Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas: Including the Famous Treatise on the Incarnation Called "Missus Est"

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[*Super Sent.* , lib. 4 d. 33 q. 3 a. 3 arg. 6](https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~Sent.IV.D33.Q3.A3.6) (which is a longer exposition than the parallel [*ST* II-II, q. 152, a. 5](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS152.html#SSQ152A5THEP1)):> Bernard, in his homily on the Gospel of the Annunciation, says that the humility of Mary was more pleasing (to God, that is) than her virginity.* Therefore, virginity is not the greatest of virtues.> Bernardus dicit super Evangelium *missus est* , quod plus placuit (Deo scilicet) humilitas Mariae, quam ipsius virginitas. Ergo virginitas non est maxima virtutum.*See Bernard, *Homilies on the “Missus est”* (also known as *Sermons in Praise of the Virgin Mother* ), hom. 1, par. 5: “Pulchra permixtio virginitatis et humilitatis, nec mediocriter placet Deo illa anima, in qua et humilitas commendat virginitatem, et virginitas exornat humilitatem”† ( *Bernardi opera* , ed. Leclercq and Rochais, 4:17).> †p. 28 (DjVu p. 40): "Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility! That soul is in no small degree pleasing to God, in Whom humility commends virginity, and virginity adorns humility."cf. [Fr. Albert, O.P.'s partial transl. of hom. 4](https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/T.O.P./Fr.%20Albert/from%20Fr.%20Albert,%20O.P./TOP%20n.30%20BER%20Annunciation.epub)