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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENI, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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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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Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
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Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings. Now, think. What delight God gives to humankind with all these things . All nature is at the disposal of humankind. We are to work with it. For without we cannot survive.
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All of creation is a song of praise to 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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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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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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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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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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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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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
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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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