Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENRivers of living water are to be poured out over the whole world, to ensure that people, like fishes caught in a net, can be restored to wholeness.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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What I do not see I do not know. I see, hear and know simultaneously and learn what I know as if in a moment.
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O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.
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Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container of the body. In this way, the body is governed in its earthly life by the soul, and the soul contemplates heavenly things through faith.
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Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!
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Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.
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We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
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A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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