Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century Christian mystic who embraced a far more wholistic and embracing faith than what we often hear about today. The Earth as God's good creation was fundamental to her perception of how life should be lived. In a way, she is an ancient flagbearer for the environmental movement. She exhorts us to "meet each creature with grace", a radical idea for her time and one that still seems not to have penetrated human sensibilities.
The air,
blowing everywhere
serves all creatures.
Ever is the firmament its support
Ever is it held
carried,
by the power of God.
(from Hildegard of Bingen, Gabrielle Uhlein, Bear and Company, 1983)
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