Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas: Including the Famous Treatise on the Incarnation Called "Missus Est"
| Authors | Bernard of Clairvaux, St., 1115-1153 Hedley, J. C., O.S.B. |
| Tags | Catholic Church, Advent sermons, Christmas sermons, Incarnation -- Sermons |
| Publisher | R. & T. Washbourne |
| Published | 26 ott 1909 |
| Date | 26 mar 2022 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | oclc: 669927400, uri: https://archive.org/details/sermonsofstberna00bernuoft |
Description
Super Sent. , lib. 4 d. 33 q. 3 a. 3 arg. 6 (which is a longer exposition than the parallel ST II-II, q. 152, a. 5):
Bernard, in his homily on the Gospel of the Annunciation, says that the humility of Mary was more pleasing (to God, that is) than her virginity.* Therefore, virginity is not the greatest of virtues.
Bernardus dicit super Evangelium missus est , quod plus placuit (Deo scilicet) humilitas Mariae, quam ipsius virginitas. Ergo virginitas non est maxima virtutum.
See Bernard, Homilies on the “Missus est” (also known as Sermons in Praise of the Virgin Mother), hom. 1, par. 5: “Pulchra permixtio virginitatis et humilitatis, nec mediocriter placet Deo illa anima, in qua et humilitas commendat virginitatem, et virginitas exornat humilitatem”† (Bernardi opera* , ed. Leclercq and Rochais, 4:17).
†p. 28 (DjVu p. 40): "Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility! That soul is in no small degree pleasing to God, in Whom humility commends virginity, and virginity adorns humility."