Let a person "treat transitory things as passing, as necessary for the moment; let him cling to eternal things with an enduring desire. Give me such a man, I say, and I will boldly call him wise, because he recognizes things for what they really are... I ask in tears, how long shall we scent and not taste, seeing our Homeland far off, not possessing it but sighing for it. O Truth, fatherland of exiles, end of their exile! I see you, but imprisoned in flesh, I may not enter.... Christ, the Bridegroom of the Church and our Lord, God be blessed forever." - St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard, ora pro nobis
Painting: Wilhelm Bernatzik, Vision of St. Bernard