S. BERNARDI, ABBATIS ET ECCLESIÆ DOCTORIS
Ad Laudes matutinas & vesperas: novus (LofH)
Bernárde, gemma cælitum,
laudes, tibi quas pángimus,
in nostra verte gáudia
salútis atque múnera.
Te Christus ussit íntimo
dilectiónis vúlnere
Sponsæque fecit próvidus
scutum, colúmnam, lámpada.
Almus dedit te Spíritus
os veritátis prófluum
et angelórum pábuli
arcána mella próferens.
Amóris æstu cándidi
te Virgo Mater ímbuit,
quam nemo te facúndius
vel prædicávit áltius.
Te quæsiérunt árbitrum
reges, magístri, præsules,
cultórque solitúdinis
fama replésti sæculum.
Sit Trinitáti glória,
quæ se vidéndam lárgiens,
tecum benígna gáudio
nos det perénni pérfrui. Amen.
O Bernard, precious gem among those who dwell in heaven, reward the praises, which we sing to you, in our joy and with gifts of salvation. Christ inflamed you with a wound of interior love, and in his providence made you the shield, the pillar and lamp of his bride, the Church. The life-giving Spirit gave you a fluent voice to speak the truth and reveal sweetly the hidden things of the angels’ food. The Virgin Mother filled you with bright fervor of love, whom no one preached more eloquently and more deeply than you. Kings, judges and prelates sought your counsel, lover of solitude, yet you filled the world with your fame. To the Trinity be glory, who granted you to see himself, with you kindly grant that we may enjoy him with eternal happiness. Amen.
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