Bernard Of Clairvaux

The twelfthcentury abbot and contemplative known to history as The MellifluousTeacher wrote sermons for the entire Christmas liturgical cycle from thefirst Sun... » 

The twelfthcentury abbot and contemplative known to history as The MellifluousTeacher wrote sermons for the entire Christmas liturgical cycle from thefirst Sunday of Advent four weeks before Christmas to the Feast of thePurification of the Virgin MaryPresentation of Christ in the Temple 2February. As he reflects on the wonder of the Incarnation he remindsChristians still today that Christmas celebrates the awesome condescension ofGodwithus not a commercial carnival. «