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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENRivers 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.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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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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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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I, 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.
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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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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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You are the mountain and the valley.
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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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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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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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