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Where sin abounded grace has overflowed
On Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to read and reflect on a passage from the beginning of the book of Deuteronomy (29:1-5, 9-28) entitled "A curse is called down upon the transgressors of the covenant". Our treasure, which follows, is from a sermon on the Song of Songs by Saint Bernard, abbot.
Saint Bernard was born in 1090 near Dijon in France. After a religious upbringing, he joined the Cistercians in 1111 and later was chosen abbot of the monastery of Clairvaux in southeast France in an area known as Bar-sur-Aube. There he directed his companions in the…
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