O Holy Spirit of Fire,
life in the life of all life,
holy are you,
enlivening all thing.
Holy are you,
a healing balm
to the broken.
Holy are you,
washing
blistered wounds
O Holy Breath
O Fire of Life,
O Sweetness in my breast
infusing my heart
with the fine scent of truth.
O Great Way that runs through all,
from the heights,
across the earth,
and in the depths,
you encompass all and unify all.
From you the clouds stream
and the ether rises;
from your stones precious water pours,
springs well up and birth waterways,
and the earth sweats green with life.
And eternally do you bring forth knowledge
by the breath of wisdom.
All praise to you,
you are the song of praise
and the joy of life,
you who are hope and the greatest treasure,
bestowing the gift of Light.
O Holy Spirit of Fire,
life in the life of all life,
holy are you,
enlivening all things.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a Benedictine German abbess and Mother Superior who founded two monasteries.
Shared in ‘Briefing’, the occasional magazine for Free to Believe, ‘an informal network of liberally minded Christians striving for an open, inclusive and thinking church.’
