St Bernard, the Idealist, Guides Lent, Says Varden

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Bishop Erik Varden's second Vatican Spiritual Exercises reflection portrays St. Bernard of Clairvaux as an idealist whose humility, reformative energy, and witness to God’s love offer a guiding example for a Lent focused on authentic conversion and renunciation of self-righteousness.
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