Saint Hildegard of Bingen
She was an abbess, healer, writer, musician, visionary, counsellor, preacher, linguist, naturalist, poet and an adviser to kings, bishops and princes. She wrote more than 70 liturgical songs, the first sung play, and books on theology, medicine, diet and natural history. she had been seeing extraordinary mystical visions from the time she was three. At the age of 49, Hildegard founded her first abbey at Bingen, taking 18 nuns with her over the objections of the monks at Disibodenberg. Hildegard seemed to grow more creative and productive with each passing year. She wrote books on medicine and natural history and corresponded with monks and nuns on spiritual matters and with royalty about political concerns. At the age of 60, Hildegard went on the first of four preaching tours. she died at the age of 81
1217 St Hildegard of Binger 2p SMC 8.5 x 11 R1RGod hugs you – St Hildegard Von Bingen
Good people,
Most royal greening verdancy.
Rooted in the sun,
You shine with radiant light.
In this circle of earthly existence
You shine so finely,
It surpasses understanding.
God hugs you,
You are encircled by the arms
Of the mystery of God.
Prayer
O God, by whose grace your servant Hildegard, kindled with the Fire of your love, became a burning and shining light in your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Special Prayers by St. Hildegard von Bingen
Filled us with [those things] we need;
Now it may please you Father for it befits you
To consider us with your help,
So that we might not fail and lest your name
Might be blackened in us
And through your name, deign to help us.
O Eternal Lord O eternal Lord,
it is pleasing to you
to burn in that same fire of love,
like that from which our bodies are born,
and from which you begot your Son
in the first dawn before all of Creation.
So consider this need which falls upon us,
and relieve us of it for the sake of your Son,
and lead us in joyous prosperity.
O Shepherd of Souls
O Shepherd of souls
and o first voice
through whom all creation was summoned,
now to you,
to you may it give pleasure and dignity
to liberate us
from our miseries and languishing.
O Ruby Blood
O ruby blood
which flowed from on high
where divinity touched.
You are a flower
that the winter
of the serpent’s breath
can never injure.
O Leafy Branch
O leafy branch,
standing in your nobility
as the dawn breaks forth:
now rejoice and be glad
and deign to set us frail ones
free from evil habits
and stretch forth your hand
and lift us up.
Prayers for St. Hildegard’s Intercession
Father, Source of Life,
you have bestowed on St Hildegard of Bingen
many excellent graces.
Help us to follow her example
of meditating on your ineffable Majesty
and to follow you
so that we, amidst the darkness of this world,
recognize the Light of your clarity
to cling to you without fail.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer to St. Hildegard
O Lord, you were generous with your gifts of grace to the virgin Hildegard. By following closely her example and teaching, may we pass from the darkness of this life into your marvelous light. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
St. Hildegard’s Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Fire of the Spirit, life of the lives of creatures,
spiral of sanctity, bond of all natures,
glow of charity, lights of clarity, taste
of sweetness to sinners, be with us and hear us.
Composer of all things, light of all the risen,
key of salvation, release from the dark prison,
hope of all unions, scope of chastities, joy
in the glory, strong honour, be with us and hear us.
Amen.
Novena to St. Hildegard of Bingen
God is the foundation for everything
This God undertakes, God gives.
Such that nothing that is necessary for life is lacking.
Now humankind needs a body that at all times honors and praises God.
This body is supported in every way through the earth.
Thus the earth glorifies the power of God.
O God, by whose grace your servant Hildegard, kindled with the Fire of your love, became a burning and shining light in your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
St. Hildegard von Bingen, pray for us
DAILY PRAYERS
O glorious St. Hildegard, abbess of the order of St.
Benedict and doctor of the universal Church, we now
join in the prayer you taught us…
God is the foundation for everything; This God
undertakes, God gives. Such that nothing that is
necessary for life is lacking. Now humankind needs a
body that at all times honors and praises God. This
body is supported in every way through the earth.
Thus, the earth glorifies the power of God. O God, by
whose grace your servant Hildegard, kindled with the
Fire of your love, became a burning and shining light
in your Church: Grant that we also may be aflame
with the spirit of love and discipline, and walk before
you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
St. Hildegard von Bingen, pray for us
