“What greater praise can I give you than to call you green?
Green, rooted in light, shining like the sun
that pours riches on the wheeling earth;
incomprehensible green, divinely mysterious green,
comforting arms of divine green
protecting us in their powerful circle.
And yet, you are more than even the noblest green,
for you glow red as breaking dawn,
you shine white as the incandescent sun.
Splendid One,
none of our physical senses can explain
or comprehend you.”
Hildegarde of Bingen, "Item de Virginibus"
September 17th is the feast day of Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the "Sybil of the Rhine."
(Photo by M. Thyssen.)
(Photo by M. Thyssen.)
