🍯 SAN BERNARDO: "Doctor MELIFLUO" - Elocuencia Dulce como MIEL Fundó 350 ⛪

Blessed family! 🍯⛪ Vézelay, France, 1146. A vast multitude filled the hill; King Louis was present. Bernard began to preach with extraordinary eloquence, sweet as honey, deeply moving everyone. Go and liberate the Holy Land; Christ calls you crusaders. The king fell to his knees and took up the cross. This is the man whose preaching moved kings and founded three hundred and fifty monasteries. This is the story of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Mellifluous Doctor of the Church, who was born in 1090 in France, at Fontaines Castle in Burgundy, to a noble family. His mother, Saint Aleth, personally educated him. He vowed on his dying mother to serve God alone completely for his entire life. At twenty-two, he entered Cîteaux with thirty companions, brothers, and noble friends, convinced by his sweet and persuasive eloquence. Two years later, he founded Clairvaux. At twenty-five, as a young abbot, he worked hard in a desolate valley. He founded three hundred and fifty monasteries throughout his life, expanding Cistercian science and enacting profound monastic reforms. He possessed extraordinary eloquence, sweet as honey, and was officially titled Doctor Mellifluous by the Church. He wrote treatises on love for God and Mary, on spiritual life, poetic beauty, and profound theological depth. In 1128, he wrote the Rule of the Templars, combining monastic and military life with Christ's warrior monks. In 1130, he saved the Church from the papal schism, supported Innocent, and traveled throughout Europe, convincing kings. He received a miracle: the statue of Mary came to life, and three drops of milk fell from its mouth. In 1140 Peter Abelard confronted heresies, defended the faith, the mystery, Abelard was condemned, who in 1146 preached the Second Crusade, Vézelay, king, nobles took the cross, moved multitude, who died in 1153, Clairvaux, canonized in 1174, Doctor of the Church, 1830, Doctor Mellifluus, eternal. 🍯⛪⚔️ 00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - He personally raised his children, always this children 04:10 - Fulfilling a promise made to a mother, but temptations 06:16 - Sweet as honey, flowing, persuasive, irresistible 08:21 - Bitter wormwood, a fitting name for poor land 10:29 - His word was recognized authority, Bernard when 12:32 - To combat heresies, doctrinal errors, Bernard traveled 15:00 - He gave a spiritual, religious soul to Bernard 17:09 - Support him or an earthquake will completely destroy the church 19:17 - My mother, also not only of 21:25 - Reason explains every mystery, we can understand 23:30 - Grave danger imminent, terrible city of Edessa 25:35 - I will take up the cross, I will go to Jerusalem 27:40 - He wrote treatises on the love of God 🔥 WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER: • How he convinced 30 nobles to enter the monastery with him • Why he is called "Doctor Mellifluous" (sweet honey) • The 350 monasteries he founded throughout his life • How he wrote the Rule of the Knights Templar • The miracle of Mary's lactation of three drops of milk • Why he saved the Church from a serious papal schism • How he defeated the heresies of Peter and Abelard • His preaching during the Second Crusade moved the king • Why he is the most influential Doctor of the Church 🍯 ELOQUENCE LIKE HONEY Burgundy 1090 Bernard was born into a noble family, his mother Aleth, a deeply religious saint, who personally educated her children. Bernard listened attentively from childhood, showing extraordinary piety and exceptional intelligence. He studied the liberal arts and excelled especially in eloquence; he spoke sweetly, his words flowing like honey, a golden river. Around fifteen years old, his mother became seriously ill. Bernard, his son, called to leave the world and serve only Christ. He renounced vanities and promised, "You will be God." Bernard wept and solemnly promised his mother, "I will be God completely." His mother died, leaving him devastated but determined to fulfill his promise. ⛪ THIRTY COMPANIONS OF CÎTEAUX Twenty-two years old Bernard decided to leave the world and enter a monastery, but he wasn't alone. He had an extraordinary gift: persuasion, sweetness, irresistible eloquence. He spoke to all his brothers: "The world passes, riches and honors are but wind. Come with me to Cîteaux, a Cistercian monastery." The brothers listened and were convinced. Guy, Gerard, Andrew, and Bartholomew all decided to accompany him. Then he spoke to his noble friends from Burgundy. Approximately thirty young noblemen were convinced by Bernard's honeyed eloquence: "If you go, we will go too. Your words convinced us." Uncles, cousins, and acquaintances were also convinced. In the spring of 1113, Bernard arrived at Cîteaux with more than thirty young noble companions. Abbot Stephen was astonished: "I have never seen such an entrance: thirty noblemen together, united by eloquence. Bernard, you have a divine gift, words sweet as honey." 🏰 FOUNDER OF CLAIRAVILLE In 1115, just two years later, Abbot Stephen called Bernard, a young man o...