On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

On Loving God by St. Bernard of Clairvaux audiobook. Genre: religion In On Loving God, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century Cistercian abbot and preacher, offers a clear, searching guide to the most essential question of the spiritual life: why and how a human being comes to love God. Written as a brief treatise for fellow Christians seeking deeper prayer and truer freedom, the work begins with the realities of ordinary life - need, weakness, and self-interest - and turns them into the starting point for grace. Bernard traces the slow transformation of the heart through recognizable stages, from loving oneself for one's own sake, to loving God for what God gives, to learning to love God for God's own goodness. Along the way he confronts the tensions that keep love divided: pride, distraction, fear, and the desire to control. With warm pastoral candor and disciplined monastic wisdom, Bernard argues that genuine love is not a mood but a reorientation of desire, shaped by humility and sustained by contemplation. The result is both a spiritual map and an invitation: to let love mature until it becomes steadier, purer, and more like the love that first sought us. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:04:56) Chapter 02 (00:13:36) Chapter 03 (00:20:55) Chapter 04 (00:28:32) Chapter 05 (00:34:03) Chapter 06 (00:36:33) Chapter 07 (00:48:40) Chapter 08 (00:54:07) Chapter 09 (00:57:36) Chapter 10 (01:03:49) Chapter 11 (01:12:26) Chapter 12 (01:17:38) Chapter 13 (01:20:57) Chapter 14 (01:24:37) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices