God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENSometimes 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.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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You are the mountain and the valley.
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All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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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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O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.
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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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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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All of creation is a song of praise to God.
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Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
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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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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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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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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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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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