[907] 1 John v. 5.

[908] Ps. cxvi. 15.

[909] Cp. Serm. ii. Sec. 8.

[910] John xi. 11.

[911] Ps. cxxvii. 2, 3 (vg.).

[912] Matt. xxv. 21, 23.

[913] St. Bernard himself celebrated Mass, and by divine inspiration,
"when the sacrifice was finished, changed the order of the prayer and
introduced the collect for the commemoration of saints who were
bishops instead of that which was used for the commendation of the
dead," anticipating, as we may suppose, Malachy's canonization. He
then devoutly kissed his feet (_V.P._ iv. 21).

[914] 1 Cor. xii. 9 (vg.).

[915] 2 Kings xiii. 21.

[916] Mark viii. 3.

[917] Matt. iii. 17.

[918] Malachy was buried on the north side of the Oratory, vested in
St. Bernard's habit. Five years later St. Bernard was buried before
the Altar of Saint Mary, clad in the habit in which Malachy died, and
which he had worn ever since his death when he celebrated Mass (_V.P._
v. 15, 23, 24). For further particulars of St. Malachy's burial and
the disposal of his relics see _R.Q.H._ lii. 43 f.

[919] November 2. From this statement (see p. 128, n. 1) we may infer
that Malachy was born in 1095, before November.

[920] 2 Tim. i. 12.

[921] The biographers of St. Bernard give no detailed account of any
of Malachy's visits to Clairvaux. But one of them--Geoffrey, St.
Bernard's secretary--wrote a prayer for the Bright Valley, in which he
placed Malachy on a par with the great Cistercian, thereby revealing
to us the extraordinary impression which he made on the community
(_V.P._ v. 25). I owe the following translation of it to a friend:
"Grant, O Lord, thy never-failing bounty to the spiritual harvest of
the Valley, which thou didst deem worthy to illumine with two stars of
such surpassing brightness, so making it brighter in very truth even
than in name. Do thou guard the house wherein this twofold treasure is
laid up and guarded for thee. Be it also unto us according to thy
word, that as thy treasure is there so may thy heart be also; there
too thy grace and mercy: and may the favour of thy compassion for ever
rest on all who are gathered together in the self-same place in thy
Name, which is above every name, even as thou art over all, God
blessed for ever.--Amen."

[922] 2 Tim. i. 12.

[923] Rev. xxii. 5.

LETTERS OF ST. BERNARD

I

To Malachy. 1141.[924]

(Epistle 341.)

To the venerable lord and most blessed father, Malachy, by the grace of
God archbishop of the