The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning to take on God’s gentle yoke, It is a yearning to give one’s self to God’s Way.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENThe truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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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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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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Divinity is in its omniscience and omnipotence like a wheel, a circle, a whole, that can neither be understood, nor divided, nor begun nor ended.
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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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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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All of creation is a song of praise to God.
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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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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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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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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