NB : May I suggest a book to read which is really gorgeous on the subject of
Bodily mortification in Saints and The Religious in general:
The title is: The incorruptible flesh
author: Piero Camporesi, Professor of Italian Literature University of
Bologna.
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Ermi
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Subject: Re: SAINTS - St Bernard
> St Bernard :
>
> "The flesh.... is no better than filthy Rags (and) that thou art reduced
so
> low as to be esteemed Nothing. The flesh...is in itself no better than
> froth and bubbles, cloathed with a gay, but frail and decayed beauty; and
> time will shortly come when all its boasted charms shall sink into a
rotten
> Carcass, and be only food for worms...For indeed this gaudy creature is no
> better than a bundle of Corruption, and food for insects."
>
>
> http://communities.msn.com/ErminiaPassannanti
>
> http://www.lycos.it/dir/Arte_e_Spettacolo/Letteratura/Autori/Novecento/
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