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!
HILDEGARD OF BINGENThe truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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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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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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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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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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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.
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The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.
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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
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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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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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You are the mountain and the valley.
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