Lord, I entreat, be pleased to rescue me, for I am weak, for I was stolen away out of my homeland and, being innocent, was cast here into this pit. No, not entirely innocent, yet innocent enough in comparison with the one who led me astray. I was taken in by a life, Lord. Let Truth come so that falsehood can be exposed and that I will recognize the truth and the truth will set me free,* if only I altogether renounce falsehood once exposed and cling fast to truth once recognized.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
On the Lord’s Advent, Sermon One
