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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
But as we seek, the watchmen who guard the city find us, because the holy fathers who guard the state of the Church meet our good endeavors, that they may teach us by their word or their writing.
Bede
"The watchmen who go about the city found me," etc. The watchmen who go about the city are the heralds of truth, who always keep watch with devout care for the protection of the holy Church, which is spread throughout the entire world, and who strive to ensure that it is not corrupted by the faithless through the word of preaching. …
Bernard of Clairvaux
1. "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?" O love headlong, vehement, burning, impetuous, who does not allow anything to be thought of besides yourself, who disdains all other things, who despises everything besides yourself, content with yourself! You confound all order, you disregard custom, you know no measure; everything that seems to belong to propriety, to reason, to modesty, to counsel or judgment, you triumph over in yourself, and you bring into captivity. …
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