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  1 Prol |             zealous panegyrist, St. Bernard, quailed ? For he saith: "
  2 I    |             connected with God. St. Bernard shows this when he says: "
  3 II   |      innocent heart of Mary, as St. Bernard says: "Mary had no fault
  4 II   |             her life! Therefore St. Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen
  5 II   |             in grace and glory. St. Bernard well says: "As much more
  6 III  |           the spirit. Wherefore St. Bernard saith: "Thou art the Mother
  7 III  |             demons ! Therefore, St. Bernard saith: "Visible enemies
  8 III  |             the ray of a star." St. Bernard says: "A ray from a star
  9 III  |       Heaven, and even hell, as St. Bernard says: "She is that glorious
 10 III  |           most necessary to us. St. Bernard says: "Turn not away thine
 11 III  |         paths to follow her, as St. Bernard says: "Following her, thou
 12 III  |          darkness of our souls. St. Bernard felt this when he said: "
 13 III  |         world without the sun ? St. Bernard says: "Take away this lightsome
 14 III  |            the whole earth? For St. Bernard saith . "The presence of
 15 III  |             good we possess, as St. Bernard testifies, saying: "God
 16 III  |         whatever good we do, as St. Bernard exhorts, saying: "What little
 17 IV   |       according to that word of St. Bernard: "O clement Queen, may Jesus
 18 V    |         with men; therefore Blessed Bernard saith: "Let us seek grace,
 19 V    |         forth on her. Therefore St. Bernard, speaking of the text, "
 20 V    |        especially of her mercy that Bernard saith: "Who can search into
 21 V    |          graces and her mercies St. Bernard sets forth, saying: "Mary
 22 V    |    spiritual delights. Of which St. Bernard saith: "What shall I say
 23 V    |              30.) Of this name, St. Bernard, speaking to Mary, said: "
 24 V    |          and pastors! Therefore St. Bernard saith: "Mary, thou embracest
 25 VI   |          Holy Spirit. Therefore St. Bernard well says, addressing Mary: "
 26 VI   |           consolation. Of which St. Bernard thus speaks: "How often
 27 VI   |           venial sin. Therefore St. Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen
 28 VI   |            an inviolate virgin. St. Bernard, praising this privilege,
 29 VI   |     creature. Of this privilege St. Bernard saith: "This is the singular
 30 VI   |          joy is because of her. St. Bernard says: "After God, it is
 31 VI   |  resplendent in this world that St. Bernard says of her: "While yet
 32 VI   |            Speaking to her, Blessed Bernard says: "Thou wouldst never
 33 VI   |          ever appeared in Mary. St. Bernard says: "Diligently revolve
 34 VI   |         Beatifier of all souls? St. Bernard says: "She penetrated the
 35 VII  |          Well, therefore, saith St. Bernard, when commending the fullness
 36 VII  |      fullness. Let us note what St. Bernard says in speaking of her: "
 37 VII  |             Well therefore doth St. Bernard say: "Let us look more deeply
 38 VII  |           Well, therefore, doth St. Bernard say of this oil: "No wonder,
 39 VII  |            Mary. Who these are, St. Bernard declares when he says: "
 40 VII  |          happy a fecundity! For St. Bernard saith: "Well was she full
 41 VII  |          not wanting to her. As St. Bernard declares, when he says: "
 42 VII  |            the Holy Spirit that St. Bernard, speaking of that word, "
 43 VII  |          are not ungrateful, as St. Bernard shows when, speaking of
 44 VII  |          are not ungrateful, as St. Bernard shows when, speaking of
 45 VIII |             her body, that even St. Bernard exclaims: "O Mary, rich
 46 VIII |            remain forever ? For St. Bernard says: "In thee, O Mary,
 47 IX   |             special Lady. Which St. Bernard acknowledged when he said: "
 48 IX   |           invoke her. Therefore St. Bernard excellently saith: "Let
 49 IX   |          not just ? This is why St. Bernard says: "Who is just, if not
 50 IX   |         mediatrix of salvation. St. Bernard saith: "Mary was the faithful
 51 IX   |            good coming to him ? St. Bernard testifies to this, saying: "
 52 IX   |            she bestowed on man? St. Bernard says: "The renown of thy
 53 X    |    singularly to have the Lord. St. Bernard saith: "Thou alone hast
 54 X    |        drawn to the kingdom, as St. Bernard testifies, saying: "Thou,
 55 X    |            not shine? Hear what St. Bernard thinks of this: "As the
 56 X    |          God He could not make. St. Bernard saith: "No other mother
 57 X    |             Ghost is with thee. St. Bernard says: "The Father is with
 58 XI   |         grace of such a Sun, as St. Bernard says: "Like the aurora exceedingly
 59 XI   |       special virtues, of which St. Bernard speaks thus: "Charity burned
 60 XI   |       Master of all virtues, as St. Bernard again testifies, saying: "
 61 XI   |          irradiate her. Of this St. Bernard well saith: "Rightly, O
 62 XI   |            worthy in Heaven, as St. Bernard testifies saying: "Neither
 63 XI   |            of the wrath of God. St. Bernard bears witness, saying: "
 64 XI   |             of death. Well doth St. Bernard say: "An army of enemies
 65 XI   |             zeal was her spear. St. Bernard says to her: "Thou wert
 66 XI   |         aurora, our morning, as St. Bernard testifies, saying: "Thou
 67 XII  |    Excellently, therefore, does St. Bernard say: "Thou dost not abhor
 68 XII  |        Virgin hath abounded, as St. Bernard says, speaking to her: "
 69 XII  |             rod in our defense. St. Bernard, admiring and worthily contemplating
 70 XII  |          Bee hath so loved. For St. Bernard saith: "That Bee who feedeth
 71 XII  |             of every virtue, as St. Bernard testifies, saying: "Thou
 72 XII  |         useful to men for life. St. Bernard saith: "The flower is the
 73 XII  |             human culture. This St. Bernard hath in mind when he says: "
 74 XII  |          virginal garden, which St. Bernard saw gathered and commended
 75 XIII |          ardor of the flesh, as St. Bernard says, speaking to her: "
 76 XIII |       served her in this world. St. Bernard says: "Our Queen has gone
 77 XIII |       little compared with what St. Bernard says. "In thy hands," he
 78 XIII | surpassingly full (superplena). St. Bernard says: "While the Holy Spirit
 79 XIII |          the angelic firmament. St. Bernard says: "Mary ascended above
 80 XIV  |          blessed with the Lord. St. Bernard well says of this blessedness
 81 XIV  |             life, Jesus Christ. St. Bernard says: "Truly thou art the
 82 XIV  |           angels, for the Lord! St. Bernard tells us how pleasing to
 83 XIV  |          blessed Son. Therefore St. Bernard says: "Not because thou
 84 XIV  |            inestimably blessed? St. Bernard says: "Blessed, therefore,
 85 XIV  |          that of God. Therefore St. Bernard well says: "No one was so
 86 XIV  |            middle of the earth, St. Bernard says: "With wonderful fitness
 87 XIV  |             wiles to nought, as St. Bernard says: "Thou formidable warrior";
 88 XIV  |          and this blessing with St. Bernard, who speaks thus: "Let it
 89 XIV  |             are most worthy, as St. Bernard proves, saying: "There was
 90 XIV  |         blessed indeed, of whom St. Bernard says: "We have not here
 91 XIV  |            we pray to thee with St. Bernard: "Grant, O blessed one,
 92 XV   |        earth, according to what St. Bernard intimates when he says: "
 93 XV   |             Mary was? Listen to St. Bernard: "Turn over," he says, "
 94 XV   |       therefore, is it blessed. St. Bernard says: "By thee, O blessed
 95 XV   |          forth without pain, as St. Bernard says: "Blessed art thou
 96 XVI  |           fecundity. Therefore, St. Bernard says: "Christ is born of
 97 XVI  |          the paternal Heart, as St. Bernard says of this Fruit: "O Mary,
 98 XVI  |             such a distance; as St. Bernard says: "He perceived the
 99 XVI  |           of her womb. Of which St. Bernard well says: "If that fruit
100 XVI  |            is also so high? For St. Bernard says: "The higher a fruit
101 XVI  |            it truly blessed, as St. Bernard testifies, saying: "Blessed
102 XVI  |          Fruit of salvation, as St. Bernard says: "O truly celestial
103 XVI  |    interpreted as "flower." For St. Bernard says: "In Nazareth is it
104 XVI  |     abundantly blessed forever. St. Bernard says: "Blessed is the Fruit
105 XVII |           Well, therefore, doth St. Bernard say of her: "O Virgin, rod
106 XVII |             temporal things, as St. Bernard says: "Whatever honor Mary
107 XVII |           this fruit. Therefore St. Bernard says: "This is a good fruit,
108 XVII |           blessed above all, as St. Bernard says: "Truly blessed is
109 XVIII|          understand Him of whom St. Bernard says: "On the cross hangs
110 XVIII|           souls is relieved, as St. Bernard says: "Good Fruit, which
111 XVIII|             in the manger." For St. Bernard says: "The Child lies in
112 XVIII|            corporeally, of whom St. Bernard says: "O truly the tree
113 XVIII|         shall call me blessed." St. Bernard explains these words as
114 XVIII|         utter those words which St. Bernard, speaking as it were by