“[The Religious Life is one] in which a man lives more purely, falls more rarely, rises more speedily, walks more cautiously, is bedewed with the waters of grace more frequently, rests more securely, dies more confidently, is cleansed more quickly, and rewarded more abundantly.” -Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Hom, in illud Matth. xiii. : Simile est.
Saint Benedict (Benedictines)
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Saint Bruno (Carthusians)
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Saint Norbert (Premonstratensians)
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Saint Dominic (Dominicans)
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Saint Francis of Assisi (Franciscans)
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Saint Francis of Paola (Friars Minims)
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Society of Jesus)
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Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Redemptorists)
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