Father Raymond OCSO on St Bernard

The message of his fine work Spiritual secrets of a Trappist monk seems to be that we are all called to be contemplatives -to contemplate Him whose image we are and whose likeness we can recover through grace.He encourages with words from St bernard:patience is required but persistence even more.We are an image of God.So are the souls in hell but as they do not possess the likeness of God,they are eternally unhappy.