"God looks neither at long nor beautiful prayers, but at those that come from the heart."

The Cure D'Ars

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"For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God?"

Thomas á Kempis

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"God gives us some things, as the beginning of faith, even when we do not pray. Other things, such as perseverance, he has only provided for those who pray."

St Augustine

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 St Bernard of Clairvaux   (1090-1153)  Father and Doctor of the Church
Encyclical of Pope Pius XII on St Bernard
 
  ON LOVING GOD
   

By St Bernard of Clairvaux
 

Ch 16. Index of Scripture References.
   
Genesis
1:26 8:21 27:27

Numbers
20:17

Deuteronomy
6:5

Job
7:20 7:21

Psalms
1:6 7 16:2 16:11 18:1 19:7 24:3 24:3 27:8 34:8 34:8 36:4 36:6 36:8 36:8 37:16 37:28 42:2 46:4 46:4 49:18 49:18 50:15 55:6 62:11 68:3 68:13 71:16 73:25 73:26 76:2 77:2 78:8 87 87:2 88:13 94:10 94:17 103:1 106:20 112:2 115:1 116:12 116:15 118:1 118:1 120:5 130:7 136:25 139:16 145:4 145:7 145:16 148:5

Ecclesiastes
5:10

Song of Songs
1 1:8 2:5 2:6 2:11 4:13 5:1 5:1 16

Isaiah
26:7 38:14 43:7 53:12 61:7

Lamentations
3:25

Matthew
5:3 5:6 5:17 5:45 6:10 7:13 11:30 13:48 19:21 25:21 25:34 25:41 25:41 26:29

Luke
6:24 6:38 7:47 10:27 12:31 12:47 20:18 22:30

John
1:16 3:16 3:16 4:34 4:42 5:23 6:54 6:60 6:63 14:6 14:26 15:13

Acts
2:13

Romans
5:10 6:12 7:24 7:24 8:15 8:16 8:18 8:28 8:32 10:12 12:15 13:8

1 Corinthians
1:31 2:9 4:7 4:17 5:9 5:16 6:17 9:20 13:5 13:5 13:5 15:42 15:46 15:46 15:50

Galatians
4:4

Ephesians
5:27 5:29

Philippians
2:10 2:21 3:20

Colossians
3:5

1 Thessalonians
5:21

1 Timothy
1:5 1:9 6:8 6:9

2 Timothy
2:12

Hebrews
9:12

James
1:5 1:14

1 Peter
1:22

1 John
3:18 4:8 4:18 4:19

Revelation
19:9 21:5

Wisdom
9:15

Sirach
18:30 24:20 24:21