Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENThe mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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Rivers 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.
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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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All of creation is a song of praise to God.
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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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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.
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Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music.
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All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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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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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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When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
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It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
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