In the first place, he had a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother, Mother of Love, and looked to her for light and strength and comfort in his efforts to make the people in the Church more holy, high and low. As with all the saints, Bernard knew that real reform is to change hearts not change things. And so Bernard prayed to Mary and confided in her. She was his beloved, his advocate. This love taught him so much about Jesus and Jesus taught him so much about what was truly needed.
Love is the motive-power of life.
This monk wanted to spread the love of God. It was for him to convince people of this. And it is for us today to do the same. We must tell people over and over again that Jesus loves them with all his heart. For our society is skeptical and cynical and many, even good Catholics, are not fully convinced of how much they are loved by God.