A Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Author:

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Date:

Twelfth Century

Category:

Spiritual Poetry

Language:

English

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It is unknown whether or not this prayer was written by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The source for the English translation below is unknown.

Text of Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
It is good for us to be in this place
for here a man lives more worthily,
falls from grace more rarely,
rises more swifly,
walks more carefully,
rests more peacefully,
dies more happily,
is absolved more speedily,
is rewarded more bountifully.
Amen.

Works using this text

Title	Composer	Published	Scoring: Voices	Scoring: Instruments	Length	Difficulty
Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, A	Gabriel Jackson		S(div.)A(div.)T(div.)B(div.) S(div.)A(div.)T(div.)B(div.) Voicing listed indicates the following: If a voice is listed alone [S], this indicates that there is no divisi throughout. If a (div.) is indicated after a voice part [S(div.)], this indicates that there are occasional divisions in the voice part. If a voice is listed in parentheses [S(S)], this indicates that there are frequent divisions in the voice part. If a voice is listed more than once (SS or SSS), there are separate voice parts throughout the composition. All soloists are listed in the comment section.		00:02:00	3