Monday, December 9 : St Hildegard of Bingen

O brilliant gem, which shines forth from the clear brightness of the sun! Source gushing from the father’s heart! His only son by whom he created the matter of the world that one day man would stain. This eternal Word, the Father made it, through you, a man. You are therefore the crystalline matter in which the Word brings out all its virtues, As he brought forth all his creatures from this original matter. Very suave branch from Jesse’s root, how great your power is! Yes, even the divinity contemplated it in its splendid child, And as the eagle penetrates its gaze even to the sun, The Celestial Father noticed from afar the brilliance of the Virgin. He wanted his son to be embodied in her. Then mystically, the spirit of the Virgin was lit by the divine mystery, And a resplendent flower, oh marvel, flourished in her.

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