Showing posts with label Bernard of Clairvaux. Show all posts
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9/19/2014

No Other King But Christ: A Prayer of Bernard of Clairvaux

O Lord,
Come quickly and reign on Your throne,
for now often something rises up within me,
and tries to take possession of Your throne;
pride, covetousness, uncleanness, and sloth
want to be my kings;
and then evil-speaking, anger, hatred,
and the whole train of vices join with me
in warring against myself,
and try to reign over me.
I resist them,
I cry out against them,
“I have no other king than Christ!”
O King of Peace,
come and reign in me,
for I will have no king but You!
Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153

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