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How can I have a more intimate relationship with God through prayer? In these selections from his sermons on the Song of Songs, Bernard awakens us to God’s tender embrace and God’s desire to have his affection reciprocated.

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TODAY’S QUESTIONS. TIMELESS ANSWERS.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Intimacy in prayer : wisdom from Bernard of Clairvaux / compiled and with a foreword by Ephrem Arcement, OSB.

p. cm. -- (Classic wisdom collection)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8198-3714-1

ISBN-10: 0-8198-3714-8

1. Spirituality--Catholic Church. 2. Prayer--Catholic Church. 3. Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. 4. Spiritual life--Catholic Church. I. Arcement, Ephrem, editor of compilation.

BX2350.65.I58 2013

248.3’2--dc23

2012049866

Scripture quotations are transcribed from the original translations of Bernard of Clairvaux’s works.

Excerpts from The Divine Comedy, Paradiso by Dante Alighieri and translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

English translation of Bernard of Clairvaux’s works are published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN. Reprinted with permission.

Five Books on Consideration: Advice to a Pope, copyright © 1976 by Cistercian Publications

On Loving God, copyright © 1974 by Cistercian Publications

On the Song of Songs I, copyright © 1971 by Cistercian Publications

On the Song of Songs II, copyright © 1976 by Cistercian Publications

On the Song of Songs III, copyright © 1979 by Cistercian Publications

On the Song of Songs IV, copyright © 1980 by Cistercian Publications

Cover design by Rosana Usselmann

Cover photo by Mary Emmanuel Alves, FSP

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Foreword copyright © 2013, Kyle (Ephrem) Arcement, OSB, St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, LA

Copyright © 2013, Daughters of St. Paul

Published by Pauline Books & Media, 50 Saint Pauls Avenue, Boston, MA 02130-3491

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For Abbot Justin Brown, OSB

Contents

Foreword

I

An Invitation to Love

II

Enduring Love

III

The Kiss of the Lord

IV

An Intimate Love

V

The Spirit of Love

VI

Rest in God

VII

The Touch of the Lord

VIII

The Wonder of God’s Love

IX

The Right Kind of Love

X

In the Room of the King

XI

The Capacity for God

XII

A Face-to-Face Encounter

XIII

Athirst for God

XIV

Alone with God