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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.

Hildegard of Bingen

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

Creature Divine Mirror
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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Earth Human Kind Moon See Stars Sun Survive Work
With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creation Help Life Nature Necessary
God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Consider God Universe
Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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Glass God Ourselves Soul Spiritual
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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Restore River Water World
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
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.
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Blessing Bright Death Man Virgin Woman
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
Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
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Earth Moon Stars Sun Thinking
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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Brilliant Creature Live Radiation Sun
Just as a circle embraces all that is within it, so does the God-head embrace all. No one has the power to divide this circle, to surpass it, or to limit it.
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Circle Division God Limitation Power
The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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God Kissing Region Soul
There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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Heaven Music Nature
A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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Illumination Justice Person Virtue
All of creation is a song of praise to God.
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

Creation God Praise

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