August 20. 2025, Feast of Saint Bernard
Sap 7,7-10.15-16 ; Phil 3,17 - 4,1 ; Io 17,20-26
Homily
For over a century now, we have been celebrating saint Bernard as a Doctor of the Church. However, if Bernard is important to us monks, it is first and foremost as a monk and abbot. What we expect from him is not the answer of a great master to our problems, but rather the questions and challenges posed by a great spiritual master, who was first and foremost a monk, and who remained so through all the vicissitudes of his life.