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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 Bingen

Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creature Divine Mirror
The fire has its flame and praises God. The wind blows the flame and praises God. In the voice we hear the word which praises God. And the word, when heard, praises God. So all of creation is a song of praise to God.
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Creation Fire Flame God Praise Song Voice Wind
The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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Creativity Creature Live Manifestation World
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 BINGEN

God Kissing Region Soul Way
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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Excellence Kiss Love Peace
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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Beautiful Easy Face God Mystery See Sun
Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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Glass God Ourselves Soul Spiritual
The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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Earth Person True Welcome
The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.
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Body Breathe Earth Live Soul Spirit
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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Body Empty Live Music Word
If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Alcohol Oneself Preparation
Because a woman brought death a bright Maiden overcame it, and so the highest blessing in all of creation lies in the form of a woman, since God has become man in a sweet and blessed Virgin.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Blessing Bright Death Man Virgin Woman
Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
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Earth Nature Spirit
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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Angel Burn Creation Desire Glory God Happiness Light Live Yourself
Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
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Connection Earth Heaven Relate
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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Creature Depend Humanity World

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.

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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.

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