:template>Normal<\/o:template>\n<o:revision>0<\/o:revision>\n<o:totaltime>0<\/o:totaltime>\n<o:pages>1<\/o:pages>\n<o:words>76<\/o:words>\n<o:characters>434<\/o:characters>\n<o:company>Liturgy Traing Publ.<\/o:company>\n<o:lines>3<\/o:lines>\n<o:paragraphs>1<\/o:paragraphs>\n<o:characterswithspaces>532<\/o:characterswithspaces>\n<o:version>10.260<\/o:version>\n<\/o:documentproperties>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:worddocument>\n<w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n<w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin><\/w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin>\n<\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/St%20Bernard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St Bernard.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2011\/08\/St Bernard-thumb-285x389-9904.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"389\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a>I consider that the blessing of a fuller sanctification<br \/>\ndescended upon her [Mary, the Mother of God], so as not only to sanctify her birth, but also to keep her<br \/>\nlife pure from all sin; which gift is believed to have been bestowed upon none<br \/>\nother born of woman. This singular privilege of sanctity, to lead her life<br \/>\nwithout any sin, entirely benefited the queen of virgins, who should bear the<br \/>\nDestroyer of sin and death, who should obtain the gift of life and<br \/>\nrighteousness for all.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153, Cistercian, Abbot and Doctor<br \/>\nof the Church<\/i><\/span><!--EndFragment-->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider that the blessing of a fuller sanctification descended upon her [Mary, the Mother of God], so as not only to sanctify her birth, but also to keep her life pure from all sin; which gift is believed to have been bestowed upon none other born of woman. This singular privilege of sanctity, to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/saint-bernard-of-clairvaux-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saint Bernard of Clairvaux<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1727,1756],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}