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St. Bernard: The Turn Away from the Legalism of Gregory VII

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This talk explores the transformative spiritual journey advocated by St. Bernard, focusing on moving away from the rigid legalism of Gregory VII towards a holistic and personal communion with the Holy Spirit. It underscores the spiritual conversion and healing through humility inherent in monastic life, contemplating the duality of spirit and body wherein the external expression of a monk should reflect inner spirituality, thereby contributing to communal harmony.

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  • The Holy Scripture: The talk draws from the symbolic and practical role of the Holy Spirit as depicted in biblical texts, emphasizing personal and internal transformation.

  • Teachings of St. Bernard: The discussion refers to St. Bernard's views on repentance and spiritual healing, presenting his ideas as counterpoint to the legalistic approach attributed to Gregory VII.

  • Legalism of Gregory VII: Mentioned as a framework from which monastic life should turn away, emphasizing St. Bernard's focus on inner life over external legal adherence.

AI Suggested Title: Journey from Legalism to Spiritual Communion

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I don't know if it's a molecule that I got. This is, uh, my God, what do you want me to do? I just read all those gifts, food for thought, and also the rule, and the incarnation of all those things. Two things that might, you know, the context of this object would not be the same, or the spirit of this, and we celebrate it in a liturgy. In this, during the course of this week, do you see clear that the monk is always has been considered a church that is leading normative to the global, spiritual, spiritual, and that is the reason to pursue a monk is The Holy Spirit, that the Holy Spirit then wrote, means to what it is, it descends from above, it is the inner, and the essence of the Holy Spirit, if you see that, in the epistle and gospel so beautifully, it is the healing, the healing,

[01:27]

and as to be redeemed, has to redeem in power of the Holy Spirit, it has left something too deep. A big simply person who's seen in a therapy that doesn't have room, has found when perhaps people who consider themselves cold and sound, have not been deep of anything. Therefore, We express that we, we like this. Only this didn't work, and as much those who have left the room, the meaning are enclosed instead. Separation of this, pride of the love from this, brought the truths that we all hold and we all be dealing. and we can do it on our own.

[02:29]

The vow is simply conversion. He is convert from that basic error. And he gives him 700, and puts him 700 pounds, just for all the time. Judgment and realizes that measure of its normal God's holiness, he breathes, dust and ashes, even medical spiritual, he sits in his livelihood, constantly God lives this, and it's, let's say, also logically speaking, and then I'll never answer that, of course, express it in the spiritual chapter of the prayer. of this chapter of the military, that whether or not it's really a professional, what we did.

[03:34]

That is an essential evidence, not because it has the power that's hooked into a large conflict, but because the kingdom of Ghana can come which is called repentance. And that is not only taken as a historical process, but as a living, individual, personal process. In an opportunity, repentance is the way we bear the covenant in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God gives the power of the kingdom, the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will bring, gives, that to the one with converted seeds and self-leaving light. Humility gives to the men that boldness, that there, that, that freedom of speech before God, which we say, our Father, who are in heaven, who are in heaven.

[04:51]

And lest those two things belong integrally together. It's also the meaning of the rule. What it is, to it is paraguously said, but in view of what it means, the outer world's constant, is the opus-terium. Opus-terium? Opus-terium. The role of acts and acts. homo spiritualis, in the, in that aspect, in fullness of the spirit, that is healing, and is praise, and is thanksgiving, and is glorification of the soul. That gives to the master God, with the master's attitude, the inner, the optimist, and the real and true inner truth. So those two virgins, the one that we have said, sir, I think that the Holy Spirit, I was, by him, is together.

[06:01]

And he is in serious way, that he unites, continue on. The other thing that he unites, that he has an inauguration tool, and this matter, and still, what I can say, in this context of the world, body and spirit. The body isn't there. The body isn't there. It is our Christian. That is good. I mean, for any kind of external regulations of attitude, we are simply treated as an external law, maybe, of course, and an entrance to hypocrisy and all kinds of things. But I'll be done and held on must say that the spirit needs to go on. The spirit wants to go on. Again, the spirit wants to heal God. And that breathing out of the body by the spirit is expressed in our external energy.

[07:07]

And that external energy would have to take the consideration of this that good body is as the manifestation of the spirit. And therefore, one should have the self in a courage and in a king. And they didn't decide that good body and one's bodily appearance should be caught in manifestation of the spirit to all those who are around, because the body and the key is the word in which and through which May in this day of life the complains of soul and audience with power, body is the way of sharing and of communication. Therefore, the external attitude of the belong beings is contribution to the deep, not only of the spoken, but also of all those who live together with.

[08:11]

And that it has beautiful and we'll be positive, we'll meet, because we remember everything, forget it, and let us not think, as long as we have the spirit, the external appearance, but that is, that's a walkway, it's a positive call, not a Catholic approach, not a approach of political culture, certainly not a approach of today's life to the end, But who is scared? It's eating.

[08:47]

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