1. Today is the feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Here\u2019s <\/a>Pope Benedict XVI about him:<\/p>\n St Bernard \u2026 solidly founded on the Bible and on the Fathers of the Church, reminds us that without a profound faith in God, nourished by prayer and contemplation, by an intimate relationship with the Lord, our reflections on the divine mysteries risk becoming an empty intellectual exercise and losing their credibility. Theology refers us back to the \u201cknowledge of the Saints\u201d, to their intuition of the mysteries of the living God and to their wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit, which become a reference point for theological thought. Together with Bernard of Clairvaux, we too must recognize that man seeks God better and finds him more easily \u201cin prayer than in discussion\u201d. In the end, the truest figure of a theologian and of every evangelizer remains the Apostle John who laid his head on the Teacher\u2019s breast.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 2. <\/p>\n The more you grow in grace, the more you are enlarged in faith. (St. Bernard of Clairvaux)<\/p>\n \u2014 Cardinal Napier (@CardinalNapier) August 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n